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Octafish

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42. I'll remember this.

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 03:16 PM

Jul 2014

REP: "You don't think you grovel at the feet of all things Kennedy, because it is hard to recognize one's own behavior for what it is. You do not bow; you prostrate yourself and have no idea how ridiculous you look to those outside the cult of the criminal's family."

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Still an antivaccine crank after all these years [View all] SidDithers Jul 2014 OP

Nice smear. Octafish Jul 2014 #1

Maybe the BFEE made Kennedy the anti-vax asshat that he's become...nt SidDithers Jul 2014 #2

That is character assassination. Octafish Jul 2014 #5

No, it's hysteria. Archae Jul 2014 #21

You said writing about JFK assassination was ''beating a dead horse.'' Octafish Jul 2014 #27

I know, that was 8th St here in Sheboygan. Archae Jul 2014 #40

Character assassination is quoting someone accurately? REP Jul 2014 #30

!!! zappaman Jul 2014 #34

Calling him an ''Asshat'' is. Octafish Jul 2014 #35

Calling him an asshat is not "character assassination" REP Jul 2014 #37

I'll remember this. Octafish Jul 2014 #42

Good. REP Jul 2014 #51

Sorry to read that. Octafish Jul 2014 #53

Why? He's been dead twenty years and a week. REP Jul 2014 #66

So do suggestions that posters are paid shills. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #50

You must be right. Here's why I feel that way. Octafish Jul 2014 #52

They could be paid shills... NuclearDem Jul 2014 #54

"tug at your forelock" may be my new favourite phrase... SidDithers Jul 2014 #60

Aww, thanks! REP Jul 2014 #72

+1 HuckleB Jul 2014 #76

Don't want to be portrayed as an anti-vax nut, NuclearDem Jul 2014 #8

Yup... Ellbee Jul 2014 #38

For something to be a smear, the allegation need to be false. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #13

Mercury isn't a healthy additive. Octafish Jul 2014 #23

Your response demonstrates your lack of understanding cleanhippie Jul 2014 #28

So why bother to reply? Octafish Jul 2014 #29

I did inform you. You chose to ignore that. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #31

I've read your posts and learned nothing. Octafish Jul 2014 #32

Do you still disagree that the post in question is a "smear"? cleanhippie Jul 2014 #33

Of course it's a smear. Octafish Jul 2014 #36

For something to be a smear, the allegation need to be false cleanhippie Jul 2014 #39

Calling him an ''Asshat.'' Octafish Jul 2014 #41

On this issue, he is an "asshat". cleanhippie Jul 2014 #44

Immunologically, yes. Octafish Jul 2014 #45

No, I don't understand why you would object to any anti-vaxx wing-nut being called anything. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #47

+1 HuckleB Jul 2014 #65

+1...nt SidDithers Jul 2014 #74

As suspected, you are arguing nothing of substance. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #55

Sodium isn't healthy. Chlorine isn't healthy. Archae Jul 2014 #43

Gee. What's it called when you make up stuff about someone else? Octafish Jul 2014 #46

What does that mean? HuckleB Jul 2014 #67

The poster said I wrote something I didn't. Octafish Jul 2014 #73

You seem to require this.... Humanist_Activist Jul 2014 #49

Uhm. Orac and Sid are correct. The science does not lie. longship Jul 2014 #14

well, at least you were first snooper2 Jul 2014 #17

Yeah. Like the time you kindly recommended I go to Duquesne. Octafish Jul 2014 #18

How is it a smear? zappaman Jul 2014 #20

''Asshat.'' Octafish Jul 2014 #22

On this ridiculous stance, he is indeed an "asshat" zappaman Jul 2014 #24

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

I couldn't agree more... SidDithers Jul 2014 #4

Is he the Kennedy goober who's on the keep marijuana illegal!' kick? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #6

Not sure. I've never noticed or researched his position on pot... SidDithers Jul 2014 #7

I just went and googled. Anti-MJ is Patrick Kennedy. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #9

Thanks for the info... SidDithers Jul 2014 #10

His anti-vaccine stance does not outweigh the good he has done for the environment. Punkingal Jul 2014 #16

I disagree. zappaman Jul 2014 #19

The entire anti-vaxx movement has blood on its hands. And he is as responsible as Jenny McCarthy. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #48

Well yeah, to his credibility being questionable now... Punkingal Jul 2014 #56

then there's always this gossip.....Kennedy Jr. accused of cheating on actress-fiancée Cheryl Hines. a kennedy Jul 2014 #11

Irrelevent... SidDithers Jul 2014 #12

Cheating notwithstanding, my opinion of Cheryl Hines just went down a couple notches. progressoid Jul 2014 #25

k&r tammywammy Jul 2014 #15

But, but, but I thought it was Dr. Jenny!!!! HockeyMom Jul 2014 #26

FWIW: Thimerosal has been removed from the majority of vaccines for children under 6 or think Jul 2014 #57

Posting science and facts? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #58

kick! zappaman Jul 2014 #59

I am sorry to hear that he believes that. I have always found what he had to say very Douglas Carpenter Jul 2014 #61

Recommended! HuckleB Jul 2014 #62

Gorski is an authority on RFK Jr's anti-vax activities... SidDithers Jul 2014 #64

Do you ever have anything positive to say/express? closeupready Jul 2014 #63

I agree and am glad he posted RFK jr's nonsense for all to see as well! zappaman Jul 2014 #68

Pointing out dangerous mis-information is VERY POSITIVE etherealtruth Jul 2014 #69

+1 HuckleB Jul 2014 #75

... SidDithers Jul 2014 #71