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In reply to the discussion: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Still an antivaccine crank after all these years [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)5. That is character assassination.
For those interested why it matters on DU:
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy.
That's what his son and daughter, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Rory Kennedy, reported in an interview with Charlie Rose last weekend in Dallas.

It's also what author and Salon founder David Talbot reported, when he called Robert F. Kennedy the "first conspiracy theorist" in 2007.
Here's why the news from Robert and Rory is so important:
The important issue is that he and his sister reported their father -- the president's principal counselor and the nation's chief law enforcement officer -- privately thought a conspiracy was behind the assassination of President Kennedy.
RFK called the Warren Commission report "shoddy workmanship."
Attorney General Kennedy knew about the Ruby-Mafia connections immediately, which is vital when considering the Mafia were hired by Allen Dulles and the CIA during Eisenhower's administration to murder Fidel Castro -- an operation which the CIA failed to inform the president and attorney general.
The interview with Charlie Rose marked the first time members of the immediate Kennedy family have voiced the attorney general's doubts about the Warren Commission and its lone gunman theory.
RFK called the Warren Commission report "shoddy workmanship."
Attorney General Kennedy knew about the Ruby-Mafia connections immediately, which is vital when considering the Mafia were hired by Allen Dulles and the CIA during Eisenhower's administration to murder Fidel Castro -- an operation which the CIA failed to inform the president and attorney general.
The interview with Charlie Rose marked the first time members of the immediate Kennedy family have voiced the attorney general's doubts about the Warren Commission and its lone gunman theory.
Those are the facts we learned Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. It's called history.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Still an antivaccine crank after all these years [View all]
SidDithers
Jul 2014
OP
No, I don't understand why you would object to any anti-vaxx wing-nut being called anything.
cleanhippie
Jul 2014
#47
he deserves this smear. he needs to shut the fuck up on this vaccination issue.
m-lekktor
Jul 2014
#70
SBM is a great site for debunking woo bullshit- anti-vaxxers, "neuropathy", acupuncture. n/t
X_Digger
Jul 2014
#3
His anti-vaccine stance does not outweigh the good he has done for the environment.
Punkingal
Jul 2014
#16
The entire anti-vaxx movement has blood on its hands. And he is as responsible as Jenny McCarthy.
cleanhippie
Jul 2014
#48
then there's always this gossip.....Kennedy Jr. accused of cheating on actress-fiancée Cheryl Hines.
a kennedy
Jul 2014
#11
Cheating notwithstanding, my opinion of Cheryl Hines just went down a couple notches.
progressoid
Jul 2014
#25
FWIW: Thimerosal has been removed from the majority of vaccines for children under 6 or
think
Jul 2014
#57
I am sorry to hear that he believes that. I have always found what he had to say very
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2014
#61