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Ignorance is dangerous.
Another line of thought: this is severe negligence, leading to death. Throw this guy in jail for homicide.
This is the way. "Food has stuff in it we don't trust, so I stopped feeding her."
These people do, sincerely, need to be incarcerated.
It's not going to happen, though, under this or even under any administration under the current Democratic party.
"UnDeR tHe DeMocRatS"
Oh yes, the Democrats. FAMOUSLY in charge of Texas. CURRENTLY in charge of the FDA and government.
How about we stay on topic.
MMR would still be required in schools if the Dems won. It's one of the very few things they bother to do (though poorly). This kid could possibly still be alive.
To your point about Texas: California, the bastion of liberal ideals for decades, deregulated their power grid in 1996, when Democrats controlled the state Senate and the state Assembly. Fucking conservative bullshit. So don't go picking and choosing your "it's only the Republican's fault" talking points.
I'm not one of those people who don't think there's any difference between the parties, but the Democrats are certainly only the lesser of two evils. The recent vote in which a full 10 Democrats voted for the stop-gap spending bill, which strengthens Trump's dictatorial agenda; Biden's stance on numerous issues, and Kamala's refusal to distance herself on those issues; despite Biden showing up at Labor rallies, the utter lack of recognition - much less any action to combat - the increasing wealth disparity in the US; the constant repetition of Biden's administration of how great the economy is while middle and lower class families struggle; the whole way the Biden/Harris 2024 campaign was handled, with the obvious back-stabbing of Biden (poorly handled, if nothing else); the Democratic party's rejection of anyone left of, or more pro-working class, than Biden - including Sanders, AOC, or anyone that would be considered too "left" for the corporations that control the US government; all these things demonstrate that the Democratic party aren't the party of the left anymore. They're merely not outright fascist Nazis, but the party is still pro-Billionaire, pro-big-business.
When the Democrats have been in charge, where were the bills for Traveler's Rights? Where were the bills strengthening civil liberties? Where were the bills working to reduce income disparity, to strengthen Unions - where was any of that? Republicans have certainly been effective at advancing their agenda - who's been advancing the agenda of progressives? Who stood up against the invasion of Iraq? Anyone? Not Hillary, that's for sure. Who shut down Guantanamo? It's still there, and still running.
The Democratic party is weak, ineffectual, and seems more concerned with profiting from their own positions (thanks for that bit of ammunition, Pelosi) than doing anything for the working classes, or protecting immigrants, or minorities, or going any fucking thing to fight the far right. Or maybe they're just incompetent. While Republicans have been stacking the courts, Democrats have been either incompetent, uncaring, bafflingly oblivious, or downright stupid, and I don't know which is worse.
There are exceptions in the party, but that's only because it's been proven that it's nearly impossible to get elected without belonging to one party or the other. But the Democratic party as a whole is little better than the lesser of two evils.
We're already in an oligarchy, run by the wealthy and large corporations, and with a Russian asset as our president. What have the Democrats - our elected representatives - done to prevent this? I'll take personal responsibility when we have direct representation, and I can bypass my representatives and vote directly on bills; until then, the representatives are answerable for the state of the country.
The Democratic party needs a leftist version of the Tea Party. Until then, they're going to continue to concede and compromise us into a complete dictatorship.
The topic is measles. Would you like to comment on that?
I did. Four comments back in history.
To summarize:
X: These people that let their kids die from medical neglect need to be jailed
Me: Yes they do, but it isn't going to happen under either the Pubes or the Dems
X: Oh, you're one of those "both parties are the same" idjits
Me: No, Dems are the lesser of two evils, but they haven't been "the good guys" in a long time. They've only been "the least bad", and they're getting less "least bad" over time.
The Democratic party now is like the Republican party was in the 70's. Give them 20 more years with the way they've been going, and they won't be defending vaccines anymore, either.
This whole thread has everything to do with vaccines; context is important. The whole sequence of statements on the thread is significant to what's said.
These idiots are so transparent.
It makes me think they're bots, honestly.
It makes me want to write a bot that explains FPTP and damage reduction over and over, since that seems to be how I spend my time..
I wish they were all bots...