Taking Out Anti-Vaccination Idiots, One Big Scary Word At A Time

The internet is full of idiots, that much is for certain. But sometimes, when the seasons start to turn and the planets align just right, a Learned comes along to take even just one of these internet idiots to task, and we are left to rejoice that it isn’t just us, that we aren’t just taking crazy pills, and that there are other sane, normal people out there who understand the beauty of rational thought.… Read More Taking Out Anti-Vaccination Idiots, One Big Scary Word At A Time

This Is Why Fighting the Anti-Vaccination Crowd Matters

It’s easy to point and laugh at people like Jenny McCarthy and Kristin Cavallari, idiots peddling C-list celebrity pseudoscience and mothers who believe that their ability to create life has naturally imbued them with inherent moral superiority and a mainline into some secret medical knowledge doctors just don’t have. It would be easy to dismiss their arrogance and their ongoing insemination of the national conversation with ignorance — if only it weren’t for the fact that doing so has the potential to get people killed.… Read More This Is Why Fighting the Anti-Vaccination Crowd Matters

This Is Why Jenny McCarthy Is Dangerous

This column isn’t about how Jenny McCarthy shouldn’t be given a nationwide platform on The View to almost assuredly bring her anti-vaccination crusade to its largest audience yet, how being complicit in such a move is irresponsible and dangerous. This column is about why Jenny McCarthy shouldn’t be given a nationwide platform on The View to spout her anti-vaccination evangelism, why it’s irresponsible and dangerous and why ABC should put people’s lives over profits and immediately withdraw its unholy offer to McCarthy.… Read More This Is Why Jenny McCarthy Is Dangerous