Glenn Beck compares anti-vaxxers with Galileo: “Nobody that hasn’t done their homework says no to vaccines” — salon.com

Glenn Beck, the ultra-conservative, needlessly troll-y commentator and founder of The Blaze, joined the national vaccination debate (why this is an actual thing is lost on me). With his comments, Beck did the verbal equivalent of throwing gasoline on a fire and running away giggling. “We also don’t know what’s going on with autism,” he said, promoting a thoroughly debunked anti-vaxx myth. “If you happen to be a parent and you say, you know, ‘I’m sorry. God gave me a brain, God gave me personal choice and responsibility for those choices, I’m going to say no to those vaccines because I’ve done my homework. Nobody that hasn’t done their homework says no to vaccines.”

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