"The goal is to shut you up," he said. "And it certainly works. There are a number of people who choose not to stand up in this arena because they know that it means that they're going to be personally targeted."
Well when science and reason doesn't work I think name calling is sufficient.
Public shame and ridicule is a potent way to deal with unreasonable positions when all else has failed.
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Public shame and ridicule is a potent way to deal with unreasonable positions when all else has failed.
I definitely agree that shaming them by not allowing them to participate in public activities like school. But any time someone starts name calling I dismiss them entirely. It just seems childish to me.
Three members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family are forcefully denouncing his anti-vaccine views, arguing that the lifelong Democrat "is part of a misinformation campaign that's having heartbreaking — and deadly — consequences."
Another great video by Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell. They just made an excellent video to show to anti-vaxxers with an intentionally clickbaity title those "do your own research" types will click on.
Spoiler!
Side effect of vaccines is a decrease in demand of child size coffins
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I am all for personal freedoms, making decisions for yourself, and all of that crap. But when you're decisions can cause a great deal of harm to others, screw you.
I think in terms of anti-vaxxer idiots, if their virus bomb kids or themselves infect others for what ever reason, they should be on the financial hook on it.
If their kid goes to school with a extremely communicable disease that was previously wiped out and they have to scrub every square inch of the school, hey get out your checkbook. If you infect a person and they miss work you're on the hook for their salary and lost productivity.
This isn't a victimless crime.
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