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48. I agree. And she's not pushing those views anymore -- she changed her mind several years ago.

Reply to closeupready (Reply #22)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 05:00 PM

Jul 2013

But some people want her to be punished forever.

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Viruses Don�t Care About Your View: Why ABC Shouldn�t Have Hired Jenny McCarthy [View all] onehandle Jul 2013 OP

Imho DUgosh Jul 2013 #1

But McCarthy's claims have a body count. longship Jul 2013 #2

Anyone who takes child rearing advice from Jenny McCarthy SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #8

That doesn't explain the strength of the anti-vaccine movement. longship Jul 2013 #9

But isn't that a problem with them not her? SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #10

I cannot agree that it's their problem. longship Jul 2013 #14

It's a very important issue, but Jenny McCarthy is not closeupready Jul 2013 #22

I agree. And she's not pushing those views anymore -- she changed her mind several years ago. pnwmom Jul 2013 #48

Did she? I wasn't aware of that. So much the better. closeupready Jul 2013 #49

There is nothing "insane" about the idea that vaccines cause autism. It's an idea that's been live love laugh Jul 2013 #13

McCarthy is profoundly ignorant and wrong about vaccines. nt longship Jul 2013 #15

She has actually changed her views about vaccines. pnwmom Jul 2013 #47

I'll believe it when she recants. longship Jul 2013 #51

She has said she no longer thinks the vaccines caused her son's autism. That is recanting. pnwmom Jul 2013 #52

Let her use her time on The View to recant. longship Jul 2013 #53

She wasn't an idiot. She saw a healthy son get terribly ill from his vaccinations pnwmom Jul 2013 #56

"She saw a healthy son get terribly ill from his vaccinations" longship Jul 2013 #57

DU rec...nt SidDithers Jul 2013 #3

Kudos to ABC for finding someone even less appealing than Lizzie MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #4

No kudos to the bandwagon that's trying to derail McCarthy before she even boards the train. nt live love laugh Jul 2013 #34

Maybe not from you. I loathe her. MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #38

Yawn. mzmolly Jul 2013 #5

Sure, but the discussion is over on vaccines and autism. longship Jul 2013 #11

Jenny McCarthy had her son vaccinated. mzmolly Jul 2013 #12

a happened then b happened mnmoderatedem Jul 2013 #16

What would you like to call b? Can we ever discuss mzmolly Jul 2013 #21

it's coincidence until proven otherwise mnmoderatedem Jul 2013 #33

It was proven mzmolly Jul 2013 #37

no it wasn't mnmoderatedem Jul 2013 #41

Bull. mzmolly Jul 2013 #42

really? mnmoderatedem Jul 2013 #43

Familiarize yourself with mzmolly Jul 2013 #44

the polling family mnmoderatedem Jul 2013 #46

Do you think Dr. Poling mzmolly Jul 2013 #50

in my world mnmoderatedem Jul 2013 #61

So does Dr. Poling. mzmolly Jul 2013 #62

Post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning? longship Jul 2013 #17

I've heard that thanks. Got a new name for McCarthy's son's condition for me, then? mzmolly Jul 2013 #20

There is zero vaccine autism connection. longship Jul 2013 #23

Gotcha. So what would you like to call mzmolly Jul 2013 #24

"Including vaccines"? Nope, and likely not environmental either. longship Jul 2013 #26

No vaccine has ever harmed anyone, mzmolly Jul 2013 #27

Aw! Come on! A straw man argument? longship Jul 2013 #28

The straw man is the notion that I said "vaccines cause autism". mzmolly Jul 2013 #31

Look, my friend, please at what the research says. longship Jul 2013 #32

Thanks to you mzmolly Jul 2013 #39

I can eat a pretzel today and be diagnosed with cancer tomorrow. Apophis Jul 2013 #55

Did you learn that a diagnosis of autism results from a mzmolly Jul 2013 #58

Plus, Sherri Shepherd is a flat-Earth fundie dolt KamaAina Jul 2013 #6

it's the stupid, stupid datasuspect Jul 2013 #7

ABC would hire Wallace the Talking Donut to improve ratings olddots Jul 2013 #18

Jenny McCarthy is as much a doctor as Elizabeth Hasselbeck closeupready Jul 2013 #19

Did they complain about Hasselbecks dangerous nonsense burnodo Jul 2013 #25

That's precisely why they hired her. A good replacement for Hasselbeck. Avalux Jul 2013 #29

But she wears glasses now, so that must make her smart...right? bullwinkle428 Jul 2013 #30

Judging from the reaction of apologists, Jenny McCarthy must have big pharma shaking in their boots. live love laugh Jul 2013 #35

It's okay. The snake oil industry's at least as enthusiastic with funding their shills. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Raine Jul 2013 #59

Yup and I hope they are. Sorry I deleted previious Raine Jul 2013 #60

Good article on this from the New Yorker octoberlib Jul 2013 #36

Is the fundie creationist idiot still there? She should fit right in snooper2 Jul 2013 #45

McCarthy is intelligent? Apophis Jul 2013 #54