There’s a universal and inherent human fear that if we throw a party, no-one will come and we will spend our days resenting the invention of Netflix for turning humans into lazy, effortless friends.
For some it’s a fear, for others, a reality. And Alicia Silverstone is living it right now.
The Clueless star-turned-wellness-advocate-turned-anti-vaxx-campaigner visited Sydney last week and decided to meet up with fans of her Kind Life blog as a means of connecting “in person”.
In an email to fans, Silverstone’s management wrote they were “trying to organise a kind life meetup so Alicia can connect in person with you all”.
Although management did acknowledge they wanted the meeting to be “low-key” and they didn’t specify how many people they considered “all” to be, we assume it may have a tad more than the eight people the Daily Telegraph reports turned up to chat with Silverstone about all things vegan and living an “eco-friendly” life.
Although once a 90s acting superstar, the mother-of-one has turned into a science skeptic and anti-vaxxer, criticised by doctors and parents for igniting dangerous, and often baseless ideas including tampons may cause infertility, eating plants can cure MS, and vaccines are dangerous.
In the past, Silverstone has quoted “anecdotal evidence from doctors who have gotten distressed phone calls from parents claiming their child was ‘never the same’ after receiving a vaccine” and has written that “vaccines given to pregnant women could be correlated with autism”.
The 39-year-old led to raised eyebrows back in 2012 as well for posting a video to her website showing the actress pre-chewing her child’s food before feeding it to him.
Fellow vegan advocate Katrina Fox was one of the estimated 15 people who turned up, writing on Instagram that Silverstone was “very sweet and generous to spend time with us during her vacation and is a wonderful vegan advocate for a kind world”.
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ew. Anti-vaxxxers. They literally spread diseases. And misinformation. They think that they are special, because they 'know' more than everyone else.
But, they are just dumb, because they think that they are as smart as people who actually do medicine for a living, studied hard and continue to study, test, collect and interpret and know what they are talking about.
I don't, for even a moment, believe that I am as smart as people who study medicine. But I don't dismiss dissenting voices as readily as it seems most do, particularly on here, and particularly around this particularly sensitive subject.
To me, labeling anyone who dares even question the veracity of vaccines, or grouping the entire 'mob' who vary in their concerns as greatly as the spectrum of autism, is akin to labeling the people of Islamic faith terrorists.
There is a huge difference in questioning aspects of the schedule and the necessity of some vaccines and rejecting them all outright. Just because it is in the category of science doesn't mean it is scientific.
There are so many different vaccines but everyone is lumped into one big "conspiracy" group. Why was our Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, not willing to vaccinate his daughters with Gardasil? Why wasn't he labelled a conspiracy theory nutjob and hounded out of office?
At the risk of being censored I will refrain from linking anything other than titles.
'CDC confirms the vaccine schedule and injected aluminum has never been tested';
I liked some of your comments and wanted to add my own thoughts. I know many people who vaccinate and don't vaccinate, some alter their schedules, some avoid some vaccines. I don't consider any of them nut jobs or spreading diseases.
I do feel that there is a witch hunt mentality that feels very vigilante where no one is allowed to offer a dissenting view, even if they are MEDICAL experts. That is very worrying because it is healthy for not only medical people but every day people to ask questions and look for information. There are examples within the scientific field that there is dissent and progress is made when people are allowed to think outside the box. What is really disturbing is the labelling of people by their opinion about vaccination: i.e.: anti vaxer as if it is a signal that this person is a loony and not to be trusted. There is never any thought about older Australians who need to get boosters to help herd immunity, all we ever hear about is the so called evil anti vaxers. I have been heavily censored when I have written normal comments about pro or anti vaccination. I don't understand the censorship unless the only opinion allowed on Mammamia is pro vaccination, all vaccination and name call anti vaxers. This woman is more than just one opinion and we shouldn't be putting down people like this.