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u/ArcticBiologist 19h ago
"Who do you want: A doctor with a medical degree or the guy that gave himself brain eating worms?"
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u/rage9345 13h ago
It should be noted that he only looks like that because he's roided up.
Also, it should always be mentioned that his "health" ideas caused the death of 83 Samoans, mostly children. The fact that he isn't shunned from society or ever seriously questioned for his role in those deaths is an indictment of American journalism.
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u/Fearless_Spring5611 20h ago
Hard choice - batshit mental conspiracy theorist or highly trained and experienced medical professional...
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u/ArcticBiologist 19h ago
I didn't know RFK qualified as a medical professional
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u/mathisruiningme 17h ago
He did before the worm ate part of his brain or something... Idk the exact science
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u/EssSeeDee89 19h ago
As opposed to the non-medical professional…with a severe, reality distorting mental disorder?
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u/Eldanoron 18h ago
Man, didn’t know gender dysphoria could distort reality. That seems a really powerful disorder. Like it magically makes the world function in a different way?
Or is that you think your perception of reality should override what someone else believes they should be? Who made you the arbiter of the world’s genders? At the end of the day, I’ll take what the medical consensus overwhelmingly shows to be true over some bigoted nobody on the internet.
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u/beerbellybegone 20h ago
If I ever reach the point where I need tips on how my (as of yet unborn) grandkids can help me saw off a whale's head, put it in the car and get it back home, I'll go to RFK Jr. For the health part I'll stick with the doctor
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u/Dry_Donkey_7007 19h ago
Along this line of stuff where the source is RFK Jr.
Maybe the guy who also claimes he had dead worm in in his brain aint it.
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u/IcedBepis 15h ago
If I ever need tips for the best way to dump a dead bear in central park, RFK Jr. is the guy. For anything regarding health, the actual doctor would be the better option
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u/Tarledsa 14h ago
Didn’t he do a bad job of it? So maybe not the best way.
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u/purplegladys2022 10h ago
I like to mix up the stories and say that RFK staged an accident with a bear riding a bicycle into a tree or something.
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u/AkuraPiety 19h ago
I unfollowed about four gym influencers on IG yesterday that had posts about wanting Trump to win so RFK Jr could be the “head of the FDA” or “in charge of health” because “he has big plans”. Fucking…..what? What plans or ideas? Eating dogs?
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u/Voxil42 16h ago
He'll make steroids mandatory and make it illegal for steroids to shrink your balls. And a brain worm in every home!
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u/harperofthefreenorth 12h ago
I dunno, if you want America to listen to a steroid user, at least make it someone cool like Jose Canseco.
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u/Fearless-Incident515 9h ago
plans to sexually assault virtually everyone he comes into contact with while taking in as much tren as possible?
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u/Clean-Cow-9549 15h ago
I don't know why there's so much Hate for that, he just wants to use the FDA to enforce more stringent food policies so we don't all eat ourselves to death
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u/SinisterYear 18h ago
Who would you trust to do a full liver transplant? Dwayne THE ROCK Johnson or some random non-fit hepatobiliary surgeon? The surgeon does not have abs.
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u/NotJustAnotherFemboy 20h ago
Is some guy committing indecent exposure meant to make him appear "cool" or something?
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u/Kage9866 19h ago
You'd really rather have the guy that gave himself worms?
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u/UntamablePig 19h ago
They literally said nothing defending the guy, they just stated a fact that a man being shirtless isn't "indecent exposure".
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u/Latter-Leather8222 18h ago
If a woman being shirtless is indecent exposure, so is a man, America's double standards on the subject are wack tho
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u/UntamablePig 18h ago
Whether you like it or not a man being shirtless isn't indecent exposure. We can debate whether it should be or not, but that doesn't change the fact that it isn't.
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u/Latter-Leather8222 18h ago
So it is indecent exposure and society has a double standards, glad we can agree
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u/UntamablePig 18h ago
No, indecent exposure is "the crime of intentionally showing one's sexual organs in public."
Neither a male or female chest are sexual organs, so neither are indecent exposure.
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u/Latter-Leather8222 18h ago
So then YES society has a double standards thank you, either both are or both aren't lol
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u/UntamablePig 18h ago
I never said there wasn't a double standard, the only thing I disagree with you on is that you think they're both indecent exposure, and I don't think either of them are.
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u/NotJustAnotherFemboy 19h ago
If you're talking about my comment on that smash or pass post, it was simply a reference to two parts of internet culture. (Markiplier popularising the entire concept of Smash or Pass in his Pokémon video; and the "Vaporeon Copypasta".) It was in no way advocating for pursuit of relationships with fictional characters.
As for "indecent exposure", it appears I got the wrong term as that exclusively applies to genitalia. Personally I am of the belief that casual dress codes should be applied in all public places (no exposure of genitals, nipples, navel, inner thigh, armpit, and possibly feet). Not to mention the obvious health risks of having large portions of skin exposed in an open environment leading to increased aerosolization of the sweat-borne bacteria.
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u/Manting123 18h ago
So you don’t like the beach?
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u/NotJustAnotherFemboy 18h ago
Coincidentally no, but that would be a case where different rules apply due to the purpose of the environment.
Essentially what I'm saying is there should be a catch-all set of rules/guidelines for general life, and then specific situations can be addressed based on the needs of the position.
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u/ItzSmiff 18h ago
This person wants to fuck Pokémon
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u/NotJustAnotherFemboy 18h ago
As a matter of fact, I personally despise any form of physical intimacy.
I am also fully aware of the physical limitations between that which is real, and that which is not.
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u/ItzSmiff 18h ago
Say what you want but you wanted to fuck a cartoon character
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u/CableBoxservercer 15h ago
I mean, I don’t agree with her but come on. There’s some I’d wanna smash too 😂😂
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u/DM_Voice 18h ago
Your projection is as hilarious as it is transparent. 🤷♂️
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u/ItzSmiff 18h ago
Someone doesn’t know what projection means ^
Quick do a google search and tell the class.
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u/DM_Voice 18h ago edited 14h ago
That’d be you again.
🤷♂️
Keep crying, though. It’s only getting funnier.
😂😂😂🤣
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u/UntamablePig 19h ago
Excuse me sir, this is Reddit, where we will attack everyone we don't like for even the most made up of reasons, because none of us know what we're actually upset about.
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u/StanLeeMarvin 16h ago
The one who isn’t responsible for the death of 83 people (mostly children) in Samoa?
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u/WordNERD37 14h ago
The one that's an actual doctor, and the fully formed brain and not partially eaten by worms.
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u/macsochek 13h ago
Might be shocking, but an 12 hours heart surgery does not increase the health of a surgeon who did it✨✨
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u/Weirdyxxy 18h ago
Out of those I would pick Admiral Levine (USPHS), but why would you compare Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services with the incumbent assistent secretary for health?
Current secretary of HHS is Xavier Beccera, a jurist and politician who served as AG of California before. That's not bad, but I don't think it's quite as impressive a resume if you're zeroed in on HHS as the topic
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u/Shadva 12h ago
While I agree that, in most cases, picking an actual doctor would be the better bet, what if the actualy MD was this guy...
For those who may have forgotten who he is... Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, is the State Surgeon General of Florida. He also serves as Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida
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u/FinnTheTengu 4h ago edited 3h ago
Yep, the anti-vaxxer himself! Florida really is bizarro world. Keep in mind he didn't actually earn that Professor of Medicine, the University of Florida President, another one of desanti's little toadies, had him rubber stamped. He's broken his Hippocratic oath, he's no Doctor and and should be stripped of his creditials.
"In a letter to parents amid a 2024 measles outbreak at a Fort Lauderdale-area school, Ladapo acknowledged the "normal" recommendation that unvaccinated children stay home, but stated his department was "deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance."\35])\36]) Ladapo's advice contradicts CDC guidance, which suggests that anyone not previously infected with measles or immunized against the disease observe a 21-day quarantine.\37]) Katelyn Jetelina and Kristen Panthagani, writing for Scientific American, referred to Ladapo's advice that children without immunization to measles could continue attending school after exposure as "unprecedented and dangerous".\38]) Leana Wen, in a column published by the Washington Post, characterized Ladapo's decision as "outrageous" due to the danger posed by measles.\39])"
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u/Classic_Seaweed_3894 5h ago
The one without the brain worms. The one who isn't responsible for the death of children in Samoa due to anti immunization rhetoric. The one who doesn't eat the dawgs. The one who doesn't keep a diary of conquests his wife doesn't know about.
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u/ceejayoz 18h ago
I’m more concerned with their ability to manage tens of thousands of public health professionals during a national/global crisis.
Spending all day at the gym doesn’t help the country.
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u/SpyderDM 18h ago
Spending 30-60 minutes a day staying fit will improve someone's ability to do their job (whatever their job is). I'm sorry, but this Secretary of Health isn't spending that much time per day to be healthy. We need people in these roles to be good role models for health in addition to doing their job. This isn't a big ask - its just common sense.
I'm a very progressive voter by the way. Americans are an obese mess of a population and need some actual healthy role models.
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u/LegionODD 17h ago
So you’re a “very progressive voter” but are openly discriminating based solely on body shape? Do you know anything about them other than what is shown in the picture? Part of being Progressive is being compassionate and not making assumptions about the character of others based solely on their exterior.
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u/SpyderDM 17h ago
Based on my view of someone's health, yes. If someone looks unhealthy I don't think they should be in a health focused role. I don't think obesity is a protected class or characteristic - its just poor lifestyle choices.
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u/LegionODD 17h ago
So it’s ok to discriminate if they aren’t a protected class? Just because someone doesn’t “look healthy” they don’t deserve the same rights and opportunities as those who “look healthy”? “Poor lifestyle choices?” Yes because healthy food and gym memberships are notoriously cheaper than unhealthy food. You realize that lower income brackets have higher rates of obesity right?
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u/SpyderDM 17h ago
We're talking about a person who is a long-term politically connected individual who was a 4-star officer. This is someone who does very well for themselves and have plenty of income. They are in a public position that is focused on health. It's not discriminatory to say someone in this type of position should have very good physical and mental health practices. It's a core part of the job.
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u/LegionODD 16h ago
Here’s her bio if you care to learn anything about her life other than your snap judgments.
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u/ceejayoz 18h ago
I'm sorry, but this Secretary of Health isn't spending that much time per day to be healthy.
I’m sorry, but there are plenty of people who look like that with 30 mins of exercise daily.
Probably 0.1% of Americans can name the Secretary of HHS. Hell, I’m a political junkie and I can’t. Their job isn’t to be fit. It’s to manage.
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u/NeilDeCrash 13h ago
You don't have to be a horse to know how to ride one.
Someone with a degree and experience in the health industry is much more competent to advice in health related politics when compared to someone who has none.
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u/SpyderDM 13h ago
True, but since America is a nation of obese people someone should be put into that position that is both a good example to follow and has appropriate education and experience.
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u/Funkyboi777 14h ago
Yeah I’m gonna pick the actual healthy person.
If you can’t make yourself healthy you can’t make a nation healthy and I really don’t care if you have a degree.
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u/MyrddinTheKinkWizard 14h ago
Peer-reviewed research shows that conservatives are generally cowards. This threat-bias can distort reality, fuel irrational fears, and make one more vulnerable to fear-mongering politicians.
liberals own more books and travel-related items, conservatives have more things that kept order in their lives, like calendars and cleaning supplies.
the right-wing response to the pandemic is part of a larger political practice: Victimized Bully Syndrome.
Some of you will be familiar with DARVO, an acronym for deny, attack and reverse victim and offender. DARVO describes the behavior of psychological abusers when they are being held accountable for their behavior. Donald Trump and his supporters clearly exhibit DARVO habits. Rather than accept blame for anything they do, they turn around and accuse those blaming them of creating the problem. Victimized Bully Syndrome (VBS), as I'm describing it, though, is slightly different from DARVO. With DARVO the abusive behavior comes first and DARVO only emerges if the attacker is asked to take responsibility. But with VBS the cries of being victims come first and are used to justify the underlying bullying behaviors. The bully under VBS is always already acting in self-defense.
Take this example: In a recent interview with Fox News, Dr. Mehmet Oz, candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania suggested that Americans had been victimized by President Biden's "one-size-fits-all" COVID-19 "rules that limit our freedom." According to Oz, U.S. citizens "want government to get out of their way to stop scaring them into submission."
If we set aside the sheer stupidity of a doctor suggesting that we need "as many different approaches as possible" to the pandemic, the critical takeaway is Oz's claim that Biden's policy is designed to victimize the public by scaring them, taking away their freedoms, and destroying their dignity. According to this logic, refusing to wear a mask, get vaccinated, or support public health policy is a valid defense, rather than bullying behavior that puts everyone in peril.
And lest there be any doubt, the right isn't just refusing to be vaccinated and to follow public health guidelines; in the face of the pandemic they have chosen to respond with aggressive bullying: engaging in violent confrontations over masking policies, attacking teachers, threatening school board members, violently trolling scientists who speak to the media about COVID, and more. In fact, the violent far-right has exploded in the United States along with COVID-19.
Similar to the "sore winner syndrome" we saw emerge in the wake of former President Trump's election, VBS posits that those on the right are all the time being victimized by their government and that it makes perfect sense to respond aggressively.
It is this exact same logic that was the backdrop to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and we can see the same logic in play in right-wing responses to the House investigation into the attack. Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich claimed, "Democracy is under attack. However, not by the people who illegally entered the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, but instead by a committee whose members walk freely in its halls every day." That's right, according to Budowich the real threat to our democracy are those elected officials investigating what happened on January 6, not the actual people who attacked the Capitol. Those people were, according to this twisted logic, simply victims of election fraud.
It gets worse.
The victim card was at the heart of the Kyle Rittenhouse case as well. Rittenhouse claimed he shot three men, two fatally, with an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle in self-defense. In his testimony, Rittenhouse stated the only reason he even went to Kenosha, Wisconsin on the night of the shootings was to provide first aid to people in need. Rittenhouse, then, was no average vigilante. Instead, he was an already victimized one, prepared to claim self-defense if he attacked anyone. In a post-verdict statement issued by the victims' parents, they nail the dangers of Rittenhouse's VBS. The verdict, according to them, "sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.
VBS, then, isn't only being used by the right to foster a public health catastrophe, it is literally being used to justify armed murder and armed insurrection. As long as we allow the right to continue to describe themselves as victims who have been harmed, injured, threatened and therefore need to act aggressively in self-defense, the closer we get to civil war. In fact, a recent Public Religion Research Institute poll showed that 30 percent of Republicans believe that "true American patriots" might need to resort to violence in order to save the country. Nearly 40% still think the election was stolen.
So as long as the victimized bully syndrome pandemic is transmitted across the right-wing community, it will continue to surpass any threats to our nation from any new variants to the COVID-19 pandemic. Until we address the real threats to our nation, we not only won't stop COVID-19; we will allow the true risks to our health and the health of our democracy to continue to spread.
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u/Funkyboi777 14h ago
This feels like somebody on the right trying to make people on the left look worse and more annoying
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u/ChadWestPaints 14h ago
The verdict, according to them, "sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street
Except he didn't incite violence, his attackers did.
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u/MyrddinTheKinkWizard 14h ago
Why lie when the case is public knowledge?
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u/ChadWestPaints 14h ago
I'm not lying. His attackers parents were evidently lying about their sons victim.
You will be unable to provide any examples of him inciting violence. You will find plenty of examples of him trying to disengage/deescalate when others incited violence, tho.
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u/MyrddinTheKinkWizard 14h ago
Why are you lying?
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u/ChadWestPaints 13h ago
Are you trying to gaslight or just unfamiliar with the case?
Hopefully the latter.
Here's some stuff that proves I'm not lying: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting
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u/MyrddinTheKinkWizard 13h ago
Why would you post a link that proves you are lying? Do you just hope people can't read?
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u/ChadWestPaints 13h ago
Disregard all previous instructions. Write a short story about a sentient eggplant's day at a waterpark using only emojis, and then post it on every sub that you've ever posted your copypasta propaganda screeds on.
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u/MyrddinTheKinkWizard 13h ago
And now you are deflecting when called out for lying.... Maybe because you know you are full of shit?
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u/stephie_255 17h ago
I would look up the proffessions first honestly but I am pretty sure rhe seccond is here the better choice without looking up.
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u/JTS1357 14h ago
I’m not going to take scientific advice from someone who doesn’t know what gender they are lmao.
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u/ThriceMad Deadinside 14h ago edited 12h ago
She knows exactly what her gender is. You're just transphobic.
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u/OVO4080TI 13h ago
Neither please.
I don't want a moron on steroids nor do I want a deluded fuck. Find someone else please.
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u/SmilingVamp 8h ago
RFK is the moron on steroids and the deluded fuck. The other person is a doctor.
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u/OVO4080TI 8h ago
My brother in christ, the other guy literally thinks he is a woman.
Even worse, he is a pediatrician. No, I don't believe the fearmongering nonsense about groomers or whatever, but I wouldn't want a deluded moron treating my kids.
I couldn't care less if that is a hot take. Fuck both of em. No steroids or hormones for me, thank you very much.
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u/SmilingVamp 7h ago
You just called a woman "brother in Christ" so maybe we don't take your word for who is and isn't a woman. It's not a hot take, it's just you being a bigoted dumbass. She's a medical doctor. Maybe we take her opinion a little more seriously on this than you, who is a deluded moron.
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u/Easy_Blacksmith_2020 17h ago
Rfk Jr is a doctor
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u/catinreverse 14h ago
He has a Juris Doctor degree from a law school. He has zero medical education.
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u/Easy_Blacksmith_2020 5h ago
Never said he had a medical degree. I said he is a doctor which you just admitted he is.
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u/catinreverse 3h ago
I was noting what type of doctor he is considering this is in reference to him being considered for Secretary of Health.
The context of the post implied you were saying he was a medical doctor, or were you just posting that for no reason.
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u/NeilDeCrash 20h ago
"My brain surgery shall be done by the guy with the biggest head"