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Wow, HN, I can't help myself; why on Earth is this flagged? My post, even in the most critical light, says four things: * Kids are getting sick in my state, fr
by colemickens 8y ago
Wow, HN, I can't help myself; why on Earth is this flagged? My post, even in the most critical light, says four things:
* Kids are getting sick in my state, from the measles, because parents refuse to vaccine kids that are perfectly capable of receiving the vaccination.
* Kids, across the country, in and near anti-vax communities, are contracting whooping cough. ITS A FACT. SORRY.
* Whooping cough is "violent". Maybe one of you can show me a video of a child with whooping chough that you wouldn't call "violent". How about one that you don't call "horrificly violent", even?
* That I could be misreading, though the parent commenter has indeed confirmed that my comment is an accurate read.
So? We just don't like having it pointed out, or what?
Also, big shoutout to HN for "rate-limiting" me from being able to reply to the undoubtedly good-faith commenter who is openly suggesting we let the children of anti-vaxxers just die; the one commenting in a subthread about herd immunity who clearly has no idea what herd immunity is. My comment remains positive, and there are no rule violation.
I engaged in good faith (I certainly didn't think they were going to openly call for the deaths of anti-vax kids or act like it was a serious position to hold).
But hey, it's HN, so I should know that being offended at implicitly violent attitudes or calling out people's bullshit here would automatically land me in trouble.