The Orca’s Thumb

Remember Amanda Peet? The one talking about the antivaccination nonsense for Cookie magazine?

Jenny McCarthy sniped at Amanda Peet with an interesting (and telling) argument:

“(Peet) has a lot of [nerve] to come forward and be on that side, because there is an angry mob on my side, and I like the fact that I can say she’s completely wrong. I look at (Peet) now and say to myself, ‘That was me before I had autism in my life,’ and until she walks in our shoes, she really has no idea.”

Ah, yes. Having an angry mob on your side — preferably with pitchforks and torches, I presume — will give your arguments more weight.