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Indigo Children http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/ "We saved the world. I say we party." - Buffy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kab Bishop http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-81398 Kab Bishop Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:17:05 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-81398 I complteley believe Indigos (and Crystal, Star, Rainbow..) are real. I am one myself. If she stopped believing her son was a Crystal just because of his diagnosis, she doesn't know very much about Crystals. Most of them are diagnosed with autism. It's just part of what makes them special. I complteley believe Indigos (and Crystal, Star, Rainbow..) are real. I am one myself. If she stopped believing her son was a Crystal just because of his diagnosis, she doesn’t know very much about Crystals. Most of them are diagnosed with autism. It’s just part of what makes them special.

]]> By: Amanda Broadfoot http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-47483 Amanda Broadfoot Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:29:53 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-47483 I can't thank you enough for this article! I have been attacked by the anti-immunization camp for my blog post about vaccinating my kids (<a href="http://www.amandabroadfoot.com/Spinning-Plates/The-Vaccination-Debate)." target="_blank">www.amandabroadfoot.com/Spinning-Plates/The-Vacci...</a> I have an autistic child, and I know he's not autistic because he was vaccinated. I was Googling info about McCarthy, looking for people who debunked her claims, when I found your article. I had never heard about McCarthy's earlier claims about her "Indigo Child." From all I've heard her say publicly, she thought he was autistic within 24 hours of his MMR jab. Obviously, from one look at her Indigo Child website, that's not true. I plan to share this with as many people as possible. Because as one other poster wrote above, maybe this will cause parents to view her diatribes more skeptically. Keep up the good work! Amanda Broadfoot Spinning Plates at <a href="http://www.AmandaBroadfoot.com" target="_blank">www.AmandaBroadfoot.com</a> I can't thank you enough for this article! I have been attacked by the anti-immunization camp for my blog post about vaccinating my kids (http://www.amandabroadfoot.com/Spinning-Plates/The-Vacci... I have an autistic child, and I know he's not autistic because he was vaccinated.

I was Googling info about McCarthy, looking for people who debunked her claims, when I found your article.

I had never heard about McCarthy's earlier claims about her "Indigo Child." From all I've heard her say publicly, she thought he was autistic within 24 hours of his MMR jab. Obviously, from one look at her Indigo Child website, that's not true.

I plan to share this with as many people as possible. Because as one other poster wrote above, maybe this will cause parents to view her diatribes more skeptically.

Keep up the good work!

Amanda Broadfoot
Spinning Plates at http://www.AmandaBroadfoot.com

]]> By: Kelly Dowhower http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33603 Kelly Dowhower Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:55:34 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33603 Heh, heh! Funniest song with meaning I've heard since Zappa died! Excellent! Heh, heh! Funniest song with meaning I've heard since Zappa died!

Excellent!

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33595 AlphaGirl Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:44:42 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33595 Since she's doing it publicly, I'd venture to say her parenting isn't that great. What annoys me more than anything is that McCarthy is encouraging hysterical Autism and is promoting entirely false information about gluten-free diets. John had to go gluten-free last year because of Celiac, and it's frigging aggravating that it's taking morons like Jenny McCarthy and Elizabeth Hasselbeck to bring attention to it. If you have a sensitivity to gluten, eating wheat isn't like inhaling marijuana, as McCarthy claims. I get the desperation of a mother and the desire to share, but giving birth is a biological function. Spreading lies and misinformation is a choice. Since she's doing it publicly, I'd venture to say her parenting isn't that great. What annoys me more than anything is that McCarthy is encouraging hysterical Autism and is promoting entirely false information about gluten-free diets. John had to go gluten-free last year because of Celiac, and it's frigging aggravating that it's taking morons like Jenny McCarthy and Elizabeth Hasselbeck to bring attention to it. If you have a sensitivity to gluten, eating wheat isn't like inhaling marijuana, as McCarthy claims. I get the desperation of a mother and the desire to share, but giving birth is a biological function. Spreading lies and misinformation is a choice.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33594 AlphaGirl Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:30:47 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33594 Funny thing is, at Jenny McCarthy's Generation Rescue site, no matter how you answer the questions, your kid has Autism. I ran a few test samples based on kids I know and, wouldn't you know, according to the beta assessment at Generation Rescue, they all show signs of Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Funny thing is, at Jenny McCarthy's Generation Rescue site, no matter how you answer the questions, your kid has Autism. I ran a few test samples based on kids I know and, wouldn't you know, according to the beta assessment at Generation Rescue, they all show signs of Pervasive Developmental Disorder.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33593 AlphaGirl Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:27:42 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33593 That was beautiful. I loved how you captured the true sorrow of the measles and played that into McCarthy's idiocy. That was beautiful. I loved how you captured the true sorrow of the measles and played that into McCarthy's idiocy.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33591 Jennifer Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:47:09 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33591 Honestly, becoming a parent really doesn't seem to have done Jenny McCarthy's sanity any good. I have no idea on her parenting and whether or not it's good/bad, but she always seems to be hitting the crazy button in public about it. I find it interesting that she switched from "indigo" to autistic there. Never heard that before. The indigo thing makes me roll my eyes, and I'm a freaking pagan sort. ADD does not make your child more evolved and special, or whatever the kid's issue is, and the people who spout that stuff make me roll my eyes. Way to shove the kids on pedestals for being a problem in school much? (Disclaimer: I'm an ADD type.) Btw, I found an online "what is your aura" test and I came out indigo. I was all AW HELL NO. Honestly, becoming a parent really doesn't seem to have done Jenny McCarthy's sanity any good. I have no idea on her parenting and whether or not it's good/bad, but she always seems to be hitting the crazy button in public about it. I find it interesting that she switched from "indigo" to autistic there. Never heard that before.

The indigo thing makes me roll my eyes, and I'm a freaking pagan sort. ADD does not make your child more evolved and special, or whatever the kid's issue is, and the people who spout that stuff make me roll my eyes. Way to shove the kids on pedestals for being a problem in school much? (Disclaimer: I'm an ADD type.)

Btw, I found an online "what is your aura" test and I came out indigo. I was all AW HELL NO.

]]> By: AmateurScientist http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33588 AmateurScientist Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:00:34 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33588 That essay inspired me to write this song: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_85tAey9s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_85tAey9s</a> I vent most of my frustrations in song form these days. That essay inspired me to write this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_85tAey9s

I vent most of my frustrations in song form these days.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33585 AlphaGirl Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:44:34 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33585 I read that! What's so disconcerting to me about the anti-vaccination folk is that many of them are educated people who really should know about things like science, who might have addressed the 20th century polio epidemic in a class somewhere. The whole thing is so culty. I read that! What's so disconcerting to me about the anti-vaccination folk is that many of them are educated people who really should know about things like science, who might have addressed the 20th century polio epidemic in a class somewhere. The whole thing is so culty.

]]> By: AlphaGirl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33584 AlphaGirl Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:42:11 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33584 I remember it being all the rage (at least on the TV) when I was in high school, but it still has hangers ons to the idea. Over the years, I've had a couple parents play the indigo card in regards to their children's behavior in class. It's absurd. I remember it being all the rage (at least on the TV) when I was in high school, but it still has hangers ons to the idea. Over the years, I've had a couple parents play the indigo card in regards to their children's behavior in class. It's absurd.

]]> By: Kelly Dowhower http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33580 Kelly Dowhower Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:34:13 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33580 Thanks for this article! I recently had to endure a Jim Carrey article published in the Huffington Post waxing stupidly about evil vaccinations. Puke. What really bothered me was the fact that so many idiots were agreeing with him! Ugh. All of these anti-science/anti-intellectual faith-based snake oil theories are given credibility by that king of insanities---religion. Yes, ladies and gents, religion gives the green light to every form of quackery on earth. It's the ultimate, "Hey, if I believe it, it must be true." gambit. Don't need no stinkin' science or facts. All of these freakazoid faith factions are only subsidiaries of that shining corporation upon a hill, Gawd Co. Thanks for this article! I recently had to endure a Jim Carrey article published in the Huffington Post waxing stupidly about evil vaccinations. Puke. What really bothered me was the fact that so many idiots were agreeing with him! Ugh. All of these anti-science/anti-intellectual faith-based snake oil theories are given credibility by that king of insanities—religion. Yes, ladies and gents, religion gives the green light to every form of quackery on earth. It's the ultimate, "Hey, if I believe it, it must be true." gambit. Don't need no stinkin' science or facts. All of these freakazoid faith factions are only subsidiaries of that shining corporation upon a hill, Gawd Co.

]]> By: Jessica George http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33578 Jessica George Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:51:57 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33578 I read a study a year ago and reputable doctors do think they've figured out what's causing autism: it's a protein that their brains don't produce. So they might be able to cure or at least help these children in the future. Gluten did not come up in the report I read. Nor did crystals. Also not mentioned: Jim Carrey, whose antic I think might actually cause seizures. I read a study a year ago and reputable doctors do think they've figured out what's causing autism: it's a protein that their brains don't produce. So they might be able to cure or at least help these children in the future. Gluten did not come up in the report I read. Nor did crystals. Also not mentioned: Jim Carrey, whose antic I think might actually cause seizures.

]]> By: Jen http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33577 Jen Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:06:23 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33577 I really think the more people know about McCarthy's earlier infatuation with this whole indigo thing, the more inclined they would be to think skeptically about her current vaccination claims. Which is probably one of the reasons she's taken such pains to distance herself from it. I really think the more people know about McCarthy's earlier infatuation with this whole indigo thing, the more inclined they would be to think skeptically about her current vaccination claims. Which is probably one of the reasons she's taken such pains to distance herself from it.

]]> By: Robin http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/04/ask-an-amateur-scientist-%e2%80%a8indigo-children/comment-page-1/#comment-33576 Robin Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:43:48 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=6787#comment-33576 I must be a little too young (or logically minded) to have encountered this "indigo" thing before, because this is the first I've heard of it. And it sounds like a load of bunk. I've known Jenny McCarthy was a little crazy for a while, but now it seems that she's completely off her nut. That poor kid. He's gonna need a <i>lot</i> of therapy. I must be a little too young (or logically minded) to have encountered this "indigo" thing before, because this is the first I've heard of it. And it sounds like a load of bunk. I've known Jenny McCarthy was a little crazy for a while, but now it seems that she's completely off her nut. That poor kid. He's gonna need a lot of therapy.

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