jenny mccarthy wants your kid to get measles: autism, vaccines, and stupid idiots

I would watch the show if each of the hosts had a really specific crazy specialty, like a reverse superhero team. Flat earther, anti-vaxer, holocaust denier, survivalist bunker enthusiast and raw foodie evangelist, say.

tbf she just "never thought about it."

The View isn't a newspaper, it's a talk show, and organizations can decide what viewpoints and ideas they want expressed in their programming. If a commercial audience overwhelmingly says that this is not the content they want, that's not censorship, it's listening to your audience.

This "don't censor" shit has gone far enough that the non-opinion pages of newspapers or factual journalism has felt the need to pander to idiots in the interest of "equal coverage." The preponderance of evidence and scientific consensus on vaccination is uncontroversial in reasonable circles. Having an anti-vaccination person like McCarthy as a "balanced" view is like interviewing an average citizen on race relations and balancing it with a KKK member.

freedom to incite harm to life is a pretty grey area of "free speech" imo

no it isn't

just watched that clip, omg

no it isn't why?

I think k3vin's implication is that it isn't a grey area, it's just pretty obviously wrong

to have people dead-set against such a brilliant, basic and crucial human achievement such as vaccination is stunningly sad, still. it's plainly evil.

sorry should have said it's not in the US, things might be different in the UK

I think we need an era of actual hard-line censorship so that people will stop equating "not giving a forum to dumbshits" w/censorship

Any outlet to chemophobia has a tendency to reinforce such beliefs in those who hold or are susceptible to them. I mean, fuck, just look at the bollocks that shows up your Facebook feed if you're not quick enough to hide those posts.

How this ISNT a hate crime is beyond me.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/20/letter_attacking_autistic_boy_not_a_hate_crime_police_say.html

http://htmlimg4.scribdassets.com/11pquappkw2qq4ts/images/1-2631b19334.jpg

Wait, the kid whales?!

that's your problem with that letter?

well past a certain point you just can't make yourself care about that many excess exclamation points

i know burning that woman's house down would be the wrong response but still

Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.Personally, they should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate them to science. He scares the hell out of my NORMAL kids.

Heard the voice of NORMALITY many times but not received the rabid poison pen letter yet. On a positive note, most of this kid's neighbours threw an outdoor party for him to show their support or at least that was the story from a Canadian cable news station my wife showed me the other day.

The really stupid thing is that the kid doesn't even live there. He visits his grandma occasionally.

And what is this utopian neighborhood where everyone is 'normal'.

I once got accosted by a very angry lady at a swimming pool, who for some reason didn't like my son's very loud and excitable way of getting his sensory kicks with water. "You should teach him not to behave like that". In exchanges like this there is always an undercurrent of "this behaviour isn't fair on the normal kids" like "normality" is sacrosanct and justifies any disability-hate that "normal" people wish to express.

it comes across as barely-repressed fear to me, most of the time

not that fear is a more noble excuse than pig ignorance. some people really are incapable of behaving decently in public.

that's your problem with that letter?

C'mon...

I think some people are just incredibly hateful. I've known people who constantly criticize everyone from family members to strangers on the street. Xpost

i know. sadly i'm related to some people person like that.

innoculate things that make me irrationally angry:
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/14/whats_with_rich_people_hating_vaccines/

parents in tony places

waht

You can't enroll your kid in a school or daycare here unless their vaccinations are up to date. These are public schools though, maybe private schools don't care? It will be interesting to see what the 1% looks like in 20 years what with 80% of them actively trying to kill off the newest super rich generation.

Oh wait I forgot Jenny McCarthy cured her son's autism. I guess they'll make it to trust fund age after all.

nah, she admitted he never had autism, so she basically cured his non-autism

she admitted it? I gotta find that

http://hollywoodlife.com/2010/02/26/jenny-mccarthy-says-her-son-evan-never-had-autism/

LOL comments:
This is all about the *total* environmental toxic our children face today. Exposures to aluminum, mercury, fetal and other foreign protein, foreign DNA including fetal, money, chicken, and other DNA

money, chicken and other DNA

My child is still mostly fetal chicken DNA pollution is no myth

OK I can't resist

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-texas-megachurch-measles-vaccination-082613

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/17/the_most_depressing_discovery_about_the_brain_ever_partner/

Why arguments about vaccines, gun safety, and empirical evidence why your favorite band blows goats will never change anyone's mind:

'...Denial is business-as-usual for our brains. More and better facts don’t turn low-information voters into well-equipped citizens. It just makes them more committed to their misperceptions. In the entire history of the universe, no Fox News viewers ever changed their minds because some new data upended their thinking. When there’s a conflict between partisan beliefs and plain evidence, it’s the beliefs that win. The power of emotion over reason isn’t a bug in our human operating systems, it’s a feature.'

ARRGGHHHHHH!

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D_____________ But vaccines cause immunity. Sure, some just boost your immunity,therefore decreasing your chance of having symptoms, but nonetheless they are preventing diseases all over the world and you can't deny that. We have to think about the greater good, not just ourselves when we have these debates, whether they are "good" for us or a "risk" for us or not. Don't you think?
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N__________ The article explains the difference between vaccines and immunity, hence it's title. It also presents information about how vaccines' efficacy rates are skewed. I think there is a lot of misinformation out there. And people should be informed about both sides of the issue rather than passively taking all of the information handed down from the mainstream media and the dogma of the medical establishment.

ridiculous

I can't wait for a return to widespread outbreaks of polio, whooping cough, measles, rubella and all those other fun diseases.

I really shouldn't wish polio on anyone, but these people are pushing my limits

xpost It's happening!

I dont understand how people get around vaccinations. My experience is that pediatricians insist on it and schools (daycare and elementary) wont enroll your kid without an up to date vacc. sheet

religious exemptions, mostly

We just a note from one of my daughter's teachers that they can't find proof of her polio vaccine. We have a week to get it to them, then they kick her out of school!

then they kick her out of school?!

Well, we obviously got the vaccine, years ago. But they have to give us fair warning to produce the proof!

yeah weve gotten similar notes when weve forgotten to include the vacc sheet. You got one week or your kid is out.

religious exemptions, mostly

― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, October 8, 2013 10:35 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ahhh. which of the wonderful religions doesnt believe in health? im guessing scientology for one.