I knew he was a kook but I honestly never suspected how much of a complete nutcase this guy is
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Never even suspected? Have you seen literally any video where he utters a sentence or more?
You know he literally had worms in his brain? That's not emphasis. Literally literally.
I mean I knew vaguely about his anti vaccine stuff from when he was on the radio but he seemed like a “Nader’s Raiders” type, fighting industry, and plus he was an ecological protection advocate. But no I didn’t know he was cutting animals dicks off and drinking clothing dye and stuff.
So he’s against antidepressants, which serve a legitimate health purpose , but all for minors using tanning beds….
Because the Epstein class want those sexy tanned teens.
And yet they hate brown people. I can't keep up with their weird shit.
Kennedy’s action comes at a time when many adherents of his Make America Healthy Again movement have adopted regular sun exposure as a core principle of wellness, with social media influencers encouraging followers to abandon sunscreen and build up their “solar callus,” or sun tolerance, instead.
This kind of bullshit makes me so angry.
So, the goal is to make our skin rough as a leather bag?
Even black people can get sunburnt, despite having far more melanin than a pasty old man like RFK Jr. There's no way white people can approach that level of natural skin protection, yet even the darkest skin has its limits when it comes to blocking UV. But I guess if RFK's ilk wants to fuck around and find out, they can have at it.
As for me, I'll keep using sunblock. And avoiding sewage wastewater. And getting my vaccinations. And taking my anti-depressants. And washing my hands...
Since when are minors not allowed to used tanning beds? My dad was obsessed with them so he made me use one a couple of times when I was a teenager. Needless to say, he got skin cancer. Dude was just sitting in the sun to help his depression but wouldn't admit it cause he's a stubborn boomer who doesn't believe in mental health treatment. He probably just needed vitamin D suppliments.
Shouldn't be vitamin D with that amount of sun, tbh.
15 min of sun exposure 2-3 times a week even when wearing a t-shirt should be sufficient for most white people.
Perhaps it could've been some sort of underlying vitamin D production issue, so that he knew he sort of wanted it, but his body just didn't produce it despite sun exposure.
But yeah you don't need to literally tan yoself to get sufficient sun exposure for vitamin d, even at higher latitudes.
Shouldn't be legal, even for adults (like in Australia). This is the type of 20th century quackery we've come to expect from Dr Brainworm.
I'm not a real doctor but I am a real worm — I am an actual worm.
Nice drumming!
I don't think they shouldn't be legal. I think adults should be able to do just about anything they want, even if it harms themselves, as long as it doesn't harm others. Having the government step in and stop any "harmful" behavior leads to them calling any behavior they don't like harmful. "Being gay/trans/etc is harmful."
They shouldn't be allowed to advertise though. We should be free to make our own decisions, and that means no one manipulating our behavior with advertising.
I think adults should be able to do just about anything they want, even if it harms themselves, as long as it doesn’t harm others.
Producing and selling a tanning bed does harm other people.
So doew producing and selling a car.
So do you think selling cars should be illegal, or is "adults should be able to do just about anything they want, even if it harms themselves, as long as it doesn’t harm others" maybe just a tad too simplistic of a rule to decide what should or should not be allowed?
Obviously it's too simplistic. I didn't write a fucking law about it that needs to be perfect. This is a casual internet forum, and everyone knows that a statement like that isn't literal. Anything you do has some public risk, that we find acceptable.
A tanning bed doesn't though, besides potentially starting a fire, or things like that which we don't need to factor in here. Similarly, most drugs only harms yourself. Yes, there's some amount that ends up in the water supply, and distribution can cause harm (as is true for literally everything). The outside dangers are insignificant though and we do not need to discuss them further. If you want a more specific wording, "adults should be able to do what they want as long as the harm to others is below a socially acceptable threshold."
I think adults should be able to do just about anything they want, even if it harms themselves, as long as it doesn’t harm others.
Then they can go lay on the beach or something, shouldn't let companies offer products and services that are known to be dangerous and unhealthy.
Rednecks: Muh tannin beds!
It is basically Nazi Germany for them.
I disagree. If I want to use drugs that hurt me, I should be allowed to, for example. In my opinion, that's the government overstepping. They should regulate stuff, to make sure it is what it says it is, and make sure people are aware of the risks, and people aren't being manipulated. If they choose to harm themselves, they should be allowed to.
I should be able to eat junk food, or go skydiving, or drive a car, or whatever else I want to do if I'm OK with the risk. The government removing the choice is way too far. Their only role should be ensuring the risk is as known as possible.
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Kennedy’s action comes at a time when many adherents of his Make America Healthy Again movement have adopted regular sun exposure as a core principle of wellness, with social media influencers encouraging followers to abandon sunscreen and build up their “solar callus,” or sun tolerance, instead.
It makes so much sense now why he always looks like he just got back from a trip to the Sun.
Dude has "adherents" that listen to him and actually follow what he says!? Who the fuck
MAHA is actually such a big part of Trumps base that he's been having a hard time balancing his own desire for money (supporting things like oil and big ag) with the MAHA people.
Someone tried to tell me RFK was doing good things because he was finally going after red dyes in food... completely ignoring ALLLLLL the other quackery.
This was never about science or reality.
They hate us for defying their ways and challenging them to be better. They’d rather destroy everything we all had than allow trans people and immigrants to live in peace.
I had so much hope in the 90s, it felt like things were really shifting, there was a lot of music about it even, people could feel it. I don't know if that was real or just blowing smoke up all our asses, but a lot of people worked really hard and a lot even died for our rights and recognition. It's really a shame to see that all being pissed away by complacency, and worst of all the man at the head of it all is literally the antithesis of everything I believe in.
This movement to ban petroleum based dyes in food started long before he was in office and attributing it to him is incorrect.
Right? I was under the impression they were already banned a lot of other places as well. We've been dragging our heels because of corporate kissassism.
From the man who looks like old beef jerky.
And sound like one too.
Hate isn't a strong enough word for what I feel for these people.
good morning Am, I wouldn't mind if you did your thing on that cabinet
They need plausible deniability that the little brown girls they abuse are at least white.
That worm sure did a number
Tackling the real issues.
WHO IS ASLING FOR THIS?
It's the brain worm again!
His desire to see tanned teenagers and drool I guess?
RFK likes em young, but he'd rather rape dead roadkill instead.
big tanning bed.
The Epstein class
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Someone likes his minors to also have the leathery pizzle look.
I don't get tanning bed. Sun is free! Just go out for a bit like you are supposed to.
Hey, skin cancer is the new “in” look! Hope all these MAHA adherents have good insurance when they need surgery to dig the melanomas out of them.
Never thought my skin being healthy would make me look old, but ok
Somebody’s gonna have to be in charge of supervising and I bet it’s gonna be him.
“Excuse me miss, have you ever seen a raccoon‘s penis before?”
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