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ShazzieB

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123. I think he also loves the power trip of being able to influence so many people.
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 01:56 PM
Feb 2025

I'm not just talking about his new cabinet post. He's had a loyal following for years, among people who don't trust science and adulate him for validating that distrust. In a certain sector of bizarro world, he is lionized for his antivaxx activities. I'd bet anything he really gets off on that.

I'm he enjoys the financial rewards as well, but I don't believe that's his only motivation, or necessarily the main one. Don't forget, he's a Kennedy, born with a 24 karat gold plated silver spoon in his mouth. And he's been an attention junkie since at least his college years, according to his cousin Caroline.

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Punishing non-males* and making them die. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #1
I suggested they use phylny Feb 2025 #17
I actually lost a male friend to HPV recently... buzzycrumbhunger Feb 2025 #45
I'm so sorry you lost your friend. Those over 30 cannot get the new vaccine. AllyCat Feb 2025 #75
I'm so sorry you lost your friend. sdfernando Feb 2025 #101
Yes, my best friends brother had his throat, tongue, and lower jaw eaten away by HPV before it finally killed him. It ratchiweenie Feb 2025 #120
👍💙 LiberalLoner Feb 2025 #53
To be fair, men cannot get cervical cancer. But then again, they can still get diseases that AllyCat Feb 2025 #74
Men with cervixes ("cervixes"?) can get cervical cancer. TommyT139 Feb 2025 #114
Yes. True. Anyone with a cervix. AllyCat Feb 2025 #116
No worries TommyT139 Feb 2025 #127
And the men who love them and get throat cancers. applegrove Feb 2025 #84
Gardasil IS for males, too. Both get HPV. Grins Feb 2025 #108
Cervical cancer can be eliminated, worldwide. yardwork Feb 2025 #2
My mother died of cervical cancer in 1979. momta Feb 2025 #41
RFK Jr is not a moron. Archae Feb 2025 #51
He is an Idiot IbogaProject Feb 2025 #55
Agreed. mwooldri Feb 2025 #60
How about DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #62
Didn't he have a worm eat half his brain Jerry2144 Feb 2025 #70
Don't forget his heroin habit. Botany Feb 2025 #95
I'm so sorry. yardwork Feb 2025 #72
My mother survived vaginal cancer, but she had years of excruciatingly painful treatment... Hekate Feb 2025 #103
I hear you, Hekate. momta Feb 2025 #109
Don't forget smallpox, the plaque, COVID, mumps, rubella..... louis-t Feb 2025 #44
If there were still medical research going on... Hugin Feb 2025 #3
RFK Jr is probably the single worst HHS Secretary that we've ever seen milestogo Feb 2025 #4
This administration has a shit ton of worsts.... groundloop Feb 2025 #14
That's the plan. We complain. Plutocrats rob the store. GreenWave Feb 2025 #25
The entire Cabinet has been filled with people intent on eliminating or notinkansas Feb 2025 #40
Like Trump said DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #65
In regards to this, and a ton of other things, DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #67
they are all Trump whores who will do his bidding Skittles Feb 2025 #93
Had my son get the vax when he was first eligible for it. It's not just for girls/women. Raftergirl Feb 2025 #5
Our daughters all got it years ago. phylny Feb 2025 #18
Me too. Initially I declined because it had not been tested in males. However, AllyCat Feb 2025 #76
In Republican Race, a Heated Battle Over the HPV Vaccine (2011) Celerity Feb 2025 #6
Many prepubescent girls get raped exboyfil Feb 2025 #79
study of fundies who think gardasil leads to sexual promiscuity ........ rampartd Feb 2025 #7
These fundies think their kids are abstaining! Lolol! Alliepoo Feb 2025 #28
In the 21st century mr715 Feb 2025 #43
Folks are dumb where I come from. Still they're as happy as can be. BoRaGard Feb 2025 #56
If they really wanted to protect their kids, especially girls, valleyrogue Feb 2025 #58
i think they want the girls to marry before they begin sex rampartd Feb 2025 #66
Of course they do. They don't think girls should be educated beyond high school. valleyrogue Feb 2025 #68
And - Girls/women can get it from their husbands after marriage, SharonAnn Feb 2025 #88
This is really dangerous, turning a religious crackpot belief into pseudoscience Walleye Feb 2025 #34
Hmmm, a group that also likely has an higher than normal rate of child sexual abuse? Attilatheblond Feb 2025 #64
I bet they are the same folks that think the same about sex ed tulipsandroses Feb 2025 #78
Religion is what's wrong with these people. Mariana Feb 2025 #85
These people all live in bizarro world - on the wrong side of everything NewHendoLib Feb 2025 #8
Breast cancer researchers can no longer access government data by gender or race. Lonestarblue Feb 2025 #9
Says man that found heroin safe and effective Johonny Feb 2025 #10
RFK Jr enid602 Feb 2025 #32
I wish we could make him take a drug test Walleye Feb 2025 #35
Rogue's Gallery enid602 Feb 2025 #87
That is the making of a great ad halobeam Feb 2025 #115
Who is this we; seems like just him talking. patphil Feb 2025 #11
There Are Responses to that Deep State Witch Feb 2025 #12
Well, she shouldn't have worn that suggestive outfit. rubbersole Feb 2025 #29
Seeing as Gardasil SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2025 #48
HPV Deep State Witch Feb 2025 #86
Insane to be against a vaccine preventing cancer of the cervix. valleyrogue Feb 2025 #13
The man knows nothing Ritabert Feb 2025 #15
Bet his family gets vaccinated. erronis Feb 2025 #16
All his kids are vaccinated. rubbersole Feb 2025 #31
I've always wondered if that was his decision. ShazzieB Feb 2025 #126
It is not his fault he is a moron NewEnglandAutumn Feb 2025 #19
The people who didn't vote and the people who voted for Trump, this is all their fault Walleye Feb 2025 #37
Actually, I blame Mitch . Give Peace A Chance Feb 2025 #57
100% true! ShazzieB Feb 2025 #122
Fuck all anti-vaxxers to the hottest circle of hell! Initech Feb 2025 #20
RFK, Jr would rather DAngelo136 Feb 2025 #21
"IS PROBABLY" BOSSHOG Feb 2025 #22
But .. but .. rfk.jr "does his own research." Bo Zarts Feb 2025 #27
In Central Park. rubbersole Feb 2025 #36
He saved the taxpayers' money by doing his own research IronLionZion Feb 2025 #71
Post removed Post removed Feb 2025 #23
Greenmed is a for-profit seller of "natural" supplements, not a legitimate research organization. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #33
I Was Typing During The Hide ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #39
I thought one of the goals of modern science was curing cancer Marthe48 Feb 2025 #24
RFK Jackoff liberalgunwilltravel Feb 2025 #26
We have to protect and educate ourselves. Turbineguy Feb 2025 #30
Not all sex is consensual Danmel Feb 2025 #38
And sex in adulthood and in marriage can spread HPV. How do you know your husband/partner is neg? SharonAnn Feb 2025 #89
You want to talk about vaccines? Become an immunologist. milestogo Feb 2025 #42
Exactly SCantiGOP Feb 2025 #100
That man is out of his mind angrychair Feb 2025 #46
RFK Jr is probably the single worst threat to the nation's health... bif Feb 2025 #47
RFK Jr with another flat out lie. No surprises there. RockRaven Feb 2025 #49
Democrats need to start making ads NOW alarimer Feb 2025 #50
We are in a B grade horror movie orangecrush Feb 2025 #52
HPV causes throat cancer and mouth cancer in men. Phoenix61 Feb 2025 #54
Let's recall that this was EXACTLY the attitude held by many on DU when the vaccine debuted Orrex Feb 2025 #59
I remember that. Solly Mack Feb 2025 #63
Didn't Bob get $850K last year for referring clients to anti-Gardasil lawyers? struggle4progress Feb 2025 #61
The entire world is literally using to eliminate a type of cancer JT45242 Feb 2025 #69
Millions of people not at risk for spreading or acquiring HPV. I'm not sure how THAT is dangerous AllyCat Feb 2025 #73
He's condemning a generation of girls to getting cervical cancer mainer Feb 2025 #77
He's not a serious person Shermann Feb 2025 #80
I see lawsuits for wrongful death coming. Joinfortmill Feb 2025 #81
It might be one of the best, mr715 Feb 2025 #82
Study: Cervical cancer deaths are plummeting among young U.S. women NickB79 Feb 2025 #83
Scotland: No cervical cancer cases in HPV-vaccinated women Emrys Feb 2025 #90
Tell that to thousands of Gen X men with throat cancers superpatriotman Feb 2025 #91
Worst? Godot51 Feb 2025 #92
I'm glad I got my sons' Gardasil vaccines in under the wire. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #94
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"Do your own research. I am no expert. " That is the problem, right there. You are quoting a memory from first release... Hekate Feb 2025 #104
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I think you are wrong, and unwilling to engage with real science. "Mad dogs & personal attacks" ? Hekate Feb 2025 #113
Ethel Kennedy died from humiliation. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #97
Given her age, she probably died of old age. RIP, Ethel. Hekate Feb 2025 #106
Yes. She was already weak from her age... the humiliation pushed her over the edge. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #121
K&R spanone Feb 2025 #98
I just hope that Old Crank Feb 2025 #105
Count on it -- Susie is concerned Hekate Feb 2025 #107
RFK Jr. is probably the worst single cabinet member that we have ever seen Jack Valentino Feb 2025 #110
I think you're all wrong about Kennedy. Morbius Feb 2025 #111
I think he also loves the power trip of being able to influence so many people. ShazzieB Feb 2025 #123
But bdamomma Feb 2025 #117
Vaccines don't work AFTER you get a disease! Aussie105 Feb 2025 #118
point taken bdamomma Feb 2025 #119
The women who voted for Trump get no sympathy from me. I assume that the rest of the women are smart enough to Jit423 Feb 2025 #124
Gardasil is not a treatment for cancer. ShazzieB Feb 2025 #125
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