Jon Stewart had time for neither Republican politicians nor “science denying, affluent California liberals” peddling anti-vaccination myths on Tuesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show.”
The host ran a CNN report that interviewed a woman from the Bay Area who said she doesn’t believe in mandatory vaccinations because she lives in a “liberal place” with “a well educated group of people, a thoughtful group of people.”
“Mmm, this is Marin County — they’re not rednecks, they’re not ignorant,” Stewart said. “They practice a mindful stupidity.”
Stewart made an appeal to the science-denying liberals.
“Look, California, if your crazy wellness ideas only affected you, I’d be fine with that!” he continued. “Have all the fair trade organic espresso enemas you want!”
“But your choice puts other people in jeopardy — just ask a doctor,” Stewart said.
He cut to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), an ophthalmologist, who said on Monday that he’d heard of cases of normal children who “wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” the host said with a sigh. “Perhaps we should not have asked Dr. Rand Paul, who’s ‘heard things.'”
“He’s star of the hit medical drama ‘Dr. Paul: Anecdote Man,'” Stewart said.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
