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Fresh on the heels of Australia’s government effectively silencing criticism of vaccines and the promotion of homeopathic benefits, it appears a heated social media campaign has been launched to stop Dr. Sherri Tenpenny from stepping foot in Australia. Why – because she has talked about the damaging effects of vaccines. It turns out, she is set to give six seminars in March, along with a homeopath, on parenting healthy babies.
Coincidentally, last year, the Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network was literally forced to insert the word “skeptics” into their name. They also lost their charity status “after concerns it could negatively affect children’s health.”
In yet another odd occurrence of timing, in November, Californian pick-up artist “dating guru” Julien Blanc had his visa cancelled during a speaking tour in Australia. To paraphrase simply, it was for hate speech, or promoting dangerous behavior toward women.
The concerted effort to stop Tenpenny from speaking claims that this isn’t about free speech, but an endangerment to public health. There is also a pattern of fear that the vulnerable, naive, confused or uneducated parents might accidentally believe Tenpenny’s words against their will, act on it and babies will die. That somehow the public needs protection from her words. There are also slurs of half-baked, crazy, fundamentalist, dangerous, extremist, and cult leader.