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In reply to the discussion: Before you jump on Obama over the Monsanto amendment, take a minute and read this [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)same lines. There is absolutely no complaint in any of them. They state facts. There IS an effort to silence people. That is not a complaint about being oppressed, it is a fact. And I will be repeating those facts whenever there is a reason to do so. It is well known that Corporate America attempts to silence anyone who disagrees with them. Are you objecting to anyone pointing this out? Seems to me you are the one complaining, or as you put it 'acting the martyr' because I am pointing out something you would prefer we ignore. Sorry, that's not going to happen.
Thanks for the links though, I thought maybe I forgot something I said.
To you this may be a 'little blib' not worth bothering with but to America's and the world's btw, farmers (see India and the suicide rate among Farmers. Thanks Monsanto) not to mention those who are being poisoned all over the world by a Corporation that now, dangerously, controls the World's food supply. And every 'little blip' along the road to placing our food supply in their hands was dismissed, just as you are doing now, although in the past it was Bush supporters doing so. Democrats from early on, saw the potential disaster of placing the world's food supply in the hands of ONE corporation, and one that has proven its willingness to destroy lives, to destroy farmers and anyone who get in their path.
So I am very grateful to the 'hand-wringers' when it comes to Monsanto and am sorry you don't view this Corp as a threat to the world's people. I can assure you that people in third world countries know exactly how dangerous they are.
Finally, I have not changed, I am not saying anything I didn't say during the Bush years. I never ran into any opposition on Democratic forums for criticizing Monsanto or their influence over our Government.
But now, for what to me is an obvious reason, and one of the least defensible, the exact same criticisms are attacked right here on a Democratic forum. What does that mean? It means some of us are hypocrites. It means that if Bush does it, it's bad. But if Obama does it, it's a 'blip', nothing to worry about. As if every victory Monsanto achieves, such as this one, strengthens their grip on the world's food supply.
I wish we had the support of our former friends so we could succeed in at least curbing this awesome power being handed to Monsanto. It makes me sad that now things are even worse than under Bush when at least the Left was united against these evil Corporations.