Something kept nagging at me, and it wasn’t until this very moment that I finally figured out what.
It’s the idea that this article would be labeled “opinion” or “editorial” in the first place. Sure, there are some topics that seem to lend themselves appropriately to opinion pages:
The President’s new budget.
The death penalty.
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And here is where I may lapse for a moment — into opinion.
The anti-vaccination argument is often snugly wrapped in the “I love my kids” sentiment. And, I find it, well, a little insulting.
To suggest that anyone who vaccinates their kids doesn’t love them is a whole new level of lunacy. But here is the fact of the matter, for me.
It’s not just because I love my kids that I vaccinated them — it’s because I love your kids as well.
