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> There must be some way, they maintain, to convince people that vaccines are good for kids, and handguns are dangerous.

There is: have them been born outside the US. Those two beliefs are specific to Americans; hardly a good example of "humanity" as a whole.



Good... Dangerous.... See how even the writers of this article see in black in white.... I can believe handguns are dangerous and still believe they should be legal.

It's reasonable to look for reasons why Trump won but this is really stretching it all.

People often care more about fighting against something they don't like than they do about being 'right'. If the author needs a scientific study to tell her that maybe she's a little out of touch herself...


When you're at the point where you're analyzing human psychology in order to convince people of something you've surely crossed the boundary into manipulation and must realize that you're evil, right?


There are antivaxxers outside US, sadly, and different brands of "alt medicines" are popular in many countries.


Strangely the most successful country in the history of mankind by all criteria.


"Most successful" obviously doesn't mean life expectancy, quality of education, or infrastructure, it would seem.


Nor landmass, population, nuclear capability..



Oh for goodness sake...




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