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I'm not in favor of banning GMOs, incidentally. The part of the-company-formerly-known-as-Monsanto I take issue with is their predatory practices, like suing fa

I'm not in favor of banning GMOs, incidentally. The part of the-company-formerly-known-as-Monsanto I take issue with is their predatory practices, like suing farmers for inadvertently cross-pollinating their crops from Monsanto-copyrighted seeds from a neighboring farmer's fields.

pfdietz 4y ago
You're being a useful fool here, repeating that outright lie, which has been well debunked even here on HN. The scoundrels committing this blood libel against Monsanto and GMOs count on people like you to propagate their poison.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  > The scoundrels committing this blood libel against Monsanto and GMOs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel Ahem. Dafuq?
- bovermyer 4y ago
  "Blood libel?" What in the actual f**? Well, if you're going to be antisemitic, then we're done here. Maybe consider getting some help.
  - pfdietz 4y ago
    I'm being the opposite of antisemitic. Perhaps you could cry "Godwin" and make sense.
    - mrguyorama 4y ago
      Comparing people being fooled by propaganda to "Blood libel" is atrocious and just as stupid, hollow, and heartless as the american conservatives who said not being able to get a haircut during the pandemic was comparable to the holocaust. Get a fucking break man. You can educate people that GMOs aren't on their own a danger and that there is a lot of misinformation about these things without being a miserable asshole.
      - pfdietz 4y ago
        It's two groups of people fooled into demonization for political purposes. And in each case, there is significant harm as a result. I will grant the Holocaust was likely a larger harm, but don't dismiss the harm caused by GMO negativity (which is inextricably bound to Monsanto demonization). Golden Rice blockage alone is arguably an act of genocide.
- mrfreed 4y ago
  Monsanto is very aggressive to the environment, the farmers, food heritage and common decency. This twisting of reason and aggression you commit is a serious farce. "Blood libel" WTF??
  - pfdietz 4y ago
    Monsanto is subject to outrageous politicized libel of the sort you parrot there. For example, your "to the farmers" there is likely a repeat of the brazen lie that they sue farmers for inadvertent GMO contamination.
hobo_in_library 4y ago
Their RoundupReady crops seem to have another poison hidden inside them (literally!) The Roundup pesticide that those crops are sprayed with is made of Glyphosate, and testers keep finding that pesticide showing up inside corn, wheat, and oat products. Seems like those crops don't just ignore the pesticide, they actually absorb it into their grains https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/glyphosate-contamination-food-goes-far-beyond-oat-products https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/glyphosate-contaminat...

pfdietz 4y ago

You're being a useful fool here, repeating that outright lie, which has been well debunked even here on HN. The scoundrels committing this blood libel against Monsanto and GMOs count on people like you to propagate their poison.

yamtaddle 4y ago
> The scoundrels committing this blood libel against Monsanto and GMOs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel Ahem. Dafuq?
bovermyer 4y ago
"Blood libel?" What in the actual f**? Well, if you're going to be antisemitic, then we're done here. Maybe consider getting some help.
- pfdietz 4y ago
  I'm being the opposite of antisemitic. Perhaps you could cry "Godwin" and make sense.
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    Comparing people being fooled by propaganda to "Blood libel" is atrocious and just as stupid, hollow, and heartless as the american conservatives who said not being able to get a haircut during the pandemic was comparable to the holocaust. Get a fucking break man. You can educate people that GMOs aren't on their own a danger and that there is a lot of misinformation about these things without being a miserable asshole.
    - pfdietz 4y ago
      It's two groups of people fooled into demonization for political purposes. And in each case, there is significant harm as a result. I will grant the Holocaust was likely a larger harm, but don't dismiss the harm caused by GMO negativity (which is inextricably bound to Monsanto demonization). Golden Rice blockage alone is arguably an act of genocide.
mrfreed 4y ago
Monsanto is very aggressive to the environment, the farmers, food heritage and common decency. This twisting of reason and aggression you commit is a serious farce. "Blood libel" WTF??
- pfdietz 4y ago
  Monsanto is subject to outrageous politicized libel of the sort you parrot there. For example, your "to the farmers" there is likely a repeat of the brazen lie that they sue farmers for inadvertent GMO contamination.

hobo_in_library 4y ago

Their RoundupReady crops seem to have another poison hidden inside them (literally!) The Roundup pesticide that those crops are sprayed with is made of Glyphosate, and testers keep finding that pesticide showing up inside corn, wheat, and oat products. Seems like those crops don't just ignore the pesticide, they actually absorb it into their grains https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/glyphosate-contamination-food-goes-far-beyond-oat-products https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/glyphosate-contaminat...