RE: Vaccinations-- Sanjay Gupta is my hero!
February 6, 2015 at 11:27 am
(February 6, 2015 at 1:01 am)Esquilax Wrote: Those are the people that really baffle me, the ones who, as FreeTony said, seem addicted to the idea of having beliefs counter to accepted science, even when they've vaccinated themselves. At least proper anti-vaxxers have stuck to their beliefs; these assholes are doing it just to be different.
I lived with a guy a few years back that believed in conspiracy theories/ghosts etc. He was slightly underconfident and didn't like the idea that there were people who knew more about him on a subject telling him what to think. What was very strange was that he would never talk about them to me because he knew I would show him where to find the facts and essentially not allow him to believe this stuff anymore. We got on fine, and I didn't ever bother trying to convince him otherwise as he would get a bit tetchy if we ever ventured towards the subject.
These people want to believe these things, for whatever reason. It isn't about the science or the facts, it is that is makes them feel better about themselves. This is what they feel you are taking away. It's actually very similar to the Christians that feel that by questioning their beliefs you aren't allowing them to continue believing. This belief pleases them and makes them happy, and you are taking it away. This is why they get so angry.
For the parents that haven't vaccinated, it is a guilt about having not looked after their child well (and for some they finally get to look down on other people as worse parents). They would rather convince themselves that they have been good parents, rather than accept that they haven't been. They will also feel stupid for believing this, which is the one thing they have been trying to get away from in the first place by adopting this belief.
