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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert F Kennedy Jr has lost all credibility.
He may be "on our side," but he's an asshole. Pure and simple.
Cranks of a feather, part 2: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. cozies up the Nation of Islam over SB 277
Certainly the antivaccine opposition is doing itself no favors. What do I mean by that? Well, the confluence of cranks to which I referred at the beginning of this post was antivaccine activists uniting with the Nation of Islam and, by proxy, the Church of Scientology to oppose SB 277. Indeed, contemplating whos crankier, the antivaccinationists or the Nation of Islam is not a straightforward question, which made me wonder just what on earth antivaccinationists thought they would gain by allying themselves with a group that is racist and antisemitic, preaching that white people are devils, Jews are evil, and Adolf Hitler was a person to be admired. Add to that its belief in the Great Mother Wheel or the Mother Plane, a human-built planet, a half-mile by a half-mile, a UFO that was seen by the prophet Ezekiel. No wonder the Nation of Islam has an affinity for Scientology, although given how white Scientologys membership and leadership are its strange that they seem to be making beautiful cranky music together.
Oddly enough, the reaction of various prominent antivaccine bloggers to this alliance with the Nation of Islam and the town hall meeting held at an LA Scientology building last Thursday featuring Brian Hooker and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been almost universally positiveecstatic, even. For example:
EPIC! We have not seen The People Rise Up in Unity like this since the 60's and 70's ended the Vietnam War. TRUTH and JUSTICE will Prevail in this Land!
Posted by Californians for Vaccine Choice on Thursday, June 18, 2015
And:
FULL HOUSE! They try to split us up but they bring us closer together instead! People of all ages, nations, races all together to fight for our kids! You dont mess with the Nation of Islam, Robert Kennedy Jr. Or Brian Hooker! You allow the same media who tells you that your baby got autism from natural causes, tell you about the Nation of Islam.There is wickedness in high places, the pharmaceuticals! Tony Muhammad, speaking so much truth. ACTION ALERT, call legislators, numbers to call in pics!! #?NOSB277 #?CDCWHISTLEBLOWER #?JUSTICEORELSE Brian Hooker, Eric Gladen, Wendy Silvers, Michelle Maher Ford, Julie Marsh Ed Arranga
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/06/22/cranks-of-a-feather-part-2-robert-f-kennedy-jr-cozies-up-the-nation-of-islam-over-sb-277/
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)In the last decade, when did he have any credibility? He lost it the second he started in with his kooky anti-vax bullshit.