25 March 2015

WARNING: Vaccines Cause Autism. An Open Letter To 'Father Embry.'


The past two days have been frustrating and difficult and amazing all at the same time. Adele's picture was used on Disciples of the New Dawn, which is a Facebook page that promotes hatred and ignorance. At first, I found it to be slightly comical because it was so far fetched and ridiculous. It didn't make sense, it was absurd and completely false. I thought that I would share the picture and ask the community to report it to Facebook as well as send the administrator of the page private messages, requesting that it be removed.

The community stepped up and I was floored by all of the support that we received. I sent the administrator a message and told him that he was messing with the wrong group of people; this is one community that you don't want to **** with; not our children. Yesterday, he replied to the first set of messages, then he decided that it would be better to read them but not give any response. Yesterday, he thought that this was all fun and games but now he is starting to feel the pressure from all over the globe. The amount of messages and screenshots and posts sent to both of my pages has been overwhelming. This is the time to make a difference. This is the time to let people know that we will take a stand and we will defend those we love. We will not back down.


This is not the only Facebook page that is associated with 'Father Embry.' He has at least two others; The Dawn Guard Militia and Junior Disciples. The pages all promote violence against children, it is vulgar and is making a mockery of our loved ones. Adele's picture was not the first one that was used on his page.

The page has been reported by hundreds, if not thousands of people over the past two days and every time, Facebook states that it does not violate their Community Standards. It is perfectly acceptable to post pictures of child abuse, violent punishment, posts that bully others, posts that target a certain group, posts that attack those of varying abilities.
A picture is shared of a woman breastfeeding and it is immediately removed because is it inappropriate and pornographic. This confuses me and angers me.


I have been told by a couple of people that I should let it go. He wants a response. He wants to stir the pot. He loves the negative attention. This is the thing, her picture was used not as intended, which is illegal. He altered it, which is illegal. He does not have the rights to the picture. It belongs to the photographer and the clothing company. Will I sit back and ignore it? No, I would never do that. Is this feeding the animals? No, it's not. This is defending my child, my family and others who have been negatively affected by this low life. Letting it go, which so many do, this is telling him and others, that it's ok, it's acceptable behaviour and we will allow you to discriminate against our children. I would like to see the reactions of others, when it's their child being exploited. When we post pictures on Facebook, people can share them, they can post them on other sites, I get that it is a public forum. The picture of Adele is not his property. He is not allowed to alter a photo that belongs to the photographer and the clothing company; he has no rights. The clothing company is reaching out to their intellectual property lawyer to seek advice and legal counsel.


A while back, Tom Leykis shared a vulgar post. The community came together and after numerous complaints and messages, he removed it. He did this not because he had a guilty conscience, not because he felt bad, he got a verbal lickin' from the Down syndrome community. We do not tolerate ignorant and hurtful people. We do not tolerate those who disrespect our children and families.

Please continue to send him messages and report the pictures and page to Facebook. Keep fighting for what is right.

I choose my battles wisely. I do not let everything bring me down. I know what needs to be fought for and pursued. Letting an animal unlawfully post pictures of our children and use them to mock and degrade is the lowest form of humanity. Let's take a stand. Let's work together as a community. Please sign the petition and help us create change.

Thank you,
Krista

15 comments :

  1. Yes, yes, yes! THANK YOU for standing up to this lowlife and his followers and for doing what needs to be done. I've reported the page to Facebook, I've signed both petitions, I've shared with my friends, many of whom have also taken action. By standing strong together, we *can* make a difference.

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  2. I have reported this page and photos to Facebook 13 times and every time they see nothing wrong with it. I'm still waiting to hear from Facebook from the last message I sent, 7ish hours ago.

    Dear Facebook,
    For the past few days many of us (10,000 plus, you'll soon start seeing petitions on this) have informed you about a hate page(s), "Disciples of the New Dawn". This group is using STOLEN pictures taken from other Down syndrome support groups and using them as a type of hate propaganda. Their spewing out health information that is untrue or not tested or not proven to be accurate and can seriously hurt if not kill someone. For one (in one of their photos) they claim vaccines causes the extra chromosome (Down syndrome) that is so far from the truth. Fact is no one knows how the 21st chromosome receives that extra copy of that chromosome. In another photo they tell people to preform a bleach enema to cure Autism. Facebook, you have now been informed about this and in my opinion, if you allow this page to exist, Facebook, could and should be held liable for any harm that may occur. This group seems to do nothing but promote hate towards the special needs community, the gay community, the unwed mother community and so many others. How does this not go against the Facebook guidelines? Please do the right thing and remove this page(s). If Facebook allows these types of pages to remain, you are just as guilty of spreading hate.

    Regards,
    Thomas

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    1. Thomas, you are amazing. I think I may need to copy and paste this message and start sending this one. Thank you for sharing this with me. I really appreciate it.

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    2. Please do copy and share and I'm happy to see the petition is nearing the 10,000 signatures need to get something done.

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    3. And you are very welcome. I too have a 13 year old daughter who was blessed with that extra something so this means a ton to me and our family.

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    4. Hugs to your beautiful daughter. Keep reporting. Keep going.

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    5. The main reason I see that they don't take this filth down is because it would make them look bad too for allowing this to continue even though they knew they were wrong... They'd rather allow the hatred to happen than admit they were wrong and remove it... Saddening how bad social media has gotten... Keep reporting, they'll cave eventually...

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    6. Absolutely, keep reporting and keep advocating.
      Thank you! :)

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  3. I went on line to see if there was any reports about this group or on Father Embry and many feel that it's just for fun, satire if you will. OK, I'm all for a good joke but the fact is the creator of this page has or has allowed stolen pictures of children and used them for other purposes. Fact, they are posting medical advise and ways to cure Autism. It's all a joke until a desperate parent, thinking it's real and trys to "cure" their child. And that's when everyone involved should be held accountable.

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  4. I have just contacted our local paper and WGN Radio in Chicago. I filled them in on how Facebook is knowingly allowing hate pages to exist. How they have not responded to my messages or to the petition. I filled the media in on how Facebook is just as guilty of spreading hate if they allow this to go on. How Facebook stock holders and their advertisers would be thrilled to know how Facebook is allowing the hate to continue. We now wait for the paper and radio to respond. I hope they feel that there's a story here.

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    1. Nice work!!! A paper in San Fran wants to do an article on all of this. Hopefully you get a response. Thank you!!!!

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  5. I vaccinated my daughter Mario and now he has autism, (IMPORTANT DO NOT VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN) SPREAD THE WORD #PROTECTTHEFROGS

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  6. Here is proof to why vaccines DO CAUSE AUTISM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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