ALERTER'S COMMENTS
As Sid explains in reply #4, RFK Jr.'s "Deadly Immunity" article was retracted by Salon.com 6 years after its original publication. We've reached the point in time that "Deadly Immunity" goes straight in the same trash bin as Janet Cooke's story about the heroin-addicted boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Cooke#Fabricated_story_scandal and pretty much anything published in Infowars.
People have gotten BANNED for posting excerpts from this article. See:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4934964
yes, "Deadly Immunity" is also hosted at ICNR.com, a site whose parent org International Center for Nutritional Research is listed by Quackwatch as a "questionable research entity":
http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/nonrecorg.html
I expect some of you to say "well just show this user where he's wrong". But remember, as ToS state: "Democratic Underground is not intended to be a platform for kooks and crackpots peddling paranoid fantasies with little or no basis in fact." Anti vaccine propaganda like RFK's now-discredited article or anything that alleges vaccines are part of a big pharma plot something something meet that very definition. "Free speech" does NOT include allowing any kook and crank idea to stand. Sorry.
Oh wait...check THIS gem out. "But I saw my son change and become austistic after receiving a combo vaccine at 18 months." I have nothing but sympathy for parents shocked to see their kid have autism or whatever. But parroting the same B.S. that Jenny McCarthy said...seriously? Are you out of your mind?
JURY RESULTS
A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Tue May 20, 2014, 12:02 AM, and voted 4-3 to HIDE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Alerter is being a bit of an asshole here. I don't agree with the post which was alerted on, but referring to the poster's experience with a child with autism as "a gem" and calling the poster a "kook" crosses the line. I also don't find the post alerted on to be hide-worthy. MIsguided and incorrect, sure. But that doesn't equate to hide. Hey, alerter. YOU should try hide and ignore. It will help your blood pressure. Can I alert on the alert?
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Woo Hoo!
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I was going to say leave it and just answer back that the article had been pulled from publications because of the numerous errors but I see more than one person has tried this and the poster still persists it is a credible article.
Thank you.
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