This sounds like a stupid question, but I'm being genuine.
He is telling people to eat more meat, which sounds absolutely insane to me.
What qualifies him to give health advice ? Why are americans trusting him ?
Being a former heroin addict doesn't make someone a bad source of information, especially if they've turned their lives around.
But I agree otherwise
Having a worm drive your thoughts does tho..
Yeah, "from a guy with a dead worm in his brain" would make for a better question.
Right, but you wouldn’t put a former heroin addict in this position. The optics alone are sure to cause trust issues and this guy is nowhere close to being qualified to run HHS.
I feel like goddamn brain worm should be a hard disqualify for jobs that impact health.
Why would a previous tape worm infection disqualify you?
I think they're getting at that there is suspicion he caused it himself by doing things like drinking raw milk.
I don't think you can get it from dairy products but undercooked meat for sure
I'm not taking his advice, not trusting him with anything.
This administration is nothing but a bunch of ignorant narcissistic racist scared buffoons who were taken from Fox News. The people who trust him are ignorant narcissistic racist scared buffoons who watch Fox News.
It's really amazing how inept they all are.
I dunno. I think it’s really too bad they melted down the demon core. I’d probably trust him to run a supercriticality experiment all on his own.
Fuck RFK but I will never hold being a former heroin addict against him.
Yea it's not the addiction or even the brainworms that disqualify him, it's simply his stupidity.
Every Cabinet position is filled with the worst possible person for the job. This is done on purpose to make the government fail at all the things it should be doing. We knew this would happen, of course.
Take everything they say as examples of what not to do. Don't do what Donny Don't does.
If he was a progressive pro-intellectual/science ex-heroin users in an alternate timeline, would that still be a disqualifier?
This question really pushes the boundaries of the concept of "no stupid questions", but I will respect the premise and answer with all seriousness.
There is nothing about being a former anything that is automatically disqualifying.
Not everything he says is without merit. Even a blind, dumb squirrel can accidentally find a nut.
Americans aren't trusting him. He is only respected by the deluded cult members, and then only because their pedophile leader tells them to.
The people who don't realize he's full of shit are the people who can't handle being the most ignorant person in the room. They're swallowing all the bullshit that this administration spits out because it's the only way they can pretend they are better than everyone else.
It's all just corrupt, diseased minds taking advantage of other corrupt, diseased minds. If they didn't reject the compassion of their opponents, I'd have sympathy for them. However, they chose the darkness.
As an American: I’m not. Just bc he was appointed doesn’t mean I trust him (nor did I vote for trump). The people that do believe RFJ Jr were fucking crazy conspiracy theorists to begin with
Why would Americans elect a serial bankruptcy business man, narcissst, and convicted sexual assault felon to appoint this loon?
Because there are no simple answers.
47 wants to disrupt and cause chaos in everything. The department of health is just another area for chaos, hence the appointment of this guy. I think it's fairly safe that most Americans - and that includes many nominal supporters of the current GOP cultish clowncar - do not take their health advise from worm brain. It's just unfortunate that he's in a position of power where he will cause harm that will prevail long after he's retired, or dead.
An avid user of drugs sounds like someone who would be knowledgeable about them, so clearly a smart choice
Most of us aren’t.
The ones that are, are already so far down the rabbit hole they wouldn’t recognize reality anyway.
Just because junior is saying stuff doesn't mean Americans are listening or obeying.
Lack of education.
I certainly don't take health advice from that crypt keeper looking fucker, and I'm sure I'm far from the only one who doesn't take health advice from unhealthy people
It's not a reason to discount someone's views, is why. Addicts are still people, worthy of respect and dignity. The real reason to discount RFK is that he's wrong about most topics pertaining to health and he doesn't respect the science or evidence that contradict his opinions. The problem is that most of the electorate is scientifically illiterate, the end result being an over privileged dunce like RFK deciding how your health care is organised. Can't put an insurance premium on that. Good luck guys.
He is telling people to eat more meat, which sounds absolutely insane to me.
Green planet, veganism, healthy ... all woke lefty communist snowflake bullshit. Eat meat, must be more gooderer. Eat more meat must be most gooderest!
What qualifies him to give health advice ? Why are americans trusting him ?
For those that are listening to him. It's because he's pandering to what they want to hear. Not because what he's saying is right.
Hold on, we don't know if he's still on heroin.
Fox News. Endless propaganda and ratings driven idiocy. People watch the most alarmist "news" and they jump on this bandwagon of stupidity. In particular, people of limited education/intelligence love to be anti science, because for once they can feel like the person that is actually smart.
It's scary.
When you’re famous they let you
This is very much a "You don't know what you don't know" kind of situation.
I once read a case about a physicians assistant who worked under a bariatric surgeon for 15 years. After completing thousands of bariatric surgeries under the surgeon, he started his own clinic and hired a "supervising surgeon" who was retired and never there. Meaning, even though he was not a doctor, he was acting as the only surgeon. He botched botched dozens of surgeries, he caused pain and suffering to dozens of other people. He had no idea what the surgeon was doing that he wasn't, because he wasn't trained to perform that role. Instead of recognizing he couldn't do it, he just assumed he knew anything necessary.
People take that approach to a lot of things. Very common in the law for people to look something on chatgpt and get mad at their lawyer for not following completely non-sensical advice.
He such a fucking dumbass even if we have some ovelapping nutritional beliefs and predilection for the ol' narcotics
We aren't. We just have one giving it.
because he brought beef tallow fries back
if you have not had the pleasure will instantly change your opinion
beef tallow fries are fucking awesome
steak n' shake is one of the places where can find everything fried in beef fat not just the fries but the onion rings chicken tenders everything
even offer beef tallow by itself to fry with at home
plus addicts know their healthcare paraphernalia and can find a vein better than any nurse
Because we are being led by a convicted felon who sexually assaults his child employees.
Having a former heroin addict in the highest health policy position is nothing compared to voting a fraud and pedophile into the highest office in the country. Twice!
Fuck that guy, but: Former heroin addict sounds respectable.
Uneducated populace stuck in propaganda channels.
There's a half-naked photo of him, where he's swole, then people decided he looked "healthy", because the body building community managed to control the narrative around the health implications of the sport.
America is not a meritocracy. People are routinely appointed to positions they have no business being in.
Also, Kennedy represents a crowd that is fundamentally lost to a social media reinforced "vibes based" reality. These people can live a solid major of their day without encountering objective reality. Their worlds are built around bullshit machines incentivised to feed them an ever increasing amount of bullshit.
These people votes, drive cars, have children, and carry firearms. So you can see why this place is so fucked.
People got tricked to vote between a pedophile and a guy with dementia and this guy ended up in power as a result.
If you wonder why people trust authorities so much we own part of that to centuries of living under rulers and people getting leashed.
Former heroin addict. Now say that in the RFK voice.
Only americans can put the question this stupid way, and so it really fits here: Well done!
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