Hey, what does everyone here think about
the fluoride issue? I ask because I kinda get the impression that people in some libertarian/anarchist circles (the FTL crowd for example) want to downplay or completely dismiss the importance of this issue. For instance, I submit show prep
like this, and it gets voted down right away. Whenever the issue is raised on air (which isn't often), Mark & Ian seem to downplay it, adding that (as I recall) the water is not fluoridated in their area. If that's true, then I can understand why it wouldn't be that big on their radar. But I still get the impression that far too many anti-statists out there view the
anti-fluoridation position as "kooky" or "paranoid." Is that just because windbags like Alex Jones happen to talk about it? Or that the mainstream media makes it sound like a nutty conspiracy theory? Or am I missing something?
I understand that not all amerikans are affected by fluoride, but then again the vast majority are. And it affects them on a daily basis. Contrast that with the TSA's bodyscanning and groping, which is uncontroversially opposed and talked about on a regular basis by people in the freedom movement, even though it (currently) affects far less people than fluoride.
Mind you, I'm not saying we should talk less about the TSA, but I am pointing out the bizarre, disproportionate amount of attention placed on these two issues in terms of the severity and frequency with which they affect people (amerikans at any rate). I am forced by state-induced circumstance to drink tap water every single day, and yet I've never been to an airport in my life. I've got a water filter (discounted thanks to FTL sponsor) which takes out some of these contaminants, but it's too little too late. Most amerikans are literally drinking tap water, contaminated with inorganic, non-biodegradable, poisonous, toxic, hazardous
waste and radioactive substances on a daily basis! Often times exceeding the federal government's own publicly stated (though not mandated)
.7 ppm "safety" limit (it's .9 ppm where I live).
It really kind of amazes me that anti-statists are not more vocal in their opposition to such an extreme, outrageous, and positively Orwellian government policy. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the effects of fluoride are not immediately tangible (it's an
invisible "soft" kill weapon), unlike the highly physical, sexual molestation carried out by TSA terrorcrats. But still, the very
idea of the state contaminating the most vital fluid of Life with toxic waste (which then accumulates in our bodily tissue, and f*cks up our central nervous system) is so unspeakably revolting that it really should be a bigger deal IMO. And unlike most of the monolithic federal government's policies; activists
do have an actual fighting chance of
stopping municipal water fluoridation, on a local level -- but only if enough people are educated. Educated, for example, by media programs like Free Talk Live (hint, wink, nudge), which are heard by people in fluoridated as well as unfluoridated communities.
So my questions are:
- Do you consider fluoridation to be an important issue?
- Why or why not?
- Do you think there should be more discussion in the (alternative) media?