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OT: American Politics

LeafGm said:
Man, I really have no patience left for any of the kooky people I know who have “alternate” views when it comes to medicine and nutrition.

It really is the flipside of the same coin as MAGA—a movement that stands firmly in opposition to science, empirical knowledge and any kind of shared, fact-based reality.
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But they heard her on a podcast once and she sounded very bright.

A podcast, LeafGM.
 
hockeylover said:
But they heard her on a podcast once and she sounded very bright.

A podcast, LeafGM.
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Plus they KNOW someone who cured their serious illness with homeopathic remedies!

What worth do double-blind studies with large sample sizes have, or empirical evidence in general, when stacked up against their own YouTube research and the fact that they know a guy who knows a guy who took the quack remedy, and they say they’re cured!!
 
LeafGm said:
Man, I really have no patience left for any of the kooky people I know who have “alternate” views when it comes to medicine and nutrition.

It really is the flipside of the same coin as MAGA—a movement that stands firmly in opposition to science, empirical knowledge and any kind of shared, fact-based reality.
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I mean, raw milk is one of the few I'm marginally closer to willing to be more libertarian on. Obviously for mass consumption, I want legit rules and all of that. But if you want to drive down to a farm, pet a cow, and put your mouth on its teet and suck it, go ahead. I'm fine with that being legal if you want to do that to yourself.

But there's a difference between "let that be legal" and "have the surgeon general believe in that". It should be legal, with a surgeon general's warning that it could cause serious illness and all that usual jazz.
 
I’m gonna spend three hours of my incredibly scarce time this weekend driving back and forth to and from a dairy farm, to meet the farmer and his family and look at Annabelle the cow in the eye and see into her bovine soul.

It’s such a practical approach for millions of people.
 
UWHabs said:
I mean, raw milk is one of the few I'm marginally closer to willing to be more libertarian on. Obviously for mass consumption, I want legit rules and all of that. But if you want to drive down to a farm, pet a cow, and put your mouth on its teet and suck it, go ahead. I'm fine with that being legal if you want to do that to yourself.

But there's a difference between "let that be legal" and "have the surgeon general believe in that". It should be legal, with a surgeon general's warning that it could cause serious illness and all that usual jazz.
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By the looks of it, that’s already how it is.

FDA says you can’t sell raw milk interstate.

Then each state have their own rules. Some you can sell at the farm, some can sell at farm stands, some you can’t sell at all.

(But anyone can technically go suck a teet themselves)

Agreed though, having a wingnut as surgeon general pushing these things is the real issue.
 
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