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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Stop fucking sane washing him. "If they want to" is a dubious statement coming from anyone in this authoritarian administration.

The fact that he brings up "reparenting", it seems fairly obvious that this is going to be done by authority of the state. He's talking about taking people's kids away from them if they medicate their children as recommended by their doctors.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 18 points 6 days ago

Stop fucking sane washing him

You'll notice I called him a "total whackjob". I do not say he is sane. However, I wish to criticize what he ACTUALLY said instead of some bombastic caricature of his plan. In no way do I support or endorse RFK, but let's be accurate with our criticism.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Focus on the topic at hand. Making up all these statements will just make people roll their eyes when or if it actually happens. Don’t be the boy who cried wolf.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

RFK endorses reparenting neurodivergent kids, and you want me to wait until it "actually happens". Absolutely not!

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

I have a neurodivergent kid and haven’t heard anything about this. Do you have any sources?

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago

Can you link a source for this?

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Very well put. I have 'outrage fatigue' from the past couple of years. Since RFK and Trump have so many dubious plans and statements, can't we find enough problems with what they have ACTUALLY said instead of having to catastrophize about the subtext of their words?