RE: So It Seems the Anti-Vax Crowd
February 9, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2015 at 2:17 pm by SteelCurtain.)
I agree with Bill Maher about ONE thing.
Skepticism of government and big Pharma shouldn't be vilified. People should be skeptics about everything.
Under no circumstances is that the end of it though. This is what bugs me about all the bullshit conspiracy garbage Maher spouted off on his show Friday. It was that it's okay to be a skeptic and that's it.
The natural conclusion of skepticism is that the question is just the beginning. You don't just stop there. The questions is what leads you on a search for the answer. I am absolutely skeptical of Big Pharma. I have also read peer reviewed articles which attest to the efficacy of vaccination and the idea of herd immunity. So my skepticism about vaccinations is quelled.
This mislabelling of continued ignorance/incredulity as skepticism is something Bill Maher should be ashamed of.
Skepticism of government and big Pharma shouldn't be vilified. People should be skeptics about everything.
Under no circumstances is that the end of it though. This is what bugs me about all the bullshit conspiracy garbage Maher spouted off on his show Friday. It was that it's okay to be a skeptic and that's it.
The natural conclusion of skepticism is that the question is just the beginning. You don't just stop there. The questions is what leads you on a search for the answer. I am absolutely skeptical of Big Pharma. I have also read peer reviewed articles which attest to the efficacy of vaccination and the idea of herd immunity. So my skepticism about vaccinations is quelled.
This mislabelling of continued ignorance/incredulity as skepticism is something Bill Maher should be ashamed of.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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