slowmutant wrote:
DeaconBlues wrote:
The "activist spirit", in the wrong cause, can be a dangerous thing, slowmutant. What were the Crusades, after all, than the "activist spirit" of Europeans, harnessed in the service of the Papal ambitions of the time? And the Conquistadores, with their wholesale destruction of South and Central American cultures, were certainly "activist"...
Would Ms McCarthy only use her "activism" in the service of scientific thought, rather than rumor and innuendo, we would sing her praises indeed, I would think! Sadly, this has not yet come to pass...
Jenny McCarthy is not a scientist or a philosopher. Just a famous mom. Though her methods may be in error, they are motivated by her love for her child and concern for others. Facts and protocols and techniques can be re-learned if necessary, but the activist spirit cannot be fabricated or falsified. I wonder if her inner circle of friends and colleagues feels this way, also. It would be a shame if Jenny had yes-men who tell her what she wants to hear and not necessarily what is true.
So in other words she is beyond contempt because she has a child with autism?
LeKiwi, I understand them and appreciate that they are trying to do the right thing. But what people are saying for the most part is not that they are evil, it's that they choosing to buy into the fear aspect of it instead of listening to us. It's hard to cut people slack if they won't listen. This is why they are being called selfish here.
All of this misinformation needs to stop and it's parents of kids w autism who are spreading it the most. They need to understand that its them who have the problem with it and not the people who actually have autism, or ADD, etc.