that's your problem with that letter?
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 21:50 (twelve years ago)
well past a certain point you just can't make yourself care about that many excess exclamation points
― j., Wednesday, 21 August 2013 07:21 (twelve years ago)
i know burning that woman's house down would be the wrong response but still
― beans on toast and ghosts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 07:28 (twelve years ago)
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.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 07:33 (twelve years ago)
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.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 08:07 (twelve years ago)
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'.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 09:44 (twelve years ago)
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.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 10:37 (twelve years ago)
it comes across as barely-repressed fear to me, most of the time
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 10:40 (twelve years ago)
not that fear is a more noble excuse than pig ignorance. some people really are incapable of behaving decently in public.
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 10:42 (twelve years ago)
C'mon...
― Fais ce que voudra, occiderai de même (Michael White), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:15 (twelve years ago)
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
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:30 (twelve years ago)
i know. sadly i'm related to some people person like that.
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:33 (twelve years ago)
innoculate things that make me irrationally angry:http://www.salon.com/2013/08/14/whats_with_rich_people_hating_vaccines/
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 21:33 (twelve years ago)
parents in tony places
waht
― click here to start exploding (ledge), Thursday, 22 August 2013 09:28 (twelve years ago)
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.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Friday, 23 August 2013 20:27 (twelve years ago)
Oh wait I forgot Jenny McCarthy cured her son's autism. I guess they'll make it to trust fund age after all.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Friday, 23 August 2013 20:29 (twelve years ago)
nah, she admitted he never had autism, so she basically cured his non-autism
― mh, Friday, 23 August 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)
she admitted it? I gotta find that
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:08 (twelve years ago)
http://hollywoodlife.com/2010/02/26/jenny-mccarthy-says-her-son-evan-never-had-autism/
― mh, Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:35 (twelve years ago)
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
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Saturday, 24 August 2013 02:05 (twelve years ago)
money, chicken and other DNA
My child is still mostly fetal chicken DNA pollution is no myth
― mh, Saturday, 24 August 2013 03:05 (twelve years ago)
OK I can't resist
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Saturday, 24 August 2013 03:12 (twelve years ago)
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-texas-megachurch-measles-vaccination-082613
― kate78, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 15:31 (twelve years ago)
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.'
― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Thursday, 19 September 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)
ARRGGHHHHHH!
[Facebook link shared by friend]Vaccinations Are Not Immunizationsworldtruth.tvThere is only one kind of immunity and that is natural immunity which is achieved by battling the infectious diseases itself. Vaccination is merely the artificial triggering of temporary responses to manmade pathogens. Vaccines are both harmful and dangerous and are leading to generations of humans…Like · · Share · 14 hours ago ·
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?7 hours ago · Like
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.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 October 2013 21:54 (twelve years ago)
ridiculous
― No more kisses (sunny successor), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:13 (twelve years ago)
I can't wait for a return to widespread outbreaks of polio, whooping cough, measles, rubella and all those other fun diseases.
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:29 (twelve years ago)
I really shouldn't wish polio on anyone, but these people are pushing my limits
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:30 (twelve years ago)
xpost It's happening!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:31 (twelve years ago)
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
― No more kisses (sunny successor), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:34 (twelve years ago)
religious exemptions, mostly
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:35 (twelve years ago)
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!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:40 (twelve years ago)
then they kick her out of school?!
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:42 (twelve years ago)
Well, we obviously got the vaccine, years ago. But they have to give us fair warning to produce the proof!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 16:21 (twelve years ago)
yeah weve gotten similar notes when weve forgotten to include the vacc sheet. You got one week or your kid is out.
― No more kisses (sunny successor), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 18:35 (twelve years ago)
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ahhh. which of the wonderful religions doesnt believe in health? im guessing scientology for one.
― No more kisses (sunny successor), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 18:36 (twelve years ago)
They don't believe in mental health, at least.
Aren't Seventh Day Adventists the ones that don't go to doctors/hospitals?
― nickn, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:00 (twelve years ago)
Christian Scientists, afaik. I can't remember all the quirks of 7DAs—was friends with a kid in a 7DA family in my neighborhood in the 80s—but they take that Saturday = Sabbath thing SERIOUSLY.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:07 (twelve years ago)
7th Day Adventists run their own hospitals sometimes, so no.
― kate78, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:11 (twelve years ago)
They are prone to vegetarianism, though.
christian scientists don't do docs. idk what kind of thelogical wiggle room they have, or their vax stance.
there's no pattern. my understanding is that some rando evangelical/non-denom/free churches have gone anti-vax
though after a few dozen congregants get measles, maybe they wise up...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/23/texas-measles-outbreak/2693945/
this is from aug 25th:
In an Aug. 15 statement, Eagle Mountain's pastor, Terri Pearsons, said she still has some reservations about vaccines. "The concerns we have had are primarily with very young children who have family history of autism and with bundling too many immunizations at one time," she said.
this is from aug 26th:
"Pastor Terri Copeland Pearsons, daughter of Kenneth Copeland, announced in a sermon last week that the church will be hosting vaccination clinics and urged her congregation to attend."
thanks for barely more than nothing you nut
― goole, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:15 (twelve years ago)
(figured that church measles story might be posted itt already but i didn't scroll up very far)
― goole, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:16 (twelve years ago)
Yeah, the first time I ever had tofu was at my 7DA friend's house.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 19:18 (twelve years ago)
I'm going to rep again for Erich Goode's The Paranormal. He makes the great point that different cultures use different methods and standards for proving something true, and that epistemology is culturally selected. Folks who believe in new age bollocks or homeopathy or angels or vax conspiracies look for one incident or anecdote to prove it true.
Using science and empirical testing to prove something to them contrary to their belief structure doesn't work, similar to how anecdotes won't change the mind of somebody with actual training. Again, valid epistemologies are culturally formed.
― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)
Looky Looky what is currently at the top of my fb feed: http://www.younglivingsuccess.com/vaccinations/
Thanx Cool Girl Back In High School Who's Now Born Again AND A Mom!
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:39 (twelve years ago)
Vaccines are both harmful and dangerous and are leading to generations of humans
agree, v v bad thing
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:42 (twelve years ago)
Do you find that most of your high school fb friend who've gone hard xtian never moved away from your hometown? Or, if so, not very far? Because that seems to be the case about 95% among my high school fb friends.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:43 (twelve years ago)
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.
twas a time where there were standards for being condescending about some nonsense you read about on the 'net 5 minutes earlier. kids these days ain't even goin to Drudge Report anymore, sad sad days
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:45 (twelve years ago)
xpost That is true. Of course, I always chalked it up to Osteen having his shop in our metro area, but I can see it being more widespread than that.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)