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milestogo

(17,822 posts)
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:04 AM Nov 15

Some people I work with

said they were excited about RFK Jr being named as HHS secretary. They weren't being sarcastic. Usually nobody says anything political, but now they are all coming out as MAGA. These are well educated people who voted for Trump.

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Some people I work with (Original Post) milestogo Nov 15 OP
Awwwww, I'm so sorry, Miles. SheltieLover Nov 15 #1
Thanks SL milestogo Nov 15 #8
Tell your pupper all about them! SheltieLover Nov 15 #17
Wow! I would assume that they haven't had any vaccines then. flying_wahini Nov 15 #2
Weirdly, at least three of them are ex-military milestogo Nov 15 #5
Not when I served Traildogbob Nov 15 #11
us gals laughed at the guys who fainted Skittles Nov 15 #45
Guy in front of me jerked... MiHale Saturday #79
Oh hell Traildogbob Saturday #84
any veterans who voted for Trump are a FUCKING DISGRACE Skittles Nov 15 #44
No you can't at least in the past Meowmee Saturday #67
LOL! kairos12 Saturday #81
They have degrees but they are not well educated Keepthesoulalive Nov 15 #3
Like Musk milestogo Nov 15 #6
He is not a genius Lokee11 Nov 15 #55
Education does not guarantee SocialDemocrat61 Nov 15 #4
He will always be "Bob" to me. Omnipresent Nov 15 #7
🍆🥔 Traildogbob Nov 15 #9
Apparently their education has not produced clear thinking. Irish_Dem Nov 15 #10
It was told to me, that really smart people.... Butterflylady Nov 15 #21
I think it depends. Some smart people have a lot of common sense. Irish_Dem Nov 15 #23
I see it at my work Tickle Nov 15 #12
They must have graduated from Trump University. Emile Nov 15 #13
What does that wormy loon know about science or managing large bureaucracies? bucolic_frolic Nov 15 #14
Nothing. That's why they picked him. travelingthrulife Saturday #72
I had a coworker this morning tell me so. She is the most uninformed person and I have LizBeth Nov 15 #15
It takes very little education or smarts to know vacines are good. Biophilic Nov 15 #16
My grandfather walked with a cane because he got polio at 17. Hell yes we got the vax! -nt CrispyQ Nov 15 #28
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yeah OK Skittles Nov 15 #46
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cases of long covid FAR exceed cases of "covid vax complications" Skittles Nov 15 #56
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You've been here all of one day and you're already shouting. Biophilic Nov 15 #60
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Enjoy your stay. RandomNumbers Saturday #71
That was more than misinformation mercuryblues Nov 15 #61
that was a complete and total TROLL Skittles Nov 15 #62
Even drumpf's trolls are pathetically incompetent JoseBalow Nov 15 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Nov 15 #64
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Take a hike NoRethugFriends Nov 15 #57
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Many people who watched friends and family die from COVID-19 still believe this anti-vax shit. hunter Saturday #80
They're well trained The Wizard Nov 15 #18
RFK JR DaddyShark Nov 15 #19
But does the secy of HHS really have anything to do with that? milestogo Nov 15 #24
No way the Trump administration will ban GMO food. LisaM Nov 15 #29
Do you think "chemicals" make you gay? obamanut2012 Nov 15 #47
Nope DaddyShark Saturday #66
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Nov 15 #48
nonsense Meowmee Saturday #68
I think the two packs of cigs a day was a big factor in people being thinner before the 1990s Fish700 Saturday #73
Nope, I was around in the 70s peregrinus Saturday #78
Come for the brain worms. Stay for the rotten teeth. nt Gore1FL Nov 15 #20
Wow. That's proof positive being "well educated" doesn't make you smart. Vinca Nov 15 #22
Tell them this LogDog75 Nov 15 #25
When they and their kids die from once eradicated diseases GoreWon2000 Nov 15 #26
But they will be dead. Bmoboy Nov 15 #34
Their extended families and friends will see the damage GoreWon2000 Nov 15 #36
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I honestly don't think they would care Skittles Nov 15 #51
I'm not so sure. GoreWon2000 Saturday #85
they don't give a damn about school shootings Skittles Saturday #86
Hmmmmm BrianTheEVGuy Nov 15 #27
Ok. Are they MAGA or are they only eating organic, chemical fearing, carb counting fanatics. Freethinker65 Nov 15 #30
I pretty much live off junk food Skittles Nov 15 #50
Hot stove Joe_Gadway Nov 15 #31
Road kill and brain worms for everyone! travelingthrulife Nov 15 #32
Desperation clouds rational thought Bmoboy Nov 15 #33
" well educated" doesn't necessary mean they have common sense. republianmushroom Nov 15 #35
Can Mother Nature cull the herd of Fascists in short order,... magicarpet Nov 15 #37
Being really well educated or even brilliant in one area TheKentuckian Nov 15 #38
Did they say why? Jit423 Nov 15 #39
Where do you work? Jit423 Nov 15 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author milestogo Nov 15 #65
Hope they're still excited when their children/grandkids combat the new polio, measles, and sinkingfeeling Nov 15 #41
I hope you don't work in a hospital. n/t Liberal In Texas Nov 15 #43
They might be educated, but it didn't take. lapfog_1 Nov 15 #52
If He Had Been Picked For Biden's Administration, The Right Would Have Protested LOUDLY. nt SoCalDavidS Nov 15 #54
There are actually some Lefties who think RFK Jr. would be good. haele Nov 15 #59
They are everywhere Meowmee Saturday #69
Education and ignorance can go hand in hand kerouac2 Saturday #76
In one year peregrinus Saturday #77
Anyone who is antivax never wore a military uniform. Emile Saturday #82
huh? Skittles Saturday #87
No, were they discharged? Emile Saturday #88
I told my brother not to mention Joe Mercola (#1 source of disinformation and supplements) or forget speaking or email. usonian Saturday #83

milestogo

(17,822 posts)
5. Weirdly, at least three of them are ex-military
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:08 AM
Nov 15

Can you refuse vaccines in the military? If you're going to be deployed to foreign countries, can you just refuse to take vaccines?

Traildogbob

(9,981 posts)
11. Not when I served
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:23 AM
Nov 15

Every cruise we headed out on, we had to form a line, sleeves up and walk through a barrage of high pressure air guns shooting both arms full.
Don’t move, the vaccine stream will rip your arm open.

Traildogbob

(9,981 posts)
84. Oh hell
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 01:27 PM
Saturday

First day of boot. There was a food contamination that blew up into a bacteria nightmare.
We were lined up against a wall and told to drop trousers. Then those asshole medics (pecker checkers) pretended as though they were gonna throw darts.
We all got a dose, glob, of cold ass penicillin in the ass.
A painful lump for days, and March March March.
Where was Bobby then???

Skittles

(159,374 posts)
44. any veterans who voted for Trump are a FUCKING DISGRACE
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:18 PM
Nov 15

I would ask them flat-out WHY DO YOU SUPPORT FASCISM

Meowmee

(5,515 posts)
67. No you can't at least in the past
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 02:18 AM
Saturday

and you get a lot of them all at once mostly. But there were I think medical and if you can believe it religious exemptions. The covid vaccine mandate was rescinded at some point I think though.

Lokee11

(245 posts)
55. He is not a genius
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:36 PM
Nov 15

He is a rich boy who latched onto others and rode their genius to his benefit.

He is not illiterate though - unlike that Orange piece of 💩.

FUCK FAKE GENIUS MUSK!
FDT✊!

SocialDemocrat61

(2,843 posts)
4. Education does not guarantee
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:07 AM
Nov 15

intelligent. Some of the smartest people I know never went to college. And I know ivy league graduates who are complete idiots.

Traildogbob

(9,981 posts)
9. 🍆🥔
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:20 AM
Nov 15

This is What they wanted and what they will get. I will laugh at the horror they also will receive.
But, I will stay raged at them shitting on the graves of dead soldiers, especially WWII hero’s.
🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔🍆🥔

Irish_Dem

(57,546 posts)
10. Apparently their education has not produced clear thinking.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:23 AM
Nov 15

To defy all science and advocate no vaccinations for the American population is suicidal.

Butterflylady

(3,987 posts)
21. It was told to me, that really smart people....
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:14 PM
Nov 15

Have absolutely NO common sense. I truly believe that with republicans today...

Irish_Dem

(57,546 posts)
23. I think it depends. Some smart people have a lot of common sense.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:29 PM
Nov 15

But even high IQ does not protect a person from being horribly misguided by emotion or bias.

LizBeth

(10,821 posts)
15. I had a coworker this morning tell me so. She is the most uninformed person and I have
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:29 AM
Nov 15

Had to educate why tariffs will increase cost. Why it is an issue dock workers striking and her husband drives rigs for Walmart. I told her wtf, the most CT driven person in our health and she says he aligns with her belief with health. So all of the rest of us have to follow her voodoo health beliefs. Blew my mind.

Biophilic

(4,740 posts)
16. It takes very little education or smarts to know vacines are good.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:34 AM
Nov 15

I knew it when I was a young kid, standing in line to get my Polio vaccination. I knew it was important because I had personally felt the fear and loss of at least one friend. It doesn't take brains to understand how important some things are. It takes willfulness and hatred, and yes, some level of stupidity.

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Skittles

(159,374 posts)
56. cases of long covid FAR exceed cases of "covid vax complications"
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:36 PM
Nov 15

WE ALREADY GET ENOUGH MISINFORMATION, WE DON'T NEED MORE

DONE HERE

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Biophilic

(4,740 posts)
60. You've been here all of one day and you're already shouting.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 05:05 PM
Nov 15

Doctors have been known to make mistakes but rarely have they done so after years of research and the heartbreak of babies dying young way too young. I grew up in the 40s and 50s. I remember. Vaccines work to save lives.

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RandomNumbers

(18,149 posts)
71. Enjoy your stay.
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:38 AM
Saturday

Brief as it may be.

For the record, RFK Jr is against other vaccines that have a long track record of success in preventing disease.

It is apparent that for this administration, the suffering is the point.

mercuryblues

(15,111 posts)
61. That was more than misinformation
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 05:30 PM
Nov 15

That was a complete total lie

After my transplant, I had to get revaccinated for every childhood disease there, is and no way in hell that I get dozens at the same time.

And they were spread out over two years time. These anti-VAX can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

I hold them and complete total contempt because of what they have put me through with their anti-VAX Bullshit.

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hunter

(38,933 posts)
80. Many people who watched friends and family die from COVID-19 still believe this anti-vax shit.
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:53 AM
Saturday

It's just insane.

When I was a kid I was hit hard by the mumps virus. I would never want my own children to suffer that. Of course we got them vaccinated.

DaddyShark

(14 posts)
19. RFK JR
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:59 AM
Nov 15

I'm not anti-vaccinne at all and have gotten and plan to get my young daughter all the recommended vaccines from her doctor. But if there's any good thing that can come with RFK being in a health role, it's the calling out of the poisons in our food. I used to think people who were anti-GMO were crazy, but I started looking into it a little more and there's just too many things for it just to be a coincidence. For example, I wasn't alive in the 70's (was born in the 80s), but when I look at photos or videos of people from the 1970's and before that, one thing you notice is that seeing overweight people is extremely rare. Or at least severely overweight, as in more than 20 pounds overweight. Almost everyone I have seen from that era and before was super thin. And I don't buy that there was no lazy people in the 70s, or that they all ate healthy home cooked meals every day, and they all worked out regularly at the gym. That's gotta be bs, because in most other ways they weren't very health concious at all. The majority of them were smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day, and drinking a lot more alcohol than Americans do today. Mcdonald's was also huge in the 60's and 70's. People ate it like crazy. The difference? It's not the same mcdonalds. They fried the french fries and other food in beef tallow back then instead of whatever weird lab created vegetable oil that they use now.

But the timeline really makes sense in the grand scheme of things. We started using bioengineering in food in the early 80s, and it really took off in the 90's and beyond. Which is the exact timeline of when obesity rates started to skyrocket in this country. One of the arguments against GMO is that your body doesn't fully recognize it as food and doesn't process it the same way that it does with natural food, which causes you to eat more of it as the body is trying to get something that's not found in the food you are eating, so you don't feel satisfied and it causes you to overeat.

The fact that most of Europe has banned bioengineered ingredients in their foods should really tell you something as well. It's something that should be looked into very hard. But since the reason they started using these ingredients in the first place was to cut costs and increase profits, banning bioengineered ingredients will likely increase costs of food though. Which is already really expensive. But I think it's a price that might be worth paying to save the health of our children and our country.

milestogo

(17,822 posts)
24. But does the secy of HHS really have anything to do with that?
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:11 PM
Nov 15

And who looks to the secretary of HHS for dietary advice? Most people don't even listen to their doctors, much less a politician.

Someone who pans vaccines in the middle of a global epidemic just has really poor judgment.

LisaM

(28,601 posts)
29. No way the Trump administration will ban GMO food.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:38 PM
Nov 15

I happen to agree that GMO food should be banned, too. But, it won't be under a Trump administration, no matter how much RFK bleats about it. This appointment is straight up about vaccines and peoples being upset about what they saw as mandates.

obamanut2012

(27,806 posts)
47. Do you think "chemicals" make you gay?
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:20 PM
Nov 15

Or cause AIDS? Or vax cause autism?

Do you agree with how he basically murdered people on Anerica Samoa?

Do you think ADHD doesn't exist? Or depression?

Do you thi k people on meds should be made to live on wellness farms for several years so they can get over being depressed or having ADHD or certain disabilities by eating organic food while performing manual labor?

DaddyShark

(14 posts)
66. Nope
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 02:12 AM
Saturday

I don't agree with any of that stuff. But if most of the developed world is banning GMO's, its something we should look into as well.

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Fish700

(98 posts)
73. I think the two packs of cigs a day was a big factor in people being thinner before the 1990s
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:01 AM
Saturday

Also a lot more people went outside and moved around.

peregrinus

(223 posts)
78. Nope, I was around in the 70s
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:46 AM
Saturday

The reason for what you describe is because junk food just wasn’t as prevalent as it is today. There weren’t as many food options period and fast food was just about to take off, it hadn’t yet.

LogDog75

(98 posts)
25. Tell them this
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:30 PM
Nov 15

If RFK doesn't believe in vaccines then his version of medicine is bloodletting; that is, bleeding a patient to remove the bad blood making a person sick. Welcome to 1700s medicine.

GoreWon2000

(974 posts)
26. When they and their kids die from once eradicated diseases
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:35 PM
Nov 15

because there are no more vaccines, maybe then they'll wake up.

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Skittles

(159,374 posts)
86. they don't give a damn about school shootings
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:42 PM
Saturday

why would they care about kids dying from preventable diseases?

Freethinker65

(11,139 posts)
30. Ok. Are they MAGA or are they only eating organic, chemical fearing, carb counting fanatics.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:39 PM
Nov 15

I understand trying to exercise and eat healthier, but not everyone can afford grass fed beef and shopping only organic (even if out of season) at "health food" stores, or extolling the virtues of pricy supplements. I work with some coworkers that lecture about their health routines. I especially love these same coworkers drinking sugary bought coffee drinks and processed frozen meals from Trader Joe's, and lecturing me about their work outs and gym membership. RFK appeals to them I suppose.

Skittles

(159,374 posts)
50. I pretty much live off junk food
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:23 PM
Nov 15

the last time I called in sick to work was the day the planes hit the towers

Bmoboy

(407 posts)
33. Desperation clouds rational thought
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:49 PM
Nov 15

Alternative or Complementary medicine is more acceptable to people with serious illness who have been told there is no cure or the cure is Hella expensive.

Acupuncture, homeopathy, mega vitamins - all used to be thought of as quackery.

Bobby.jr taps into that anti-establishment mindset.

Some believe big pharma and insurance are colluding to not only rip us off but to make us sick and dependent on their products while suppressing cheaper remedies.

Chicken soup for small pox, anyone?

magicarpet

(16,514 posts)
37. Can Mother Nature cull the herd of Fascists in short order,...
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:54 PM
Nov 15

... or is it expected to take some time?

(Rhetorically speaking).

TheKentuckian

(26,231 posts)
38. Being really well educated or even brilliant in one area
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:02 PM
Nov 15

does not automatically translate to any aptitude or knowledge at all in another.

Your favorite architect may well be utterly lost doing the accounting and the accountant may be worthless for podiatry who couldn't program a computer to save their lives and the programmer struggles to change the oil on a car and the mechanic makes a lousy engineer.

Jit423

(296 posts)
40. Where do you work?
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:06 PM
Nov 15

For Federal agency? Some people could not get clearance of pass the Civil Service exam to get employment with the Federal government and despise the people who did.

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sinkingfeeling

(52,993 posts)
41. Hope they're still excited when their children/grandkids combat the new polio, measles, and
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:07 PM
Nov 15

covid epidemics.

haele

(13,526 posts)
59. There are actually some Lefties who think RFK Jr. would be good.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:58 PM
Nov 15

Because he's going to go after Big Pharma, the Insurance Companies, and Big Factory Food/Agra companies that force us to eat GMOs and Junk Food.
Seriously. Theses aren't MAGA people, but they're just as dedicated to Fringe and Conspiracy thinking as RWNJs.
You know, these are lefties (not liberals) who bring cardboard tasting Soy, Kale and Pepitas casserole (base of oatmeal gruel) without even a decent pepper sauce to pour over to the company potluck while pretending they're good vegetarians who eat this at home all the time.
Disclaimer - The vegan dish was brought to the potluck by the disliked head of HR - an billboard "lefty" into CrossFit - and he snarled at everyone the next week because no one ate it after a taste; I remade it -still vegan -for the next potluck (adding home pickled artichoke hearts, sauteed mushrooms, citrus zest, balancing spices and a mild chili sauce) and it was gone in 5 minutes.

Remember, "Left" does not always mean Liberal or Progressive.
There are some pretty hardcore Lefties who are just as unwilling to accommodate other traditional Leftist policies because they don't fit in a narrowly focused Overton window.

Haele

Meowmee

(5,515 posts)
69. They are everywhere
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 02:30 AM
Saturday

and they think they have the right to expose all of us to their craziness and expose and kill us with the diseases/viruses/illness that will happen due to this insanity. They don't. A lot are on the left as well. Healthcare workers as well. In my county only 70% of hospital employees were vaccinated during the pandemic, and they were allowed to keep working, exposing patients to covid. They should have all been fired. Many did not wear masks properly and removed them. I saw this and have evidence of a lot of it in one nearby hospital.

This country is full to the brim of dangerous and crazy people.

peregrinus

(223 posts)
77. In one year
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:42 AM
Saturday

You won’t be able to find a single person to admit they voted for Trump. Hell it might just be 6 months

Skittles

(159,374 posts)
87. huh?
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:44 PM
Saturday

didn't you hear about all those soldiers who bought into rightwing garbage and refused covid shots?

Emile

(29,836 posts)
88. No, were they discharged?
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:53 PM
Saturday

Vaccinations are mandatory for the health of the force. Overseas deployment requires many vaccinations.

usonian

(13,836 posts)
83. I told my brother not to mention Joe Mercola (#1 source of disinformation and supplements) or forget speaking or email.
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 11:59 AM
Saturday

Forever.

Not a peep since.

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