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MattBaggins

(7,894 posts)
178. Age of Autism? No thanks. Have better things to do with my time.
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 07:53 PM
Jun 2013

Fox news would be a more legitimate site than that claptrap.

My Psychological Grandmother had Polio. She could have lived a MichiganVote Jun 2013 #1
To have someone like Kennedy corrupted just hurts Godhumor Jun 2013 #3
Autism is a pretty desperate thing. Sadly, in my experiene, very good experience MichiganVote Jun 2013 #5
I disagree. Autism is as prevelent as they say. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #31
It is a real diagnosis of that there is not doubt. But physicians do not account for MichiganVote Jun 2013 #33
that is why a family physician who spots early warning signs will refer you to a liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #34
Then your guy did the right thing. Unfortunatly others do not. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #35
How do you know they aren't? liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #37
Because I work in this domain and you don't. Now stop with the stuff. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #38
of course they are not always correct. That does not mean there is some overdiagnosis crisis. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #39
Begging your pardon, I did not state that there is an overdiagnosis crisis. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #41
He has a good heart, he means well, but he's not the sharpest knife, and he's easily led. MADem Jun 2013 #53
"Wrong" isn't the same as "corrupted", surely? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2013 #111
Yes, I am with you Taverner Jun 2013 #201
What if i may ask is a... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #6
I'm pretty curious about that one myself. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #8
I hope not. See below. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #12
:) She was a retired School Social Worker. They used to call them MichiganVote Jun 2013 #10
Facist arely staircase Jun 2013 #7
Oh I'm far worse than that. I am a realist in an unreal age. :) MichiganVote Jun 2013 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #26
Agreed. I realize that our drug companies are suspect of many things, MichiganVote Jun 2013 #27
My wife is now bedridden from polio in 1935. Bet she would have liked for a Salk/Sabin-type indepat Jun 2013 #90
I Got Polio One Month Before Vaccine otohara Jun 2013 #109
So I followed links and found that RFK Jr. has a taped conversation between Offit.... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #2
Ah yes, his infamous claim that he will rat out the government if they don't clean up vaccines Godhumor Jun 2013 #4
Not to worry. After reading this thread no one will even THINK.... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #14
Vaccines need to be cleaned up! - you are the fruit loop! womanofthehills Jun 2013 #44
There is a fund because Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #49
My question would be Heywood J Jun 2013 #129
step out of the hills for a bit snooper2 Jun 2013 #133
And there are people who have serious reactions to Tylenol and ibuprofin XemaSab Jun 2013 #202
No he has a rational mind and he has the facts. truedelphi Jun 2013 #103
sure, let me refute everything with one point. Godhumor Jun 2013 #106
uh actually there was ONE case that made the headlines truedelphi Jun 2013 #108
it did not cause autism, it caused autism-like symptoms Godhumor Jun 2013 #110
Actruallyt he pre-existing condition was a mitochondrial disorder truedelphi Jun 2013 #112
well, there are deluded parents who believe vaccines caused autism in their children Godhumor Jun 2013 #114
Oh baloney! truedelphi Jun 2013 #123
Uh huh... Scootaloo Jun 2013 #126
I won't hear a word said against Flinstones Chewables, because they're so damn tasty. Orrex Jun 2013 #132
Thanks Scootaloo Jun 2013 #136
Are you aware that in countless governmental agencies across the world truedelphi Jun 2013 #147
Horseshit... SidDithers Jun 2013 #151
Your entire argument boils down to a Post Hoc-Ergo Propter Hoc logical fallacy stevenleser Jun 2013 #161
Putting that argument aside, how do you (also Godhumor, Sid) interpret these historical facts. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #162
You haven't posted any facts. Link to a mainstream modern science or medical site please. nt stevenleser Jun 2013 #181
Preposterous. See post #144. Go directly to the Stanford link provided and skip the analysis by AOA. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #185
Here are facts I presented. truedelphi Jun 2013 #187
Fifteen separate citations found by one single parent truedelphi Jun 2013 #191
Which of my arguments? truedelphi Jun 2013 #186
What a load of hooey MattBaggins Jun 2013 #165
+100 zappaman Jun 2013 #139
Great post! LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #152
Thank you and very nice to find a few truedelphi Jun 2013 #160
I was replying to Scootaloo's post, so don't thank me! LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #199
Vaccines caused a mitochondrial disorder? MattBaggins Jun 2013 #164
Not proven. Zoeisright Jun 2013 #122
"there is no credible proof that the autism/vaccine situation is not worrisome" MattBaggins Jun 2013 #163
Scroll down, please. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #195
You know, I was content to let this thread die, but holy shit your link is just awful Godhumor Jun 2013 #198
FOCUS. I linked to a post reproducing package inserts citing adverse reactions ONLY, as described. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #200
I addressed the inserts Godhumor Jun 2013 #203
Let's take the site off the table then, although the site authors did the research. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #205
RFK Jr. A shameful, ignorant buffoon. longship Jun 2013 #9
I think it is more the unfortunate influence of Hollywood betterdemsonly Jun 2013 #121
This message was self-deleted by its author alp227 Jun 2013 #156
Hasn't the vaccines-autism thing been comprehensively debunked? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #13
Yes and I find it sad as a mom of an autistic child to see him repeat these claims maddezmom Jun 2013 #16
me too and getting my son vaccinated was hell but I did it. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #36
There was no de-bunking. However, due to how Americans have been brain washed, truedelphi Jun 2013 #206
Only if you buy into that sciency stuff. Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #92
Lost all respect for Kennedy when he published his dumbass anti-vax article... SidDithers Jun 2013 #15
The green our vaccines thing in 2009 was pretty bad, too Godhumor Jun 2013 #18
Yup... SidDithers Jun 2013 #22
I don't get why RFK Jr. would drink the kool-aide on this issue... Blue_Tires Jun 2013 #134
Maybe (obviously) he knows more than he's being given credit for on this thread. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #145
Or perhaps his law firm sees the money to be made MattBaggins Jun 2013 #166
On the enviroment the young Kennedy is a great man who should be listened to dsc Jun 2013 #17
I have been very reluctant for reasons below, but you made me do it. Check it out, all 9:07 minutes. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #146
Well, that really sucks. TransitJohn Jun 2013 #19
Nut...job. eom NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #20
Too bad we don't have an antistupidity vaccine. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #21
/thread...nt SidDithers Jun 2013 #23
This is what woo can do. Archae Jun 2013 #24
Childhood diseases are returning due to the anti-vaxxers cpwm17 Jun 2013 #32
Some of them like to say that they're only endangering themselves Mariana Jun 2013 #42
And then there are kids who can't be vaccinated for medical reasons, and babies who are too young LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #97
Wow, just wow!!!! Beacool Jun 2013 #25
i'm not anti-vaccine, but i DesertFlower Jun 2013 #28
You may be interested in the CDC info. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #29
You may be interested to know that CDC decided, in 1969, to continue the Tuskeegee syphilis HiPointDem Jun 2013 #46
The problem is the mercury... davidn3600 Jun 2013 #51
You lack even a basic understanding of science EvolveOrConvolve Jun 2013 #63
And what did they replace it with? davidn3600 Jun 2013 #99
Again, you demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of science, and the medicine tied to it EvolveOrConvolve Jun 2013 #115
salt water is toxic MattBaggins Jun 2013 #170
You are wasting your time MattBaggins Jun 2013 #168
Death by a thousand cuts Mr. Baggins EvolveOrConvolve Jun 2013 #176
Most vaccines don't contain mercury nowadays. LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #100
Sodium, in small amounts, will kill you, so will Lithium, yet both are consumed in quantities... Humanist_Activist Jun 2013 #149
As a Europaean - we get almost as many vaccines as you do. LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #98
There may be something to PART Carolina Jun 2013 #141
exactly. i'm almost 72. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #148
60 here and glad of it Carolina Jun 2013 #155
i rarely eat fruit. it doesn't taste DesertFlower Jun 2013 #175
We could start our Carolina Jun 2013 #204
my grandparents were 5 houses away. most of my DesertFlower Jun 2013 #207
I'll be on the look out for you, DesertFlower Carolina Jun 2013 #210
Does anybody know if RFK Jr. has choie Jun 2013 #30
He is a lawyer MattBaggins Jun 2013 #171
Very sad. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #40
i really have a problem with people like him madrchsod Jun 2013 #43
May I point out that RFK Jr claims that Thimerosal, *NOT* vaccination, ucrdem Jun 2013 #45
And all you offer are some lousy FACTS about what he REALLY said and about thimerosal!?!? DeSwiss Jun 2013 #47
+1 ucrdem Jun 2013 #48
What he really said... Major Nikon Jun 2013 #50
Yes, ''woo'' -- the place from whence science was born..... DeSwiss Jun 2013 #52
Advocating for locking people up for the "crime" of saving lives with science based on pseudoscience Major Nikon Jun 2013 #54
Heard of Dr. Poul Thorsen? proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #192
Scathing April Fool's spoof post inspired by actual events. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #193
Fucking materialists. Everybody knows autism is caused by an imbalancing of the mind-sense. mathematic Jun 2013 #55
You got me.. Is that woo or satire? MattBaggins Jun 2013 #173
''woo'' -- the place from whence science was born..... SidDithers Jun 2013 #56
Thanks so very much for the links. Your post is why I continue to come to DU. It is possible to KittyWampus Jun 2013 #94
Really? MattBaggins Jun 2013 #174
+1000 for RAW Newest Reality Jun 2013 #154
Thanks for always being there with the comic relief MattBaggins Jun 2013 #172
Are you sure *every* fact of science was "once Damned"? *Every* invention considered impossible? Silent3 Jun 2013 #159
Well, he's still full of shit Orrex Jun 2013 #69
Some in Congress agree with him... ucrdem Jun 2013 #71
It's still bullshit, no matter who endorses it Orrex Jun 2013 #72
I just checked and RFK doesn't mention Wakefield anywhere in either article. ucrdem Jun 2013 #74
Wakefield is the source of anti-Thimerosal hysteria Orrex Jun 2013 #75
Why don't you just read the article, or at least the footnotes ucrdem Jun 2013 #77
I'm not going to read a 66 page article of bullshit Orrex Jun 2013 #79
You didn't read it, but you know it's bullshit. Okay. n/t ucrdem Jun 2013 #80
If it's the piece that he published in 2005, then it was bullshit when I read it eight years ago. Orrex Jun 2013 #82
Okay you didn't read it, except you did, and you asked for a citation, except you didn't. ucrdem Jun 2013 #86
So you've got nothing. Orrex Jun 2013 #88
I have ignore, and you're not making sense, so goodbye. n/t ucrdem Jun 2013 #93
And thus the cause of science is advanced. Orrex Jun 2013 #102
All roads lead to Rome. Chan790 Jun 2013 #76
Lilly has known about this since 1935. ucrdem Jun 2013 #78
p.s. here is the complete citation: ucrdem Jun 2013 #96
Thank you for the link. Petrushka Jun 2013 #127
Oh sure. "Unsatisfactory as a serum intended for use on dogs.” ucrdem Jun 2013 #143
Until I began reading that article, I didn't know . . . Petrushka Jun 2013 #150
Adding neurotoxic ethyl mercury germicide to required pediatric vaccinations, ucrdem Jun 2013 #190
Wrong? Wrong? Well . . . for one thing . . . Petrushka Jun 2013 #208
Ah, yes. Congress. The arbiter of good science. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #211
RFK Jr. has slipped over the edge of reason on this one. MineralMan Jun 2013 #57
Woo etherealtruth Jun 2013 #58
Discover magazine found 'upper class' leans republican. Octafish Jun 2013 #59
Honest question, in am not sure of what you are stating Godhumor Jun 2013 #60
One of DU's biggest conspiracy theorist is trying to defend his hero RFK Jr... SidDithers Jun 2013 #61
Labels are so you, siddithers. Octafish Jun 2013 #62
No, octafish... SidDithers Jun 2013 #64
That must be why, when I ask you to show where I'm wrong, you can't. Octafish Jun 2013 #65
I guess it's somewhat better to defend RFK Jr, rather than defending Lee Harvey Oswald, eh? zappaman Jun 2013 #73
As opposed to what, mentioning how George Herbert Walker Bush was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963? Octafish Jun 2013 #81
Let's see, RFK Jr. a genuine Democrat and a Liberal not known for being a CT v Sid. sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #124
I look forward to your apology... SidDithers Jun 2013 #128
Well, I've never seen you be right about too many things frankly, so if you did turn out to be sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #131
Well Sid Dithers... zappaman Jun 2013 #113
I had hundreds of journal posts, with incredible details about JFK... SidDithers Jun 2013 #117
Most telling you find humor in the assassinations of President Kennedy and Sen. Kennedy. Octafish Jun 2013 #135
Meet blogger Keith Kloor Octafish Jun 2013 #66
yes, yes he had a spat with another blogger Godhumor Jun 2013 #67
I'll side with RFK, Jr. Octafish Jun 2013 #68
Then, quite simply, you are choosing wrong Godhumor Jun 2013 #70
You know he said those things? You heard a recording? You read a transcript? Octafish Jun 2013 #85
talking in circles now. Kennedy is wrong Godhumor Jun 2013 #87
"Kennedy is making the situation thousands of times worse... zappaman Jun 2013 #91
Maybe "gullible people" actually read his articles. ucrdem Jun 2013 #189
science does not show mercury, even in trace amounts, to be safe for humans MattBaggins Jun 2013 #177
Dude you can't even spell it. n/t ucrdem Jun 2013 #188
I can't even spell what? MattBaggins Jun 2013 #197
Bookmarking... SidDithers Jun 2013 #84
You better believe it! zappaman Jun 2013 #89
Gotta say, I don't miss the daily David Michael Green updates. name not needed Jun 2013 #95
Well, there's a blast from the past... SidDithers Jun 2013 #116
At least you didn't have to sit through his lectures. name not needed Jun 2013 #120
He's completely jumped the shark. No telling how many people around the world have been kept from kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #83
Apart from anything else... LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #101
Another nutcase. How sad. idwiyo Jun 2013 #104
Total Fail on RFK jr's part. GoneOffShore Jun 2013 #105
Um yeah, same thing. Iggo Jun 2013 #107
Why, Bobby Jr., why? AverageJoe90 Jun 2013 #118
Yeah, it's like he doesn't trust authority figures for some reason. Bucky Jun 2013 #167
Whatever the case..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2013 #179
Disappointed to see RFK Jr. put his name down supporting this lethal woo. n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #119
This thread is filled with distortions. Read what remains online of the original pulled post. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #125
The only distgortions are coming from insane people like RFK Jr geek tragedy Jun 2013 #130
Here's a new video which provides historical evidence suggesting otherwise. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #137
Age of Autism? No thanks. Have better things to do with my time. MattBaggins Jun 2013 #178
You won't multitask and simply listen to the narration ONCE while doing something else? proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #182
Facts are indeed facts MattBaggins Jun 2013 #183
The video summarizes explosive historical findings about the first cases of autism ever documented. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #184
Just a note to say "Thank you for the link." Petrushka Jun 2013 #209
These are astonishing historical facts, aren't they? Find any alternate interpretations anywhere? proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #213
After viewing the video---and doing a bit of google searching . . . Petrushka Jun 2013 #214
Here is an even newer video AnalystInParadise Jun 2013 #196
One non sequitur deserves another. Read, then look in a mirror, please. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #212
"Well, we never liked him anyway" right? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #138
Kick for exposure of wacky anti-vaxxers who are here on DU. zappaman Jun 2013 #140
Lack of nuance does great disservice to that argument and is out-of-date among experts except Offit. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #144
Related worthwhile thread. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #142
This message was self-deleted by its author mother earth Jun 2013 #153
That's my take too Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #157
This message was self-deleted by its author mother earth Jun 2013 #180
That shngles ad is telling people that they have a one in three chance of truedelphi Jun 2013 #194
he shouldn't host Ring of Fire anymore. And does he not understand science at all? alp227 Jun 2013 #158
My respect for Mr Kennedy just went down the toilet. Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #169
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