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Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link (arstechnica.com)

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[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 9 points 53 minutes ago

I had a lot of questions after Trump was first elected and I started reading as much as I could, not only learn more about how and why it happened but also about Trump himself. One of the first books I read was by his niece, Mary Trump. The very aptly titled, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man. I came away almost feeling sorry for Trump after what he'd been through. To say his father was an absolute monster and his mother was selfish and uncaring are understatements. Trump had an older brother, Fred Trump Jr, who was groomed from an early age to take over the family business. The senior Trump demanded ruthlessness from Fred but he didn't have it in him. The pressure destroyed him and allowed an opening for Donald to step in. Trump knew he wasn't smart enough to be the ruthless and successful businessman his father demanded, so in order to please his father and compensate for his shortcomings, he began to construct a very fragile illusion of himself as strong and capable and ruthless. Gradually, this became Trump's reality. It wasn't based on facts or observations or careful reflection; to Trump, it became what he said it was. And in order to sustain this illusion there must be no encroachment of objective reality like the multiple scientific studies showing no link between autism and vaccines. Trump can only exist if people adore him and support the illusion that he is all powerful. It's why he frequently says that when people talk to him they call him "sir", or that every response from the White House to counter any criticism of Trump always talks about how he's the most engaged, the hardest working and the best president this country has ever had. And if his adoring public has any doubt about vaccines and that they might cause autism, then this becomes who Trump is. A reckless and dangerous figure who will do anything to maintain the adoration of his public but is framed as a fearless warrior who fights for the American people. It becomes a caustic, self-sustaining cycle that is the heart of the chaos we now find ourselves in.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

Yeah that book is crucial to understanding how he'll act in any situation

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 8 hours ago

Imagine that RFK, Jr isn't crazy enough for you?

[-] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

I didn't realize Trump actually cared about vaccines and figured RFK was appointed as a quid pro quo for his 10% of votes he was getting early on.

Trump sure advertised the Covid vaccine as something he was proud of. Why would he be against vaccines now? Because maga yelled it and he thinks thisll help him get back some of those he lost during the Iran war?

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago

Why would he be against vaccines now?

While I don't have the answer, it isn't anything new and predates the pandemic: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/17/fact-check-republicans-run-afoul-of-medical-thinking-with-autism-assertions/

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

The republican party was willing to entertain anti evidence positions so the people whose primary issues were things like "the medical and scientific establishment can't be trusted as much as my gut" flocked to them

[-] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

"But it seems Trump has not aligned with his advisors and still wants Kennedy to demolish vaccination policy with wild abandon, despite the health and political dangers. "

What the fuck is even the point?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

He's terminally online in right wing echo chambers. The furthest right people oppose vaccines now so so does he

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 34 minutes ago

Because the Evangelicals with money keep asking for this, and he can't deliver.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 5 points 2 hours ago

Cruelty, misery, exercising power to inflict suffering.

[-] Clasm@ttrpg.network 2 points 52 minutes ago

Don't forget: Dismantling of the country so that it can be parcelled off to the Oligarchy on the cheap.

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

"Report: Trump mad" Yes, of course.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 42 points 17 hours ago

Hard to prove a link that doesn't exist.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago

Not for Trump, he just thinks hard enough and that's how it is. No really, as far as I read that's how he treats life, you think hard enough and make sure you have groveling sycophants tell you that how everything is just like your delusions and live in a fantasy world where your hands don't look like they belong on a 10 year old.

Well technically I think it was some positive thinking attitude type mindset so even if it doesn't match reality it happens. What a load of baloney, unless you start with half a billion dollars on the game of life then you're rich enough to pretend whatever you like. Somehow this dude made least 1/3 of the US think that's okay, good job on electing people to defend education and critical thinking.

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 119 points 20 hours ago

How are Democrats not running ads about how "Donald Trump wants to kill your children."

[-] sobchak@programming.dev -2 points 2 hours ago

There are so many issues to attack him on that this one looks minor. I think I heard the DNC is pretty much bankrupt too.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

they are too busy worrying to not offend both houses why MITCH MCCONNEL isnt replaced. beshear is pratically acting like tim walz, non-confrontational approach, dont rabble rouse. while when the gop does it, they can go scorched earth all they want.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 37 points 20 hours ago

It's all one power structure.

[-] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yeah we can really see how both sides are the same. I remember when Biden was virulently anti-vaccine, while unleashing a personal paramilitary force on the population, while destroying our relations with every other country, while starting a war with Iran to distract from him protecting child rapists.

Oh wait, no I don't. Because only an absolute fucking moron could possibly believe both sides are the "same".

[-] Awooooooga@lemmy.world 3 points 37 minutes ago

The democrats are still a ragtag bunch of enabler pussies.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

The Republicans (Midas Touch) probably is.

Democrats are almost entirely pussies and even in many cases complicit.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 74 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Ardent anti-vaccine activist and current US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly on thin ice with Trump for not being anti-vaccine enough for the president’s liking

How are there so many completely delusional people in the world in a time of education and information?
Is the human brain rigged for insanity?

I don't mean RFK Jr. or Trump, but the fact that Trumps delusional policies got him elected in a country of 300+ million people.
😡 🤥 🤡 🤮

USA as a country and society is stark raving mad.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 7 hours ago

rfk JR BRAIN was bathing in heroin for a long time.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Is the human brain rigged for insanity?

We are monkeys wearing clothes. Yes.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Well I suppose nature will just have to try again when humanity ultimately destroys itself.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

dont you mean worms wearing clothes

[-] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Anti-vaxx stuff used to be on the fringes - once the stupidest people took over the Republican party anti-science sentiment in general came with them. Because they're stupid.

[-] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 38 points 19 hours ago

I have lived in the bible belt all my life, still trying to escape. People are proud of their beliefs even though they aren't true. "Everyone is entitled to their beliefs" is the common sentiment, but it's wrong. Everyone is morally obligated to align their beliefs with reality as closely as they can.

That's where science comes in. It is not an authority, not a religion, not a system. It is a process we use to acquire and refine knowledge. Given the physical limitations of our senses and minds, it is the best we can do.

People need to learn before we all die of stupid.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Everyone is entitled to their beliefs

That is such a stupid saying, basically it's true that people are entitled to their beliefs, but that doesn't make their beliefs worthy in any way, and it definitely doesn't mean crazy beliefs have to be respected, and it also doesn't mean they deserve special consideration.
Everybody is also entitled to jump off a cliff, but what would be the point of such a statement?
Americans fail to debunk the widespread insanity as a society, and as a result the insanity is spreading.

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