Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Democrat and environmental activist

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49. I can understand that there is a debate on this, and he may perhaps really have a weak argument...

... but don't you see how my concern is that people resort in to the oversimplification of just using name calling to go after him, rather than having a rational discussion. I haven't studied this issue as much as I have in the past his efforts to limit mercury poisoning from river pollution by coal mining and many other areas. I've very much liked his efforts in trying to protect our health and environment there. I can understand how he might be wrong and perhaps even his approach is a bit too dogmatic too. That should be the way to frame a discussion and not just call him an "asshat" because he's an "anti-vaxxer" which for me does NOTHING to explain why he deserves such expletives thrown at him after I've known him to do many good things. All we do is getting people in heated arguments here, when if we approached it constructively, you might persuade a lot of people to temper their feelings about him. I'm open to hearing constructive discussions on this, but my immediate reaction to name calling is that it is paid for by those interests looking to bring him down (which there are probably many of out there, kind of like many that like to have Glen Greenwald or Eric Snowden be labeled "Libertarians" without much detail on how that is and what context there is that invalidates so much of the valuable things they have done for us).

I'm not trying to say that RFK, Jr hasn't done anything to deserve criticism. What I am saying is that if someone does have criticism for him, they should be prepared to back up adjectives with substance for me to fully appreciate their feelings on the subject they're concerned about.