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MattSh

(3,714 posts)
45. This about says it all...
Tue Feb 3, 2015, 10:40 AM
Feb 2015

Refusing to get your children immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, whooping cough, hepatitis, diphtheria, fuckin' polio, and other nasty shit is one of the great expressions of bourgeois decadence in the latter days of this dying empire. It is a ludicrous convergence of voodoo-like pseudoscience, worship of individuality, and selfish helicopter parenting.

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Great rant, but a buck sez... TreasonousBastard Feb 2015 #1
The "C" word, right? Orrex Feb 2015 #2
That's the worst "C" word imaginable. TreasonousBastard Feb 2015 #4
Excellent gopiscrap Feb 2015 #24
Fucking a right. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #3
I would love to send Rude up against... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #5
sickest in my ife when I had the measles. dem in texas Feb 2015 #6
I am so with you gopiscrap Feb 2015 #26
Rude, you are so goddamn brilliant. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #7
Yeah, that phrase got me too.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #32
don't tell anyone this, but..... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #33
Very swooooon worthy! mountain grammy Feb 2015 #46
thanks! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #47
Yay! nt Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #8
Went to a family reunion a few years back central scrutinizer Feb 2015 #9
Nice! ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #10
k&r HappyMe Feb 2015 #11
Anti-vaxxers are the same as climate change deniers. SunSeeker Feb 2015 #12
Vaccinate Your Fucking Kids! drm604 Feb 2015 #13
I'll just leave this here. Liberal Veteran Feb 2015 #14
that is a great graphic, thank you uppityperson Feb 2015 #17
Spot on underpants Feb 2015 #28
Ironically for Hygenic Helen, debilitating poliomyelitis epidemics are a result of increased... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #39
Vaccinate your kids and make sure you are also up to date on vaccines. Ace Rothstein Feb 2015 #15
TRP nailed it. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #16
The Alternative: moondust Feb 2015 #18
On a somewhat related point ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #19
Not surprised rpannier Feb 2015 #23
wow, that shit gets airtime---and worst of all, no rebuttal. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #34
Failure to vaccinate should result in a CPS visit The Green Manalishi Feb 2015 #20
Agreed. Anti-vaxxer bullshit is child abuse. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #41
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #21
This is one case where "It's a child, not a choice" is appropriate! BobbyBoring Feb 2015 #22
It really should be "Fucking vaccinate your kids." As written it means something else. aikoaiko Feb 2015 #25
Over diagnosis (perks for scrips from Big Pharma) or the food supply underpants Feb 2015 #27
Combatting ingrained stupidity Thespian2 Feb 2015 #29
Sometimes the Rude Pundit's rants rub me the wrong way . . . MrModerate Feb 2015 #30
+1,000 n/t malaise Feb 2015 #31
Rubellla vaccinations PREVENT autism! hedgehog Feb 2015 #35
Note that it's mostly right wingers that refuse to get their kids vaccinated.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #36
Not what I'm seeing from some of the threads here... brooklynite Feb 2015 #40
K&R gademocrat7 Feb 2015 #37
Vaccinate your fucking kids! Paladin Feb 2015 #38
Can anyone tell me please, if we got the MMR vax as a teenager, do we need to get it done again LiberalLoner Feb 2015 #42
CDC has a page to help figure out what you should get as an adult caraher Feb 2015 #44
Thank you so much! LiberalLoner Feb 2015 #48
according to the CNN article linked in this post, cab67 Feb 2015 #43
This about says it all... MattSh Feb 2015 #45
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