Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2015 17:22:04 GMT -5
I just shared that Jimmy Kimmel video where he got doctors to tell off anti-vaxxers and someone on my FB told me I can't have an opinion on vaccines because I'm not a mother. Actually she said:
"If you're not a mother, why would you ever think your opinion bears a SHRED of relevance to a mother? Did you grow a child in your belly and then proceed to feed them from your body? Do you have 10,000 years of instincts pulsing through your veins? No? Ok. Cool. Just checking. Thanks for your opinion though."
Too bad opinions don't work that way. But thanks for the laugh, bitch.
Someone did that to my husband two days ago. It was a guy friend whose child is two weeks old. Im paraphrasing, but he said to H, I told myself I wouldn't be like this when I had kids. Now that we've had "baby girl" I understand it better. You just won't understand until you have kids.
At which point I wanted him to give me the phone so I could send back a nasty response. It makes me so mad so many levels. On top of this guy being a jerk. My own knowledge about the topic has been questioned by stupid people reading poorly written articles.
For almost 10 years I have worked with individuals with Autism as well as other developmental disabilities. I've worked closely with atleast 100 families. Out of all those families, I have only had one ever say they thought their son's autism might have been caused by vaccines. Not a single other family blames the vaccines. Despite my very obvious professional experience, people will still tell me I don't have a fucking clue what im talking about.
Edit: Sorry for the long post. This topic makes me all sorts of ragey.