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Karasu

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18. Apparently Republicans hate autism even MORE than stem cell research now? Wow.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 01:55 PM

16 hrs ago

Even just back in the '90s, Republicans clutched their pearls so hard over stem cell research that the thought of this would've been inconceivable to them, and now they're willing to embrace it and do some crazy-ass unproven RFK Jr. bullshit? Out of fear of autism?

They have fully embraced pseudoscience and quackery. I really don't see how this country has a future in science anymore when so much of the country has succumbed to this shit.

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Autistic children injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr [View all] groundloop 19 hrs ago OP

WTAF!!! yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #1

The parents believe the kids belong to them Bmoboy 19 hrs ago #3

Backwards thinking. Parenting is a responsibility - not ownership. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #5

a lot of parents think their children are their property DBoon 19 hrs ago #9

Sad. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #12

No, they are desperate GenThePerservering 16 hrs ago #19

Pure unadulterated expensive quackery prescribed by a witch doctor. What could go wrong? flashman13 19 hrs ago #2

So, immunizations, which have been studied exhaustively, are a problem... 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #4

Insignificant benefits means no differences between this treatment and placebo. LisaL 19 hrs ago #7

The Duke study found no benefit. yardwork 17 hrs ago #17

Isn't that special. ... s/ littlemissmartypants 19 hrs ago #6

I remember the horrific episode from the advised use of hyperbaric chambers for these kids hlthe2b 19 hrs ago #8

Where are they obtaining... ultralite001 19 hrs ago #10

Hire a snake oil salesman and that's what you get - snake oil! JustKay 19 hrs ago #11

Will this snakeoil failure create distrust for legitimate stem cell research and it's funding? QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #13

I'm by no means an expert. WinstonSmith4740 18 hrs ago #14

"What I really want to know is how do you diagnose an 18 month old child as autistic?" ShazzieB 16 hrs ago #21

There could be signs, even at that age. LisaL 16 hrs ago #22

Thanks for the info! ShazzieB 13 hrs ago #25

Same here, Shazzie! SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #26

I had a severely autistic brother Skittles 13 hrs ago #29

NO one... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #15

Mr. Anti-Science, RFK Jr, wanting to use science ?? Why didn't Lightening come down and burn his ass down ? dave99 17 hrs ago #16

Apparently Republicans hate autism even MORE than stem cell research now? Wow. Karasu 16 hrs ago #18

Horrifying. highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #20

+1 pat_k 15 hrs ago #23

We're back to the pre-FDA snake oil days. SamuelAdams 13 hrs ago #24

I despise that man. He must be prosecuted. Passages 13 hrs ago #27

I don't even understand under what theory they think stem cells could cure autism. LisaL 13 hrs ago #28