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According to the article this is a part of the antivax community, now trying to "cure" autism with some kind of woo woo fluid. In the end a call for youtube to "moderate" this misinformation spreading through their channel. Where does it end and where is youtube able to say look "the kid swallowing the most marbles is not going to have kids of his own"?

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> Where does it end

Somewhere before "actively recommending people feed their kids poison," I should hope.

I think it's fair to establish the following:

1. Kids are unable to defend themselves from their parents, especially ones that need additional care.

2. Forcing kids to drink poison constitutes child abuse.

3. YouTube should not recommend videos which advocate for child abuse.

It seems like every time there's parents doing something that constitutes literal child abuse as a result of incredibly dangerous videos, there comes people more concerned about the slippery slope logical fallacy than the parents committing child abuse and the people perpetuating it.

Note the other overly-emotional responses to your comment, I share your concern.

Heaven forbid somebody get emotional about parents literally poisoning their children. Being emotionally affected by senseless deaths means you can't be right that it's bad, don'cha know.

I'd give more weight to the combat speech with more speech attitude of giving a rational, well researched response to claims like the one described in the article if those claims were spread, through the populace, in an equally rational and non-emotional tone.

Incidentally, the most effective and least abstract arguments against murder and genocide are based on emotions — leaving them aside, you're left with assigning a worth to the lives taken.

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