"Do you still feel the same way about the MMR vaccine versus measles and the proper treatment with Dr Ben Edwards?" To which the mother firmly responded: "We would absolutely not take the MMR [vaccine]. The measles wasn't that bad. [The other children] got over it pretty quickly. And Dr. Edwards was there for us."

[the other children] note :agony-shivering:

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[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

why does this not instantly result in them losing custody of their children?? in plague country its apparently legal to murder your own children with easily preventable diseases holy fuck i hate it here

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Parent's rights just means "the right to treat your children like animals (which are lesser than humans)"

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Basically wanted to say this. CHUDs and Americans in general fucking despise children, I got some of the weirdest looks once when I advocated that children should have their own rights.

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

part of the negotiation that christofascists are currently having with the state is the balance between state interest in children and private ownership of children. they are attempting to transition the currently negotiated settlement of rights between those two entities, which is already very much weak for the state, even more entirely under the legal purview of heads of households. that is, they are genuinely attempting to reestablish the most literal Roman rights of ownership. it's not just about despising children, it's not just about being able to treat your children as nonhumans. it's about establishing the stricter and more interpersonally violent hierarchies of control that they believe will stabilize society, and they are psychologically hardening themselves against basic human empathy in order to realize that goal.