Doctors/Smart People Sic Searing Burns On That ‘Pro-Skin Cancer’ Journo

The ‘vague-in-order-to-be-inflammatory’ headline lends itself a umbrella-esque bone in order to pick apart a range of different ‘Old Man Yells At Cloud’ sorts of issues, in the space of about 500 vastly uninspiring, unconvincing, and downright dangerous words. 

Firstly – did you guys know that if it weren’t for ‘The PC Police’, kids would still be getting sunburned to a crisp and not getting sick at all later in life? Crazy!

The piece speaks of a time where children could have ‘multiplying freckles, flaking noses, and blistered shoulders’, and author Elise Elliott longs for the days where she could lather herself in oil and just fry her skin cells into tangible melanomas, without any of these pesky ‘Stasi‘ doctors telling her she might die. 

Elise also mourns for the days when people could eat ‘Takeaways, Chiko rolls, and Pollywaffles‘ continuously and not be told off apparently. Man, the good ol’ days sound rad and consequence-less, don’t they? Especially when heart disease definitely doesn’t kill one Australian person every 12 minutes, and 280 Australians definitely don’t develop diabetes each day. 

Medical professionals, and other people (who aren’t doctors but they’re just not absolute fucking idiots) have been retorting with their big mean PC-ridden, scientific facts:

As a dermatologist, I treat #melanoma #skincancer everyday. #sunsafe is not ‘just’ #PoliticalCorrectness. @EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun

— SaxonSmith (@DrSaxonSmith) January 27, 2016

@DrSaxonSmith @ItsBouquet @EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun My father died from lung cancer. It was caused by a melanoma.

— LNP Destroy (@mavsmum) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 You should follow, or ask someone else to, with a piece educating people about the dangers of UV. pic.twitter.com/JdFLJBRHWg

— Jill Pengelley (@JillPengelley) January 27, 2016

.@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun are you serious? Not wanting kids to get skin cancer is “political correctness”?! Stupid and dangerous column.

— Shane Bazzi (@shanebazzi) January 27, 2016

@DrSaxonSmith @MichaelByrnes @EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun but what about nostalgia for our (ignorant) childhoods

— Rita El Daghl (@RitaElDaghl) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun Care to explain this ridiculous article to my wife who has stage 4 melanoma? WTF is wrong with you people?

— Tony Pukka (@apesforefold) January 26, 2016

.@EliseElliott9 LOL skin cancer was the best!

— Nick Names Nuts (@nicknamesnuts) January 26, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun i think my wife would rather have had her parents slather her in spf than have current melanomas cut out.

— davethescot (@davehinnrichs) January 26, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun good thing you’ve never had to watch someone you love die of melanoma. Hate for you to turn ‘PC’ after that.

— fake matt camp (@mattiecamp) January 26, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun pro-skin cancer is probably a weird stance to take but okay.

— Harry (@hazzyhaz2) January 26, 2016

@EliseElliott9 Pls. Don’t write rubbish like that again.

— Rhett Bartlett (@rhettrospective) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun the fuck is this tripe? Woeful stuff

— Charlie Wubwub (@HRHwubwub) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun I’m REALLY interested in what @CancerCouncilOz thinks of your pro-melanoma romanticizing.

— Johnny Worthington (@jworthington) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun Can I just check this? Are you pro skin cancer?

— Taylor and Besty (@TaylorandBesty) January 27, 2016

@jurassic_snark_ @EliseElliott9 …and then resign.

— Roscomon the Cat (@blueshiftbeeble) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun My hosp used to have curtained off area for people badly disfigured by skin ca. Became storage thanks to spf30

— maDE BRAve (@DebraLewis15) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun very irresponsible article don’t confuse education with PC

— brett and chris (@uneasylistening) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun you confuse “political correctness” and “public health policies aimed to reduce mortality rates and disease”

— ian dc (@eenfish) January 26, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun I know I’m so glad my parents let me get severe skin damage and risked skin cancer. I get your sentiment but ??

— Chenea Evans (@CheneaNotFar) January 26, 2016

@Jen_Bennett @MSMWatchdog2013 @EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun I’m still excited at having mine removed last year!

— jamespatrickm (@dotrat) January 27, 2016

I think @EliseElliott9‘s parents left her in the sun for far too long, she seems cooked.

— oneplanetmikey (@oneplanetmikey) January 27, 2016

. @EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun I’m with you but mate I hate all that scientifically proven medical evidence-based political correctness

— Jen Buxton (@mamagrimoire) January 27, 2016

@EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun At some point an editor should have noticed that this was the dumbest thing ever written

— David Templeman (@davetempleman) January 27, 2016

Congratulations @EliseElliott9 @theheraldsun . Early favourite for mainstream media dumbest article of the year 2016. #melanoma #auspol

— Mike Wayville (@MikeWayville) January 27, 2016

Well Elise, we just want you to know a few things:

1. Uninformed opinion masquerading as faux medical advice has no place in mainstream media. You are endangering lives by encouraging shit that literally kills people.

2. You can put all the Reef Deep Suntan Oil on and fry if you want to, babe – no one’s stopping you.