Captain Splendid's Journal: Hunh

There's a joke that's been circulating in liberal circles for the past few years that posits that Obama should come out publicly in favour of some kind of basic but necessary human activity, such as breathing or eating, the punchline being that Republicans will then immediately come against it and suffer the obvious consequences.

So, over the weekend, Obama came out strongly in favour of getting your kids vaccinated.

And then, this morning, we have this from Chris Christie:

Amid an outbreak of measles that has spread across 14 states, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Monday said that parents âoeneed to have some measure of choiceâ about vaccinating their children against the virus, breaking with President Obama and much of the medical profession.

True, he recanted those remarks when the predictable shit hit the fan, but it would be nice if Obama could make more proclamations along this line. I'd love to see how far this can go.

The argument exposes the individual vs. the group

[smittyoneeach]

You can make the public health case, or the liberty case. You can point out that we're breeding the super bug.

Thought experiment: a vaccine against homosexuality.

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[fustakrakich]

Just make sure you burn the bodies, okay?

How about a vaccine against religion?

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[smittyoneeach]

How about a vaccine against religion?

Now you want a pogrom against Progressives?

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[fustakrakich]

I didn't know you are a 'progressive'. Eh, considering your neo-liberal shtick, it kinda makes sense.

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[smittyoneeach]

I'm sorry, what was I guilty of this time?

Let him speak. Tell him, "Please, continue"

[fustakrakich]

It can only help [independent.co.uk], right?

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[mcgrew]

My oldest daughter is autistic and I'm pretty sure I know why. Autism spectrum disorder has a huge genetic component and is linked to families with high intelligence, which makes sense since they recently discovered that an autistic brain has too many neuronal connections.

Leila had birth complications, but despite our worries she was advanced in almost everything. She delighted in freaking people out by waving and saying "hi!" to them at six months. She discovered at a very early age that she could roll any

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

MRI or MMR?

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

Also, don't write her off only at age 30. Plenty of ASD Level 3 people migrate to Level 1 in their 40s. Kanner Autism Patient Zero, at age 64, holds down a job in his family's bank, drives a car, and travels once a month. At 30 he was doing none of that.

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[mcgrew]

Yes, that's exactly what I thought.