# Robert Kennedy, Jr. - Dolt or Moron? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638 "2015-04-14T13:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/1 "2015-04-14T13:16:28Z")
How refreshing - a drug-abusing, formerly disbarred conspiracy believer is advising on the health of our children. ([Cite](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-apologizes-for-holocaust-remark-in-speech-against/?intcmp=latestnews).) The tree of a great American political dynasty produces yet another nut. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/2 "2015-04-14T13:22:56Z")
Hard to say. Seriously, I’ve met the guy more than once, you just can’t tell, could be either or both. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/3 "2015-04-14T13:31:41Z")
Uggh. I’m guessing moron. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/4 "2015-04-14T13:32:28Z")
If this is about his anti-vaxxing, IMHO the party that really deserves Pitting is NYU Law School for giving RFK Jr. a platform to spout his long-debunked nonsense. You can’t stop dolts and morons from being dolts and morons, but you don’t have to help them publicize their stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/5 "2015-04-14T13:35:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The tree of a great American political dynasty produces yet another nut. He’s never held, nor run for, political office. But apparently you think you had a point there. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/6 "2015-04-14T13:40:09Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > How refreshing - a drug-abusing, formerly disbarred conspiracy believer is advising on the health of our children. ([Cite](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-apologizes-for-holocaust-remark-in-speech-against/?intcmp=latestnews).) > > The tree of a great American political dynasty produces yet another nut. > > Regards, > Shodan Totally unlike Rand Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/7 "2015-04-14T13:46:47Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > If this is about his anti-vaxxing, IMHO the party that really deserves Pitting is NYU Law School for giving RFK Jr. a platform to spout his long-debunked nonsense. > > You can’t stop dolts and morons from being dolts and morons, but you don’t have to help them publicize their stupidity. At least _Rolling Stone_ deleted his idiocy from their archives, although the latest fake-rape debacle shows they didn’t learn anything from the experience. I wonder if the Kennedys will run out of money before they run out of malarkey. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/8 "2015-04-14T14:56:29Z")
You can point out how his remarks (and views on vaccines) are stupid without reference to his drug use. It’s not relevant; it’s not like he’s telling people to give their kids heroin. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/9 "2015-04-14T15:47:06Z")
I think it is relevant to a discussion of his views on medications in general. Plus a further indication that he is a dumb ass who needs to be hooted off the public stage. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/10 "2015-04-14T16:05:19Z")
He used a stupid analogy to make a stupid point. So he could be both a dolt and a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/11 "2015-04-14T16:51:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You can point out how his remarks (and views on vaccines) are stupid without reference to his drug use. It’s not relevant; it’s not like he’s telling people to give their kids heroin. It is probably the main factor why he never ran for office. So we can be thankful for that. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/12 "2015-04-14T18:36:25Z")
And you can’t even entertain yoursef while he’s talking by thinking about how he looks naked, like you can with Jenny McCarthy. And Hillary Clinton. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Haberdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Haberdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haberdash)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/13 "2015-04-14T18:36:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You can point out how his remarks (and views on vaccines) are stupid without reference to his drug use. It’s not relevant; it’s not like he’s telling people to give their kids heroin. Though it might be better if he were, as measles alone kills more people than heroin overdoses annually. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Totally unlike Rand Paul. Right – a member of America’s most famous family, with unlimited media access and a permanent platform among half the country, _is_ totally unlike a first-term Senator with a few thousand devotees, in that he can do much more damage with much worse beliefs about vaccines. I knew the Kennedy family was devoted to destroying America, but outright advocating the murder of children is a new low even for this band of trash. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/14 "2015-04-14T18:44:00Z")
I actually clicked on the Fox news link, my computer lagged trying to warn me, then this appeared. [Kennedy]…_apologized for describing the number of children injured by vaccines as “a holocaust”_… His dad would be so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/15 "2015-04-14T18:54:37Z")
He is without question a Dolt. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/16 "2015-04-14T19:00:57Z")
Hey **Shodan** , do you still beat your wife? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/17 "2015-04-14T19:30:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I wonder if the Kennedys will run out of money before they run out of malarkey. Which demonstrates the virtues of a confiscatory Federal estate tax. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/18 "2015-04-14T19:42:03Z")
Oh, I’m so looking forward to the next couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/19 "2015-04-14T20:34:27Z")
Thank you **Shodan** , for giving us perfect examples of ad hominem. He’s wrong because he is a former drug abuser. He’s wrong because he is a disbarred conspiracy theorist. Worse yet, he’s wrong because is a damn _liberal_ from a damn _famous liberal family_. Like those other idiots who are wrong because they are _female celebrities_. Yeah, he’s wrong…and a dolt, for believing a claim that has been thoroughly debunked by science. (SCIENCE!!!) And to continue my never-ending rant about the state of journalism today, why the FUCK is this in the linked story? > [@](#): > > State Sen. Richard Pan, a Democratic pediatrician from Sacramento, said he was under added security in response to his bill. The proposal will be heard Wednesday in a Senate education committee. Why bring this boob into it? And since you did, why so little information? He wrote it? Submitted it? Been getting some nasty looks, phone calls, actual threats? You get the feeling that there was a paragraph or two that an editor drew a line through, expecting them to be rewritten instead of just deleted before running the story? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638/20 "2015-04-14T20:42:51Z")
I’m giving **Shodan** this one. Kennedy is a moronic dolt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-kennedy-jr-dolt-or-moron/717638.md?page=2)