[astrodust]

Who cares? The same people are arguing the government should stop geo-engineering with HAARP and chemtrails. They're detached from reality.

They'll use a study on sock production volumes in Honduras causing earthquakes in India.

[some-guy]

> Who cares?

They vote, so I care.

[mwfunk]

And they vote in shockingly large numbers, for example enough to get anti-vaxxers (who I think of as having a lot of overlap with fluoride conspiracy people) seriously considered for cabinet-level positions in the US.

[infectoid]

Indeed. The time for apathy is over. When people have bad arguments and bad evidence, you need to say something.

[astrodust]

There's nothing you can do on a logical level. Your only hope is an emotional appeal that resonates.

[thenewwazoo]

I care because those people succeed at defeating fluoridation efforts; for example, the 2013 effort in Portland, OR[1]

[1] http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/05/portlan...

[astrodust]

They'll succeed at banning WiFi and other things if we don't obstruct this nonsense. Hell, they'll succeed at banning refrigeration if they have their way.