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Originally Posted by troutman
Following the recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland, Jason Millman, a reporter for The Washington Post's Wonkblog, called out "the anti-vaccination movement" in a January 22 post, describing them as "over-privileged group of rich people" who "overwhelmingly" voted for Obama. Millman repeated the observation "that you only had to go visit a Whole Foods to find anti-vaxxers."
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This itself is a fallacy. Didn't Chris Christie come out a few weeks back supporting anti-vaxx? How about Rand Paul? Were they doing that to speak to their base or the ones that would never vote for them?
What is with people having to paint a societal problem as a political issue? Anti-Vaxx is a stupidity issue which covers both sides of the spectrum.
I had a laugh that the article mentioned even Slate has started to run pro-vaxx articles. Slate a liberal online magazine has been at the forefront of the pro-vaxx movement for a while now. It constantly calls out all politicians that spout anti-vaxx non-sense.
I know it's easier for our minds to process when things are black or white, but come on I thought we were smarter than this. By doing this we are letting equally stupid rich conservatives off the hook.
If Whole Foods directly as a company promotes anti-vaxx fine. I very much doubt every customer walking in the door agrees with them, and/or are "selfish liberals" with diseased kids. Some just want their tasty grass fed unicorn steak that costs a fortune to feed to their kids because it tastes good, and they can/want to promote a healthier way to farm.
Just tired of every issue having to be positioned as a political one. Stupid is stupid.