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17. Sorry they need to be shamed into a corner until their delusions are mocked to destruction

Reply to daredtowork (Reply #15)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 03:27 PM

Feb 2015

People pushing nonsense need to be laughed out of the room

The world is round

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Vaxxer/Anti-Vaxxer is the Wrong Conversation [View all] daredtowork Feb 2015 OP

Excellent post. leftofcool Feb 2015 #1

What caused this issue in the first place is a discredited and retracted study NuclearDem Feb 2015 #2

That's pretty much it. HappyMe Feb 2015 #5

What you say about the discredit study is true. Maedhros Feb 2015 #23

Nice effort to label the 'other' side as 'Vaxxers'. randome Feb 2015 #3

This is what I would expect to hear if Luke Russert had Sanjay Gupta's job. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #4

No, there aren't two equal sides to this debate... SidDithers Feb 2015 #6

There is no debate. Vaccinate or isolate. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #7

you are right, we should give anti-vaxxers hugs...and while they are not looking snooper2 Feb 2015 #8

"Take a breath and look at some of the issues"? Orsino Feb 2015 #9

Recommended. I think your post hits the right tone. nt DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #10

Oh bullshit. This is a self inflicted wound and not a failure of public health services. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #11

Wrong. Daemonaquila Feb 2015 #12

I think everyone is missing my second paragraph daredtowork Feb 2015 #15

Sorry they need to be shamed into a corner until their delusions are mocked to destruction on point Feb 2015 #17

If the laugher is outnumbered daredtowork Feb 2015 #19

Your approach of quiet rational discussion is fine for those who got bad info that needs correction on point Feb 2015 #27

This problem is not in the vaxxing argument though daredtowork Feb 2015 #46

One more way to divide and conquer the general population 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #13

Because one side in this "debate" is facilitating a disease outbreak. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #20

Idiocy and a half-witted denial of science is the most effective way to divide. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #22

Really? I feel sad for the people who are dying. kcr Feb 2015 #31

1 percenters and Wall Street deserve more derision (and jail) for their socoipathic ways. Mika Feb 2015 #14

Word. That's been bothering me, too. daredtowork Feb 2015 #16

Just another diversionary tactic on your part. HappyMe Feb 2015 #28

You can't walk and chew gum at the same time? Mika Feb 2015 #32

+1. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #49

I find it offensive that as we still await and hope for an AIDS vaccine, people push the idea that Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #18

So, you're saying we have to wait 12 years for a newly educated populace? brooklynite Feb 2015 #21

Feel free to negotiate faster daredtowork Feb 2015 #24

Swap out "vaccinations" with "Middle East Policy", "climate change", "marriage equality"... brooklynite Feb 2015 #25

Progressives have written for years about daredtowork Feb 2015 #26

Thank you! jenny8675309 Feb 2015 #29

Welcome to DU, jenny8675309! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2015 #42

Welcome to DU! gopiscrap Feb 2015 #45

+1 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #50

This is a really good point: closeupready Feb 2015 #30

No, it really isn't. jeff47 Feb 2015 #34

Well, you know, I mean, you know everything, like many here on DU. closeupready Feb 2015 #36

You're making an argument. To make that argument, you need facts that support it. jeff47 Feb 2015 #37

Okay. I think I'm done here. closeupready Feb 2015 #38

Cherry-picking Mississippi daredtowork Feb 2015 #41

They will not come to terms with you. jeff47 Feb 2015 #48

I know 2 people who actually had polio daredtowork Feb 2015 #64

They're already angry. jeff47 Feb 2015 #66

lol? daredtowork Feb 2015 #71

Wow, that's a way to handle an argument. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #39

We tried that. It's why we are in the situation we now face. jeff47 Feb 2015 #33

No more Mr. Nice Guy? daredtowork Feb 2015 #43

Try reading. jeff47 Feb 2015 #47

You said two different things there daredtowork Feb 2015 #57

No, you're still thinking in terms of converting them back. jeff47 Feb 2015 #63

Yes they do matter daredtowork Feb 2015 #65

You keep mixing different pools of people in order to try and make a point. jeff47 Feb 2015 #67

With ridicule you are making the anti-vaxxers matter daredtowork Feb 2015 #70

Good post. When frustration strikes, people look for a scapegoat. rhett o rick Feb 2015 #75

Unfortunately, no. Studies have shown that anti-vaxxers will not listen to reason. stevenleser Feb 2015 #35

If it's a tool daredtowork Feb 2015 #44

Thank you for trying to bring some reason to this mess. While I strongly support vaccinating rhett o rick Feb 2015 #40

Actually, ridicule can be effective. randome Feb 2015 #51

How does ridicule ever help? Those that use ridicule are sure it helps but those that rhett o rick Feb 2015 #56

I said it doesn't help those who are ridiculed. randome Feb 2015 #69

Your post is laced with irony. Those that first thought the world was round were viewed as the rhett o rick Feb 2015 #74

I note you simply ignored my comment about the badly needed HIV vaccine. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #52

I agree we need an HIV vaccine daredtowork Feb 2015 #58

Why do you say 'your' HIV vaccine? That is exactly why your opinion on this is without merit. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #72

Because this is my OP daredtowork Feb 2015 #73

One should not have to suffer idiots rock Feb 2015 #53

"....that Settles These Matters." That is not what the Scientific Method claims to do. WinkyDink Feb 2015 #54

Good point. daredtowork Feb 2015 #60

RNC depends on keeping people ignorant. MSM mainstreamed ignorant teabaggers emulatorloo Feb 2015 #55

A lot of disinformation is deliberately disseminated daredtowork Feb 2015 #61

The problem is the cat's out of the bag. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #59

How do you suggest containing it? daredtowork Feb 2015 #62

I think it's about credulity and trust lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #68

Exactly! Android3.14 Feb 2015 #76