John Best
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John Best (commonly known as John Best Junior) is a conspiracy theorist from Londonderry, New Hampshire. He has a low-functioning autistic son, and keeps the blog Hating Autism in which he denies autism's very existence and argues that the condition can be cured.
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[edit] Vaccinations and autism
Best firmly believes that autism is the same thing as mercury poisoning.[1] He argues that mercury poisoning became a widespread problem with the invention and distribution of thimerosal. He supports this argument by pointing out that Leo Kanner,[2] the first man to write about autism, discovered the condition in 1943 — 12 years after vaccines were first preserved with thimerosal.[3] Best also believes that dental amalgam fillings are responsible for any autistic condition where it can be proven that a thimerosal-preserved vaccine was not given.[4]
Best claims that the accepted treatment for mercury poisoning is chelation, and he has used alpha-lipoic acid[wp] (ALA) to treat his son. He claims some immediate results[5][6] but this has not been medically verified. A possible alternative explanation is that the clearance of heavy metal poisoning in his son's intestines led to a subsequent reduction in sensory overload.[7] Sensory sensitivity is common amongst those on the autistic spectrum.[8]
Best considers Mark Geier to be a hero, despite the fact that Geier's chelation efforts have resulted in his loss of license to practice medicine of any sort in several states for this practice.[9][10]
Best also subscribes to the idea that the "truth about autism" (his words) is being hidden. He claims that there is a record of a meeting in Simpsonwood in 1999[wp] where pharmaceutical companies agreed to continue to poison children with vaccines. He claims that at this meeting they admitted knowing about the link between thiomersal and autism but agreed to continue to use it. He also claims that all politicians around the world know this and are paid to stay quiet about it. He has called for the arrest of politicians by the FBI in the past.[11]
[edit] General conspiracist
Best believes in the existence of the Illuminati,[12] and the Rothschild family conspiracy theory. Even his natural allies Age of Autism and Jenny McCarthy think he is a bit weird, and so he accused them of supporting the continued poisoning of children by doing nothing.[13][14]
Best has twice asked readers of his blog to vote for him as President of the United States as a write-in.[15][16][17][18] He has also tried the same stunt with the Senate at the mid-term elections.[19] He believes that the mainstream media is corrupt and won't give him a voice[20] so he totally relies on the Internet to get his message out. One of his policies is Free Homes for All,[21] along with other ridiculous claims.[22]
However, Best may well get his beans. He was subject to two defamation lawsuits as of December 2012, one from outside the United States[23][24][25][26][27]. On January 24 2013 the lawsuit from outside the United States was decided against Best.[28] He may also have finally gone too far over the weekend of December 15 and 16, 2012, in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings. First he tried to use speculation that Adam Lanza had Asperger's syndrome to blame the leader of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Ari Ne'eman, of effectively killing those kids by denying him a cure.[29] Then he attacked President Obama for not listening to him through a video he posted on YouTube a few years ago.[30] Finally he posted the same message on both of his blogs, calling everyone with Asperger's syndrome potential "psycho killers", and using this as a reason to force them to be "cured" via chelation.[31][32]
In September 2013, it was reported that Best left a comment on Jake Crosby's anti-vaccine website (apparently mistaking it for e-mail) which cited The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, among other things.
In late December 2014, Best advised the following when confronted with the 24 January 2013 decision[33];
"Just so people know who read this link, it never happened. It seems that Phil Gluyas made the whole thing up. No court ever ruled on a lawsuit against me. Phil or his pals wrote this mythical decision. No court ever notified me of anything except that Phil had filed his childish lawsuit. It was so stupid that I didn't take it seriously. No judge could be dumb enough to even hear this case." - John Best on his "John Best for NH Governor" page
As the Austlii website clearly indicates, the case was indeed heard and decided upon in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.
[edit] Political aspirations
On several different occasions, John Best has indicated his interest in running for various political posts ranging from the President of the United States[34][35], through the US Senate[36] and the position of Governor of his home state of New Hampshire[37]. On each occasion he has run his campaign entirely through the Internet, likely for fear of the 12th Protocol of the The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion ("We control the press. Not a single announcement will reach the public without our control.") and as a "write in" candidate instead of formally registering.
John Best also started a petition in the form of a new Declaration of Independence[38]. On December 30 2014 this petition was deleted by the provider.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2012/04/autism-awareness.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/07/obituaries/dr-leo-kanner-86-child-psychologist.html
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-illuminati-controls-autism.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com.au/2006/12/curing-autism.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com.au/2006/12/more-improvement-from-chelation-for.html
- ↑ http://www.philgluyas.com/ae/jbj/quotes2.htm#50
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16313426?dopt=Abstract
- ↑ http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/controversial-autism-doctor-mark-geier-loses-licenses-in-missouri-illinois/article_c46771ff-94bd-5fe5-9162-32d80d8140c9.html
- ↑ http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2012/08/22/mark-geiers-license-suspended-in-florida-revoked-in-indiana/
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com.au/2009/04/report-autism-to-fbi.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-illuminati-controls-autism.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/10/confirming-age-of-autisms-corruption.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/08/generation-rescue-liars.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-can-win-presidency-and-end-autism.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/02/john-best-for-president-screw.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/08/john-best-in-2012-take-back-our-country.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/08/real-freedom-unlike-corrupt-usa.html
- ↑ http://www.philgluyas.com/bl/jb/1/100718.htm
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2010/05/beat-brainwashing-make-your-vote-count.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-homes-for-all.html
- ↑ http://www.philgluyas.com/bl/jb/1/110102.htm
- ↑ http://autismgadfly.blogspot.com/2012/09/genuine-lawsuit-or-more-neurodiverse.html
- ↑ http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2012/09/07/autism-center-sues-over-blog-posts-calling-it-a-fraud-and-worse/
- ↑ http://www.universalhub.com/2012/autism-center-sues-over-blog-posts-calling-it-frau
- ↑ http://www.philgluyas.com/bl/jb/1/100315.htm
- ↑ http://www.philgluyas.com/bl/jb/1/100709.htm
- ↑ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2013/3.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2012/12/ari-neeman-responsible-for-murdered.html
- ↑ http://autismfraud.blogspot.com/2012/12/hey-barack-heres-how-to-stop-crazed.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com/2012/12/message-to-psycho-killers-with.html
- ↑ http://autismfraud.blogspot.com/2012/12/message-to-psycho-killers-with.html
- ↑ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2013/3.html
- ↑ http://hatingautism.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/john-best-for-president-screw.html
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/294326504000386/
- ↑ http://www.philgluyas.com/bl/jb/1/100718.htm
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Best-for-NH-Governor/1517453661811233
- ↑ http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/2nd-declaration-of-independence/