According to the Cambridge Dictionary, fearmongering is the act of “intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable”.
To me this is the default setting of much of the bullshit that is coming out of Washington these days. After all, a fearful public is one that cleaves to the familiar and allows atrocities to happen, thanking their stars that they are not the ones the atrocities are happening to.
Fearmongering was the word that immediately comes to mind when people who 1) are not research trained and 2) talk bout of their ass in hopes of convincing you that the sky is bright purple with screaming yellow spots.
This has trying to confuse women who are pregnant into NOT taking one of the only medications they can during pregnancy all over it.
It is not the Tylenol. It is not the acetaminophen. It is not the paramecatol.
Above all, it is not the women.
Autism has been around for generations.
These medications have been around for less than 80 years. Genetic rewiring has been around for as long as people have existed.
Blaming women for pretty much everything has been around for generations.
When is enough going to be enough?
We are so sorry that you as a male are unable to create life.
We are sorry that you as a male want to blame the women for something genetic that happens with a child. Did you forget that half of the genetics of the child are yours?
Stop the fearmongering.
Stop panicking because you feel the control over women slipping.
Just stop.
PS. the sky is not bright purple with yellow screaming spots. Please adjust your viewfinder.
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