Reviews for Rhetorical secrets

The average rating for Rhetorical secrets based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-06-15 00:00:00 Fernando Fischmann Kramer's work is awe-inspiring yet exhausting, it slaps the reader whilst it presents a sense urgency, fear, anger, rage, and fury, and sadness... The author refuses to hold back anything and shouts as loud as he can as he puts Reagan, Koch, The New York Times, Bush, Clinton, and many others to task for what he terms the 'intentional genocide' i.e. AIDS. AIDS is not simply a medical crisis. It is also a political one fueled by homophobia and hatred against all the minorities that do not form the part of the general population. Kramer says it outright, without sugarcoating no words or facts, AIDS is the holocaust of the minorities (gays, blacks, hispanics, prostitutes, and others) and Reagan is the Hilter. a life marred by discrimination for being what one is, and being punished, sidelined, and ignored is shown with sheer charisma of a man who gave birth to two of the most profoundly influential AIDS organizations in the USA, GMHC and ACT UP. This is the fruit of Kramer's struggle wherein he often refers to his other works like 'The Normal Heart', 'Faggots', 'Destiny of Me', and 'Just Say No'.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-08-23 00:00:00 John Viola Reports From The Holocaust is a collection of Larry Kramer's writings on AIDS between the initial outbreak in 1981 to 1994. It is a remarkable look at his life and the creation of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and ACT-UP and the devastating history of the AIDS plague. Towards the end of the book Larry Kramer writes "I recently reread all my written AIDS rhetoric, all the shit I've written and delivered since the beginning, and I noted sadly, as I knew I would, that everything I wrote and delivered in 1981 and 1982 and 1983 and 1984 and 1985 and 1986 and 1987 and 1988 and 1989 and 1990 and 1991 and 1992 and 1993 would be just as suitable for me to deliver today." Sadly, here in January of 2015, everything that Larry Kramer spoke about and feared as come to fruition. The gay community is still at odds with itself. There still isn't a cure for AIDS but now we gay men are being encouraged to take PreP. It makes me sad and yet I'm out of tears to realize that, if we can't get our act together after 30 FUCKING years then there really isn't any hope left for us.