Antivaxer Glenn Beck, is going to kill somone if the flu vaccine becomes mandatory [View All]

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Okay, that's not exactly what he said:

Today's outburst came in the middle of a hypothetical scenario Beck developed, one in which the government would consider taking his children because he refused to have them receive a mandatory flu vaccine. Beck explained to the audience that his response to such a claim would be to "meet Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson," a reference to the gun manufacturer.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010150025

The rhetoric from anti-vaxers like Beck is truly scary. It's scary that he thinks the government will take his children and even more scary that his answer to this is to take up arms and shoot someone. It's scary that Beck (who has been pretty outspoken about his fear of the vaccine) has so little understanding of science, technology, medicine, and society, and that he lacks basic common sense. The irony is that science has provided the technology for the vehicle he uses to promote his anti-science and anti-vax nonsense.