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Post:’I just met someone who sincerely, genuinely thought that vaccines cause autism, but vaccinated their kids anyway because "idk I can learn about autism and make it work but it's better than my kid dying" and that's an unhinged level of confused disability allyship I've never seen before. I don't know what to feel. Slay?’ Reply:'He a little confused, but he got the spirit'
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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think I’d have more respect for them, not less. They seriously considered it was easier to deal with the autism than endangering their children and others with the disease. The positive side is that it’s very unlikely there will be any disease or autism.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I am not sure the other side shuns vaccination because they are afraid of autism. I am sure there are many among them who would not terminate a pregnancy even if they found out in time that their child would have down's syndrome (I don't condemn or condone this, just giving an example). They only don't vaccinate because "the libs tell them to", so more like a cult fanaticism behaviour. I think it is that simple and stupid not even something pragmatic.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    This is my impression.

    It's more about tribalism and (to rob the term) "virtue signaling" than anything.


    There is a niche group really obsessed with autism link conspiracies (and I'm sympathetic to that if they have a struggling neurodivergent kid; its a thing that really dominates their life), but the vast majority of antivax is simple "my side" signaling now.

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