My Advice

Don't play their games

“Anti-vaxxer” is a marketing term. You don’t need to tell them that you took all your vaccines. Don’t feel proud that you took these things. I mean I guess, you can feel proud of that, if you really do. I certainly don’t, and if I could go back in time, and not take any of them, I would. But have you seen how many of these things they are giving the kids these days? It is insane.

“Anti-vaxxer” is a derogatory term used to sell a product. It is nobodies business what medicine you have had. If you want to call yourself an anti-vaxxer that is your choice. My thoughts are to treat it as an insult. I make efforts to let people know that I consider it an insult. If they want to call me something, they can call me “pro informed choice.”

If you want to take a medicine, that is your choice. If you want to tell me about it, that is your choice.

Here’s a quote that I think really applies in this situation, what do you think? Leave a comment!

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”
― Edward Bernays, Propaganda