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by meowface 2212 days ago
>hawking bum dope about AIDS

Odd turn of phrase.
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aspenmayer 2212 days ago
They are referring to Operation Denver, a KGB plot to sow misinformation suggesting that AIDS was a US government conspiracy as early as 1983.

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/operation-denver-kgb-aids...

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meowface 2209 days ago
Oh, I know, I just thought it was funny to refer to disinformation as "hawking bum dope". (Though this is a merging of the NYT's word and the quote.) Not really something anyone would say in modern American English.
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