• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    He was on the right side of the mask debate, right wingers were shitting on him, and the internet knows no nuance so he’s the good guy and if you criticize him that means you like trump.

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      4 months ago

      It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with his work in the eradication of polio and malaria, his efforts to provide clean drinking water to impoverished areas, and his program to create renewable cheap electricity for impoverished rural areas? Seems like that probably has a lot more to do with people’s perspective of him than the fact that trumpy bois don’t like him.

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        4 months ago

        Really? Cause I didn’t really hear his name a lot before covid, and now I hear it a lot, and people always have really strong opinions about him.

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          4 months ago

          It just wasn’t in your circle of influence before. He has been working in humanitarian aid for decades. His contributions are well known, and well documented. You can check for yourself, he has accomplished a great deal towards the things I mentioned.