Actress Charlize Theron: ‘HIV Spread by Racism, Sexism and Homophobia’ (And We Were Told It Was by Unsafe Sex and Dirty Needles)

Things that make you go hmmm WT actual F.

In race baiting meets [amazon text=Idiocracy&asin=B0040D4F1S] news, while delivering the opening remarks at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa earlier today, actress Charlize Theron informed everyone what really causes the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV.

Apparently it’s transmitted by racism and sexism:

“HIV is not transmitted by sex. It is transmitted by sexism, racism” #AIDS2016 @CharlizeAfrica pic.twitter.com/ysUDlt6gJp

— Azad Essa (@azadessa) July 18, 2016

Twitter disagreed:

@azadessa @CharlizeAfrica
“how did you get HIV?”
“I said women belong in the kitchen.”

— Toni (@ToniMZ81) July 18, 2016

@azadessa @CharlizeAfrica “Sir, I’m afraid you have HIV.” “How did I get it?” “Do you own any Confederate Flags?” — Marcus Porcius (@Marcus_Porcius) July 18, 2016

@azadessa @CharlizeAfrica . . . and global warming. Don’t forget global warming. — Aaron Henager (@AaronHenager1) July 18, 2016

@azadessa @AJEnglish @CharlizeAfrica 10/10 medical professionals would have to disagree on that — Ivan Shukhov (@ShukhovUSSR) July 18, 2016

@azadessa @CharlizeAfrica that might be the most retarded statement ever made — Bastian (@BastianHess215) July 18, 2016

@azadessa @CharlizeAfrica thank goodness AIDS isn’t spread my misinformed tweets … — Jared Whitley (@whitleypedia) July 18, 2016

Azad Essa, Al Jazeera journalist who was covering the event and sent the original Tweet, tried to fix it:

@azadessa @ToniMZ81 @CharlizeAfrica HIV is a virus. That’s the “V” in HIV. You know this. It is an actual thing, not an “expression” of… — The Department of No (@SantasTavern) July 18, 2016

But there was just no fixing it.

pretty sure it’s still just physically transmitted through intercourse.. @azadessa @CharlizeAfrica

— Han Solo (@WeirdLittleHen) July 18, 2016