RFK Jr. Will Be Attacked

Any helpful health policies by RFK Jr. will be attacked by extreme ideologues

One thing I have come to realize over time is that both ends of the political spectrum bear responsibility for where we’ve ended up. The pendulum has now swung decisively to the far right, yet the root issue is that neither side truly listens to the other. This entrenched refusal to engage meaningfully has opened the door for the rise of someone like Trump elected not on substance but on sheer division. The Left votes against the Right, the Right against the Left—polarized to the point where centrism and compromise have no space to breathe. Both factions seem fixated on aggravating the other and scoring wins in a zero-sum game. The need for balance has never been greater, yet it’s conspicuously absent in the world today.

RFK Jr. stands out as perhaps the only silver lining in a potential Trump administration. I’m attempting to see this in a positive light, assuming, of course, he’s permitted to pursue his goals. RFK has never hidden his distaste for Trump, yet I believe he’s astute enough to leverage the administration to enact real change—likely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. However, the backlash he’ll face is already predictable. If RFK tries to challenge vaccine safety standards, make raw milk more accessible, or advance other health policies, the ideologues entrenched in current thinking will lash out, dismissing these measures as dangerous and unfounded. They’re driven not by personal experience or a depth of nutritional understanding but by a sanitized narrative that erases centuries of human dietary history.

It’s as if this generation has lost touch with its roots, rewriting history as if natural living is somehow a relic of a bygone, dangerous past. Just today, I read someone’s advice on how to pasteurize raw milk if RFK legalizes raw milk across the board, warning it would spread disease if made widely available—a reaction based in fear, not fact or experience. Others shout that polio will make a comeback due to his stance on vaccines, or, that RFK’s advocacy for safer vaccines will send us back to the Dark Ages. Some are even defending glyphosate, arguing it’s essential for agriculture. Perhaps at some level. But, what about the levels of this dangerous toxin that pervades our life? We can do better. Let’s not pretend: These are dangerous pesticides that negatively affect our bodily autonomy, just as the widespread overuse of vaccines do. This is the state of our world: a place where people are so detached from truth and history that it’s become unfathomable to them that a different life is possible—a life of true health and vitality, without the massive amounts of ever-increasing debilitating, life-altering and deadly diseases—most of which are caused by the very things our advanced society has adopted as ‘good.’ I am sick to death of the ignorance and hubris of people who have no first-hand knowledge of what they speak.

My own experience defies this mainstream paranoia. I’ve been drinking raw milk for almost 16 years without a single illness from it—only greatly improved health. My grandfather grew up on raw milk and lived to 99. His mother lived to be 101. His father lived to be 98. His sister lived to be 98. His brother lived to be 100. They all subsisted at one point or another on raw milk from cows they raised in their own backyard. As a younger adult, my grandfather made chocolate milkshakes with raw eggs. Hearing his stories as he neared a century in age gave me deep insights modern voices greatly lack—a tangible sense of health grounded in experience—not fear or theory. As such, I am so confident in my knowledge on this matter because I have experimented with diet for nearly 20 years, and I have a collective knowledge handed down to me from people who grew up in a time when literally none of the things we have today existed.

When raw milk became legal in my state in 2013, I jumped at the chance, knowing its benefits would eclipse any other food based on my study. Over the years, I’ve confirmed this firsthand to myself, and by feeding the food to my grandpa over a period of a decade. Yet, these truths RFK may wish to bring forward will face relentless attacks from people who lack personal experience, dismissing them outright simply because they challenge their ingrained beliefs. They turn to ‘the science’ as if it is settled, using cherry-picked sources. Nevertheless, studies are no replacement for real-world tangible experience.
Again, they will attempt to use incomplete science to justify their stance—so-called science that claims raw milk is dangerous because it can contain E. coli. News flash: E. coli exists naturally within the intestinal tracts of all humans. Further, the intestinal tract is a single continuous tube, beginning at the stomach and ending at the anus. I’m almost certain the average person does not realize this or think about it in these actual terms, but the reality is that man does not currently understand his own body. Sure, in the depths of science, it is understood to a point—but certainly not by the average person.

Instead of engaging with alternative perspectives that may benefit them, such people tune out the truth completely. This is the world we’re now living in.

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I’m hopeful that some of RFK’s ideas will see the light of day, envisioning a positive outcome even amid the clear threats Trump’s presidency—and the forces backing him—pose to the Republic. Specifically, Project 2025 looms large as a framework that could in many ways negatively reshape the nation. A pressing question is whether Trump will stand by RFK long enough for him to accomplish any good, or, if he’ll discard him as he has with so many others before real progress can be made. Will Trump back RFK's initiatives, even as the public resists—resistance that might persist even if these changes offer nothing more controversial than freedom of choice, a principle long championed by those who might now oppose it?

Time will reveal the answer, but one thing is undeniable: today’s widespread ignorance leads people to resist what might actually be in their best interest.

Jeff Green