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EarlG

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2. While this policy would affect people of all ages, a pundit on CNN last night said something that stuck with me...
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 02:39 PM
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He said that GOP policies are anti-child. It's short, to the point, and an easy case to make.

They don't care about providing lunches in school for children who can't afford to eat. They don't care about the slaughter of children in schools by mentally ill people with easy access to high powered weaponry. They don't care about children -- who were bought into the country legally -- being rounded up by masked men with guns and held in detention facilities. They don't care about children being teargassed on the way home from school, or even in school. They don't care about children dying of malnutrition after USAID was abolished. And they don't care about vaccinating children to prevent them from dying or being paralyzed by preventable diseases.

This new vaccine policy would directly cause the deaths of thousands of children -- that's why it's no surprise to hear it being proposed by the anti-child Republican Party.

THE ONLY VACCINE THAT HAS PROVEN UNNECESSARY (since 1979) IS SMALLPOX!!!!! hlthe2b Friday #1
Smallpox killed 90% of the population of the Americas when Europeans first arrived iemanja Friday #18
Yes and it was CDC with WHO who worked throughout the world to ERADICATE it hlthe2b Friday #21
While this policy would affect people of all ages, a pundit on CNN last night said something that stuck with me... EarlG Friday #2
And yet many of them are obsessed with increasing the (white) birth rate. tanyev Friday #5
Ironically it would be MAGA parents causing the deaths of their own children IronLionZion Friday #37
Exactly. It's anti-child, and it's horrifying. highplainsdem Friday #6
It's Eugenics in action. Bohunk68 Friday #39
I'll extend your viewpoint and say that the anti-child extends to all children - white or brown. erronis Friday #26
WOW! quite a bunch running our America today! bluestarone Friday #3
unvaccinated children should not be permitted to attend public school. Period. Greybnk48 Friday #4
I'd agree, but there will objectors due to their religions. n/t BadgerKid Friday #8
Then they can go to religious schools where slightlv Friday #14
Exactly! Well, said. Greybnk48 Yesterday #45
That is the Objective eringer Friday #13
Hurting public schools even more? not fooled Friday #40
The exact same logic could be applied to illegal drug use AZJonnie Friday #7
I can see where you say it's a converse, but I agree with you. slightlv Friday #15
Well, surfered Friday #9
Dr Kirk is a Quack Doctor eringer Friday #10
My grandma EuterpeThelo Friday #11
wow Skittles Friday #12
A man died recently in his (I think) late 70s who spent his entire life in an iron lung. dedl67 Friday #28
So the next generation will have the option of getting polio. milestogo Friday #16
Most people are poor at evaluating risks dedl67 Friday #32
The goal must be to cull the population iemanja Friday #17
This is so fucking stupid that I feel like screaming here in my kitchen 3catwoman3 Friday #19
Die, Americans, die. Solly Mack Friday #20
Unvaccinated people should be made to wear a bell while in public. Talitha Friday #22
Unfortunately, it will require a major tragic outbreak to convince these morons of the error of their ways Mysterian Friday #23
Over 1 million died of covid. SamKnause Friday #33
Insurance companies JPK Friday #24
I have no doubt they will indeed refuse coverage. Bristlecone Friday #35
Does anyone want to associate with idiots who purposely choose to spread diseases? mdbl Friday #25
"Medical battery". travelingthrulife Friday #27
I got vaccinated for polio in grade school in the 1950's when the vaccine first came out. patphil Friday #29
Jonas Salk was a hero - one of many great persons who graduated City College of New York dedl67 Friday #34
Yes, he was. patphil Friday #44
God told them so. nt BootinUp Friday #30
Seems their intentions are to fill up the cemeteries with babies and small children. SamKnause Friday #31
That is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have heard... lonely bird Friday #36
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of total US population IronLionZion Friday #38
"A diseased population is easier to control." not fooled Friday #41
Republicans want to save the "unborn " mountain grammy Friday #42
Those of us who remember the 1950s be damned. Sneederbunk Friday #43
The kid across the street from me, a very close friend, had those big clunky Forrest Gump braces on his legs Greybnk48 Yesterday #46
The rich & well-connected get them. Zelda_Orchid Yesterday #47
Trump knows what works when it comes to Turbineguy Yesterday #48
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