Robert Kennedy Jr apologises for Holocaust reference in autism speech

[KamaAina]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/13/robert-kennedy-apologises-for-holocaust-comparison-vaccines

Robert Kennedy Jr apologized on Monday for describing the growing number of children identified with autism, which he links to the use of vaccines, as “a Holocaust”.

Kennedy, the nephew of President John F Kennedy and son of his murdered brother Robert Kennedy, is campaigning against a bill introduced in California that seeks to stop parents opting out of having their children inoculated against diseases such as measles and whooping cough....

Kennedy said that pharmaceutical companies and the government could not be trusted over the ingredients in vaccines and added of children that he claims get sick as a result of having their jabs: “They get the shot, that night they have a fever of 103 [degrees], they go to sleep, and three months later their brain is gone. This is a Holocaust, what this is doing to our country.”...

“I want to apologize to all whom I offended by my use of the word to describe the autism epidemic,” Kennedy said in a statement. “I employed the term during an impromptu speech as I struggled to find an expression to convey the catastrophic tragedy of autism which has now destroyed the lives of over 20 million children and shattered their families.”

Three months later my brain was gone? RFK Jr. may wish to notify my alma mater, Yale, of that fact. And my life has not been destroyed, nor has my family been shattered.

[Jefferson23]

1. Yikes...for crying out loud. n/t

[KamaAina]

2. None of the many Jewish Autistic people or their family members

could be reached for comment.

edit: I'm thinking of one in particular I knew back in NYC. We went to the Jewish Museum in Carnegie Hill one afternoon. We went into the room that commemorates ha-Shoah (the Holocaust). After a few seconds, she spun on her heel, walked out, and said -- out loud, a very big deal for her! -- "I don't want to be in there."

[sharp_stick]

3. He's out of his fucking mind

He should apologize to all the kids that he hurts and kills by spouting off his conspiracy theory bullshit.

[DeadLetterOffice]

5. Yes yes yes yes YES he should!

[zappaman]

4. Still an asshat.

But now, a slightly contrite asshat!

[mmonk]

6. I doubt my oldest son (autistic) views himself as a victim of a holocaust or vaccinations.

He is educated, intelligent, and despite the persona of having no feelings from those that do not understand, will tell you he has them as well as worth as a human being. Glad for his "somewhat" apology. But he is not a tragedy, but a gift.

[postulater]

7. Bush went to Yale. His brain is obviously gone.

[KamaAina]

8. But he's not Autistic.

There goes that theory.