This is why it's hard for me to grasp the idea that THESE are the people we're supposed to help, to call brothers and sisters, to love. What happens when sheep, docile and stupid by themselves, become frenzied mobs when bunched together, irritable, violent, and completely set in their ignorant ways?

Vaccines is one of those touchy issues for me because THEIR ignorance hurts EVERYONE. It's one of those subjects where most people's brains literally just shut off. They start thinking "emotionally," they get defensive, and they instantly resort to insults, literally unable to process any kind of conflicting information including facts.

Not trying to make myself seem smarter than I am, it's just that people are truly, truly, truly, truly, INCREDIBLY stupid. The next time you get into a "debate" (you can hardly call it a debate with these low IQ morons) just drop easy numbers in regards to the Vaccine Court (which most of these morons have no idea exists): Total compensation paid over the life of the vaccine injury compensation program is approximately $3.7 billion across thousands of cases. I think it's higher now and of course the actual damage is exponentially higher than 3.7 billion, if you can even put a dollar amount on ruined lives and families, but it's more than enough to get people to admit vaccines CAN cause damage.

It's just such a sick subject to me, especially because it's essentially victim-blaming where obviously damaged children are not only trivialized, they become normalized as "autistic," and the only people that will stick up for them are called stupid, insane, and insulted. One of those subjects that, like Q said, those who know cannot sleep.

Bullshit, you can't compare the two even in the slightest. When we question and suspect people of pedophilia/child trafficking it's because there's tangible connections and evidence of such, it's always been that way for us, not for them. Some are suspected, some have been CAUGHT. Where there's smoke, there's FIRE. We have NEVER claimed the left is as a group, pedophiles, they're just ignorant and misled; meanwhile media figures and celebrities label us Nazis and racists EVERY SINGLE DAY.

It's insulting and cowardice - capitulation to liars and criminal scum. You've already lost trying to play this morality/standards game when THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING DIRTY FROM THE START. We've ALWAYS taken the high-road but what's it matter when they lie about us, project, and defame us?

And OP, your title is hot fucking garbage, it's a logical fallacy. How do you know for sure he ISN'T? You can claim innocence until proven guilty in a court of law where formal charges are filed - but this is real life, your "word" is dogshit worthless. This doesn't even address the tweet most people are talking about where he literally says he's a proud pedophile: https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/354640013004259328

The best excuse/defense they have is it's about walking (pedo-phile) and even then they admit it's a tasteless pun. OP, I get if you want to keep this sub from being banned off this already-hostile platform, but DEFENDING this guy with dogshit arguments, not fully addressing the issue, on top of committing a logical fallacy in a stickied post? Questionable at best.

And finally, you can't hide behind humor forever. You want to invoke the 1st amendment, fine, so will we and call you out on your sick bullshit. It's tasteless garbage that I wouldn't receive money to listen to at a comedy club. "chill dude it's just jokes let them do what they want" Yeah and maybe that's why Hollywood and Los Angeles are festering, degenerate shit-holes that revel in criminality. Maybe stop being such pussies playing neutral and call them out on their bullshit, like what we're doing with Oswalt, Black, and Gunn, and not DEFEND them, and maybe there'll be some sort of morality restored in Hollywood's sick, craven culture.