Mr. Heckenlively Goes to Washington…

By Kent Heckenlively, J.D.

 

On the afternoon of March 31, 2017 you will find me on the steps of the United States Capitol, taking part in the Revolution for Truth Rally, put together by Michelle Ford and many others.  I will actually arrive a day earlier, and it will be a busy time.  Many of the activists will be meeting with their representatives, and the community is being asked to make calls to their representatives and the White House to support our rally.

On Friday morning, we will rally in front of the White House, march to the National Press Club to support an event there, then proceed to the U.S. Capitol for an afternoon rally.

It is an impressive list of speakers, starting with Robert Kennedy, Jr., Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccine Information Center, Minister Tony Muhammad of the Nation of Islam, Del Bigtree, the producer of VAXXED, Dr. Brian Hooker, Dr. Paul Thomas, Dr. Judy Mikovits, Dr. Toni Bark, Marcella Piper-Terry of VaxTruth, Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, Sheila Lewis Ealey, and of course, me.

Here is what I intend to say:

U.S. CAPITOL SPEECH

IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY ON THE STEPS OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL.

IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO JOIN WITH SUCH HEROIC MEN AND WOMEN, ASKING FOR JUSTICE FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND DEMANDING A BRIGHTER, MORE HONEST FUTURE.

IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO HAVE A VACCINE-INJURED CHILD, DRAMATICALLY CHANGING MY LIFE OVER THE LAST EIGHTEEN YEARS.

AND YET ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE COME TO PASS AND THEY HAVE CAUSED ME TO ASK SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS.

HOW DO I, AS A CHILD OF GOD, CONFRONT SUCH MONSTROUS EVIL?  IN THE FACE OF UNBELIEVABLE WICKEDNESS, WHICH THREATENS OUR CHILDREN AND THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF OUR SPECIES, HOW DO I FIGHT IN A WAY WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH MY HUMANITY?  HOW DO I FIGHT IN A MANNER WHICH ECHOES DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, SO THAT DESCENDANTS OF MINE AS YET UNBORN, WILL BE PROUD OF WHAT I DID WITH MY TIME UPON THE EARTH?  WHEN I STAND BEFORE GOD, WILL I BE ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT I FOUGHT MONSTERS, WITHOUT BECOMING ONE?

I WILL TELL YOU, MY FRIENDS, SOME OF WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH MY TIME. MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO I WAS PROUD TO JOIN WITH A SMALL GROUP OF PARENTS, LED BY J.B. HANDLEY TO FOUND THE WEB-SITE “AGE OF AUTISM.”  I HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT TO CREATE A LARGER TENT FOR OUR MOVEMENT, WRITING AS WELL FOR OTHER OUTLETS SUCH AS GREENMEDINFO, THE AUTISM FILE, THE BOLEN REPORT, AS WELL AS HAVING A RADIO SHOW FOR AUTISM ONE.  UNTIL THIS BATTLE IS WON I HAVE A SIMPLE CREED.  I CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS.  IF YOU WILL PICK UP A SWORD AND FIGHT FOR TRUTH ALONGSIDE ME, YOU ARE MY FRIEND.  ALL OTHER CONCERNS ARE SECONDARY TO ME UNTIL WE HAVE WON THIS BATTLE FOR HUMANITY’S SURVIVAL.

I WAS PROUD TO WORK WITH DR. JUDY MIKOVITS ON OUR BOOK, PLAGUE, WHICH DETAILED THE CORRUPTION OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES AS IT PERTAINED TO WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME.  HER WORK SHOWED THAT IT WAS LIKELY THAT AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANIMAL TISSUE IN THE CULTURING OF VIRUSES FOR VACCINES, DANGEROUS ANIMAL VIRUSES HAD BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE JUMP TO HUMAN BEINGS.  THESE VIRUSES WERE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, AT LEAST A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, BEHIND CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, AS WELL AS AUTISM.

IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE TO FIND THAT THE SAME VILLAINS WHO HAD BEEN RESISTING AN HONEST INVESTIGATION INTO CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME CALLED FOR BY DR. MIKOVITS, WERE THE ONES I HAD KNOWN FOR YEARS WERE RESISTING AN HONEST INVESTIGATION INTO AUTISM CALLED FOR BY DR. ANDY WAKEFIELD.

THAT’S WHY I WROTE THE BOOK, INOCULATED: HOW SCIENCE LOST ITS SOUL IN AUTISM, TO GIVE A BEHIND THE SCENES ACCOUNT OF NOT JUST WHISTLE-BLOWER, DR. WILLIAM THOMPSON’S CLAIM OF CORRUPTION AT THE CDC REGARDING VACCINES AND AUTISM, BUT TO GIVE A WIDER VIEW OF THE AMAZING CAST OF AVENGERS WHO ARE FIGHTING THIS ENORMOUS EVIL.  I WANTED TO FOCUS ON DR. BRIAN HOOKER, WHO BEFRIENDED THE WHISTLE-BLOWER, AND IS A LIVING EXAMPLE OF HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH IN HOW HE LOVED THE SINNER WHO WAS DR. WILLIAM THOMPSON, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HE HATED THE SIN.  I WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF SPACE DEVOTED TO DR. ANDY WAKEFIELD, WHO HAS SUFFERED SO GRATLY, BUT TO WHOM WE ALL OWE SO MUCH.

A GREAT DEBT IS OWED TO ROBERT KENNEDY, JR., WHO COULD HAVE HAD A QUIET, PEACEFUL LIFE, TRYING TO GET MERCURY OUT OF FISH, BUT INSTEAD CHOSE TO TRY AND GET MERCURY OUT OF OUR KIDS, AND CALLED DOWN THE WRATH OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON HIS HEAD.  AND I WANTED TO WELCOME NEW RECRUITS TO THE FOLD, LIKE MINISTER TONY MUHAMMAD FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM, A TRUE WARRIOR AND LION OF THE LORD.

YOU SEE, IT IS NOT SCIENCE WHICH OPPOSES US.  IT IS A FEW EVIL AND TWISTED SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT SCIENCE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE LIFE OF HUMANITY BETTER, NOT LINE THE POCKETS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

HONEST SCIENCE, SCIENCE WHICH IS IN ACCORD WITH THE PRINICPLES OF HUMANITY, WANTS TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING.  THAT IS THE KIND OF FIRECE DEVOTION I FOUND IN DR. JUDY MIKOVITS.  IT IS THE SAME KIND OF DEVOTION WHICH DRIVES DR. ANDY WAKEFIELD.  I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER SCIENTISTS OUT THERE WHO CAN YET REDISCOVER THE BETTER ANGELS OF THEIR NATURE AND JOIN OUR CAUSE.

AND SO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE CAN GIVE US THE ANSWERS AS TO HOW TO RESCUE OUR LOST CHILDREN.  I THINK OF MY OWN DAUGHTER, JACQUELINE, EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, WITH WHOM I HAVE NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION.  I RAISE MY VOICE AGAINST SOME OF THE GREATEST POWERS IN THE LAND BECAUSE IN DOING SO I HOPE MY EFFORTS WILL ONE DAY HELP HER FIND HER VOICE.  IF THAT MAKES ME AN OUTLAW, IF IT MAKES FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TURN AWAY FROM ME, IF IT MAKES ME A NON-PERSON IN THE EYES OF THE MEDIA, IF IT MAKES ME A DEPLORABLE, SO BE IT.  I WILL WEAR THAT NAME AS A BADGE OF HONOR.

THIS IS A GREAT CAUSE IN WHICH WE FIGHT, PERHAPS THE GREATEST OF OUR TIME.  WE FIGHT FOR NOTHING LESS THAN THE SURVIVAL OF HUMANITY.

I LOOK TO THE GREAT LEADERS OF THE PAST FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO WAGE THIS SCIENTIFIC AND SPIRITUAL BATTLE FOR HUMANITY.  HOW DO WE FIGHT EVIL WITH THE VERY BEST PART OF OUR SELVES?

I FIND GREAT INSPIRATION IN THE APPROACH TAKEN BY NELSON MANDELA IN SOUTH AFRICA.  WHEN I THINK OF THE PROBLEM HE FACED, THE MEDIA ONSLAUGHT IN HIS OWN COUNTRY WHICH CONVINCED MOST OF THE WHITE POPULATION THAT THIS MAN WHO SIMPLY WANTED JUSTICE, WAS A TERRORIST, I SEE AN ECHO OF OUR OWN STRUGGLE.  THE MEDIA IN SOUTH AFRICA HAD CONVINCED MOST OF THE WHITE POPULATION THAT IF PEOPLE LIKE MANDELA CAME TO POWER, THEIR SOCIETY WOLD COMPLETELY FALL APART.  SOUND FAMILIAR?  FEAR IS THE TOOL OF OUR ENEMY.  FEAR OVERRIDES THE RATIONAL MIND.  HOW DID NELSON MANDELA FIGHT THAT FEAR?  HOW CAN WE DO THE SAME?

MANDELA ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT HE FOUGHT BASED ON THREE PRINCIPLES.  I DECLARE TO YOU TODAY, AT THE VERY SEAT OF OUR GOVERNMENT’S POWER, AND BEFORE ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT THESE ARE THE SAME THREE PRINCIPLES WITH WHICH I WAGE OUR STRUGGLE.

THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IS CALLED SATYAGRAHA, A SANSKRIT WORD WHICH IS LOOSELY TRANSLATED AS “INSISTENCE ON TRUTH” OR “TRUTH FORCE.”  MANDELA TOOK THE CONCEPT FROM GAHNDI, WHO HAD FIRST USED IT TO PROTEST BRITISH RUL IN INDIA.  THIS CONCEPT REQUIRES A SPIRITUAL COMMITMENT TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOT SHADE IT IN ANY DEGREE.  THIS MEANS THAT YOU SPEAK HONESTLY ABOUT FAILINGS, BOTH OF YOUR ENEMIES AND OF YOUR FRIENDS.  IMPLICIT IN THIS IDEA IS THAT THOSE WHO LISTEN TO YOU ALSO HAVE A SPARK OF THE DIVINE, AND WHEN THEY LISTEN TO YOU SPEAK, THAT SPIRITUAL PART OF THEM INSTINCTIVELY KNOWS YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH.  THOSE WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH, NO MATTER HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MAY BE AT TIMES, WILL ALWAYS BE STRONGER THAN THOSE WHO SPEAK LIES.

THE SECOND PRINCIPLE IS CALLED AHIMSA, AND IT COMES FROM THE HINDU AND BUDDHIST TRADITION.  IT MEANS THAT YOU INTEND NO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES, EITHER IN YOUR DEEDS OR THOUGHTS.  IT MEANS THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ENEMIES AS FELLOW CREATIONS OF AN ALL-POWERFUL GOD.  YOUR INTENT IS NOT TO HARM OR OVERTHROW THEM, BUT TO RESCUE THEM FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.  ALL OF US AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAVE BEEN IN ERROR.  WE DO NOT HATE OUR ENEMIES, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH REASON THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN US TO HATE THEM.  WE HATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, THE LIES THEY HAVE TOLD, THE HARM THEY HAVE CAUSED, AND WE HOPE ONE DAY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THE PART THEY HAVE PLAYED IN AN EVIL PLAN.

IN CLOSING I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FINAL PRINCIPLE, AND IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM NELSON MANDELA’S SOUTH AFRICA.  THE PRINCIPLE IS CALLED UBUNTU.  IT MEANS WE ARE WHO WE ARE THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE.  SOME HAVE CALLED IT AFRICA’S UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONCEPT OF HUMANISM, AND I THINK THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.  I THINK THERE IS A LOT THAT THE INDIVIDUALISTIC WEST GETS RIGHT, BUT IT’S AN INCOMPLETE PICTURE.  I AM HAPPY TO PROCLAIM MY INDIVIDUALITY, BUT JUST AS STRONG IN MY SOUL IS A DESIRE FOR MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO SEE ME AS I TRULY AM.

IN ADDITION TO THE HARM DONE TO OUR CHILDREN, I BELIEVE THAT THE HARM DONE TO WE PARENTS WHO FIGHT AGAINST THE LIES TOLD ABOUT VACCINES, IS ANOTHER GREAT INJUSTICE.  DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE NICKNAMES I HAD BEFORE I GOT INVOLVED IN THE VACCINE/AUTISM ISSUE?  I WAS CALLED ‘THE LITTLE PROFESSOR’ (ON ACCOUNT OF SO OFTEN HAVING MY NOSE IN A BOOK), THE DIPLOMAT, THE MOST HONEST FRIEND I EVER HAD, AND MR. RHODES SCHOLAR CANDIDATE.

THOSE ARE NOT THE NICKNAMES PEOPLE CALL ME TODAY.  FOR THE MOST PART I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT MOST OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THINK ABOUT ME.  AT BEST, I GET THE SENSE THAT I AM GRUDGINGLY “TOLERATED.”  AT WORST, I GET THE FEELING I AM ACTIVELY AVOIDED.  MY UBUNTU, MY SENSE OF WHO I AM IN THE WORLD, HAS BEEN BROKEN.

AND YET I AM NOT DISHEARTENED.  I SEE THE BRAVE FIGURES WITH ME ON THE STAGE TODAY, I SEE ALL OF YOU, AND I KNOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS FOLLOWING US AROUND THE WORLD.

I STAND BEFORE MY GOD AND MY COUNTRYMEN IN THIS HALLOWED PLACE AND DECLARE HOW I WILL FIGHT AGAINST THIS GREAT EVIL WHICH THREATENS HUMANITY.  I WILL FIGHT WITH UNFLINCHING TRUTH, WITH SATYAGRAHA.  I WILL FIGHT WITH COMPASSION FOR MY ENEMIES, AHIMSA.  AND I WILL FIGHT TO RE-ESTABLISH THE BONDS OF AFFECTION, THE UBUNTU, WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM SO MANY OF US.

MAY ALL THE ANGELS AND MINISTERS OF GRACE PROTECT YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, AND OUR CAUSE.  THANK YOU.

For more information on this effort, please go to: www.revolution4truth.org/

By Kent Heckenlively, J.D.

Kent Heckenlively is the author of INOCULATED: How Science Lost its Soul in Autism, available on Amazon and at Barnes&Noble.com