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Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F Kennedy, dies at 96

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By MICHAEL CASEY and STEVE LeBLANC

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RIP.

A long life with lots of drama. Sadly she raised a son that turned into a heroin junkie who fried his brain and became a moron conspiracy theorist.

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The documentary her daughter made was telling of the strength, grace and goodwill of Ethyl Kennedy. She was a true icon.

RIP, and thank you.

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A Jewel like this First Lady are Extremely hard to come by, raising 11 children is a monumental task by itself, then being the wife of a President whose life was cut short by an evil is another, then staying the course and serving the public is a well earned Honor and Respect.

Well Done Mam, RIP.

I pray that we have more mothers like you, our world would be a much better place to live.

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""A long life with lots of drama. Sadly she raised a son that turned into a heroin junkie who fried his brain and became a moron conspiracy theorist.""

What an UGLY thing to say about a Woman who just passed away,

What have you contributed to this world other than THIS.

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Her son Robert F Kennedy Jr, also became a national figure, although ultimately not as a liberal in the family tradition. First known as an environmental lawyer, he evolved into a conspiracy theorist who spread false theories about vaccines.

I hate it when these articles make such statements, saying that the theories are false, as if it was a solid fact. Thing is, RFKjr always backs everything he says with solid references.

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"Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F Kennedy, dies at 96."

RIP Ethel Kennedy, and Blessed be the name of the Lord who giveth and taketh.

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Thing is, RFKjr always backs everything he says with solid references.

He has a lot of skeletons in his closet. I don’t trust him at all.

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“Evolved” into a conspiracy theorist.

”Spread false theories about vaccines”

Barely mentioned RFKjr until the very end.

See, time was news “reports” could not get away with flat out opinionated editorializing. Now they can - and all the time. And people have become so simple and stupid as to allow them to guide their voting. If you are of senior age as I am, your jaw just drops to see what has happened.

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I hate it when these articles make such statements, saying that the theories are false, as if it was a solid fact. Thing is, RFKjr always backs everything he says with solid references.

The opposite, he loves to make baseless claims and openly lie. He has been publicly confronted with some of those lies in interviews.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/15/robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccine-claim-not-safe-hunt-max-vpx.cnn

He lies so openly and badly that he has even been accused to be an agent to make antivaxxers look ridiculous and fake.

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yet he was totally acceptable when he was a “Democrat”.

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A true champion, both of them Mom and son, RIP.

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yet he was totally acceptable when he was a “Democrat”.

To who? You?

I didn’t like him then either. Untrustworthy, as I said too many skeletons in the closet.

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I hate it when these articles make such statements, saying that the theories are false, as if it was a solid fact. Thing is, RFKjr always backs everything he says with solid references.

The opposite, he loves to make baseless claims and openly lie. He has been publicly confronted with some of those lies in interviews.

And you provide CNN as a source! Hilarious!

Kennedy's book on Fauci is so thoroughly referenced they can't touch him, otherwise he would've been sued to kingdom come by now.

Yes, thoroughly referenced, with real references, not cnn.

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And you provide CNN as a source! Hilarious!

Choosing any of the many different sources is irrelevant, the evidence is clear, and apparently strong enough that you didn't even make an attempt to refute it, Kennedy is on record lying repeatedly, then lying about not saying the things proved to be false, only to be confronted live on those lies.

https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/scicheck-rfk-jr-incorrectly-denies-past-remarks-on-vaccine-safety-and-effectiveness/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-robert-f-kennedy-jr-distorted-vaccine-science1/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/debunking-some-of-rfk-jr-s-contradictory-statements

he insisted “I have never been anti-vaxx. I have never told the public to avoid vaccination.”

But that’s not true. Again and again, Kennedy has made his opposition to vaccines clear. In July, Kennedy said in a podcast interview that “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective” and told FOX News that he still believes in the long-ago debunked idea that vaccines can cause autism.

Fauci is well respected in scientific and pubic health circles, Kennedy is not, even in some antiscientific propaganda groups that consider him hypocritical and fake on purpose to make them look bad.

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