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JackRiddler

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37. How many of them are agricultural scientists?

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Monsanto Fingerprints Found All Over Attack On Organic Food [View all] womanofthehills Jul 2016 OP

Tragically, true. Beware the Chem Trolls Scientific Jul 2016 #1

Yes PatSeg Jul 2016 #15

exactly. well said. bbgrunt Jul 2016 #27

They're almost as bad as the pro-vaccine or evolution trolls. ZombieHorde Jul 2016 #45

Monsanto and Walmart top of my list of hated companies. classykaren Jul 2016 #2

Keep doing the good work Ronnie Cummins /Minnesota Person 2713 Jul 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Jul 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #5

Example of kitchen sink defense. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #25

Nailed it PatSeg Jul 2016 #29

Nail it II Scientific Jul 2016 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #36

Run away then... JackRiddler Jul 2016 #38

Your assertion is verifiably false. appal_jack Jul 2016 #10

Cannot be repeated often enough. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #39

... Major Nikon Jul 2016 #52

you have AntiBank Jul 2016 #17

AR is an industry funded marketing arm, so is the organic funded organization that wrote the OP. HuckleB Jul 2016 #28

I'm glad that a legitimate industry has organized to defend itself... JackRiddler Jul 2016 #35

An industry whose entire marketing strategy relies on disinformation isn't legitimate Major Nikon Jul 2016 #53

An entire industry that must market itself with lies is not legitimate. HuckleB Jul 2016 #61

Denmark and Russia going organic and GMO free - organic movement growing big time womanofthehills Jul 2016 #42

Ignorance kills people. NNadir Jul 2016 #6

Will do. Eating my good, organic food. roody Jul 2016 #8

Eating my good organic food too womanofthehills Jul 2016 #43

It's truly sad to see the type of hyperbole in the OP pushed in a progressive forum. HuckleB Jul 2016 #20

That letter is a pretty good example of how both sides are filled with nutcases Chathamization Jul 2016 #46

As the Nobel Laureates point out, and I certainly agree, anti-GMO crap is, in fact, a crime... NNadir Jul 2016 #47

"The climate is always changing! Why are people worried about climate change?" -Rightwing cranks Chathamization Jul 2016 #49

This is a very poor response, completely consistent with the scientific illiteracy of anti-GMO... NNadir Jul 2016 #50

Sorry, but your statement was as ignorant as the right-wing climate change denier rhetoric. Chathamization Jul 2016 #51

Many discussions on this board re: GMOs or Organic food randr Jul 2016 #7

Happens Everywhere rachael7 Jul 2016 #9

indeed indeed AntiBank Jul 2016 #19

They hijacks these threads PatSeg Jul 2016 #18

I am waiting for them to start using "GMO Denialist" AntiBank Jul 2016 #23

Thanks, I needed a laugh! PatSeg Jul 2016 #26

Banal nonsense Major Nikon Jul 2016 #54

That's why we call it Monsatan. roody Jul 2016 #66

Obviously Major Nikon Jul 2016 #68

Monsatan ananda Jul 2016 #11

They never rest maindawg Jul 2016 #12

Except Monsanto has jumped into organic farming years ago IronLionZion Jul 2016 #13

Exactly. Monsanto sells all types of seeds. HuckleB Jul 2016 #21

Yes, there is this weird delusion skepticscott Jul 2016 #34

As are Dean, Cargill, and ConAgra Major Nikon Jul 2016 #55

Corporate Truth is like Corporate Science. Octafish Jul 2016 #14

Thanks for the link PatSeg Jul 2016 #22

Yet if you're a self-described "skeptic," all corporate spin and claims go unquestioned villager Jul 2016 #16

The piece in the OP is written by an organization funded by the organic industry. HuckleB Jul 2016 #24

Yup. "Organic" is not what it is painted to be. Archae Jul 2016 #31

Ha ha - hilarious Scientific Jul 2016 #44

And just what have I said that isn't true? Archae Jul 2016 #48

One has to wonder why posters who can't support their claims, ... HuckleB Jul 2016 #60

That so-called Nobel-Greenpeace story is a Biotech Huckster, Inc. PR Poo Party Scientific Jul 2016 #32

110 Nobel Laureates stand up for science, and you pretend it's something else. HuckleB Jul 2016 #33

How many of them are agricultural scientists? JackRiddler Jul 2016 #37

You haven't even bothered to see who is on the list? HuckleB Jul 2016 #57

This is a leading question and typical of your unethical tactics. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #77

I'm not the one who is unethical. HuckleB Jul 2016 #83

More unethical avoidance of the question. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #86

No one is avoiding anything other than your repeated avoidance of correcting misinformation. HuckleB Jul 2016 #87

Still not touching the question. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #88

Enjoy your pointless red herring silliness. HuckleB Jul 2016 #89

Reality. Ethics. Science. Responsibility. Etc. etc. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #90

No need to pretend anything. The facts speak for themselves. This is Biotech PR hookwinkery Scientific Jul 2016 #41

Sure, look at how many genuine scientists have claimed chemtrails are nonsense Major Nikon Jul 2016 #56

Your fictions have been shown for what they are, over and over again. HuckleB Jul 2016 #58

Plus, it's pushing the discredited "Golden Rice" mythology. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #78

Why post things that are so easily discredited? Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #81

"Such general topics as capitalism." JackRiddler Jul 2016 #82

You do realize that that SAME issue predates GMOs and applies to hybrids, right? Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #84

Monsanto and the organic food corps are both primarily involved in generating profit bhikkhu Jul 2016 #40

Organic is fine for small scale gardening, etc. But at large scale production levels.. Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #59

"Organic" for small scale gardening is even less meaningless Major Nikon Jul 2016 #62

True, just thinking of people who have their own little tomato gardens and stuff and decide to... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #63

There's all sorts of advantages to doing it yourself Major Nikon Jul 2016 #64

Agribusiness feeds livestock, not people. roody Jul 2016 #67

That's an argument to have everyone switch to a vegan or vegetarian diet... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #71

Now now, it doesn't have to be everyone. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #79

Now now, it also feeds fuel tanks. JackRiddler Jul 2016 #80

Wrong. Only small Farmers and Agroecology can feed the World, says the UN Scientific Jul 2016 #65

That's not what the UN said, nor did they say anything about "organic" Major Nikon Jul 2016 #69

Crickets............ PatSeg Jul 2016 #70

You know that says nothing about organic farming, organic farming is industrial farming... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #72

It is about Agroecology PatSeg Jul 2016 #73

The issue is that our "organic" is very destructive to the environment, generally speaking... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #74

Sorry PatSeg Jul 2016 #75

And, yet again, you post misinformation. HuckleB Jul 2016 #76

There is a war going on between GMOs and organic produced food. Rex Jul 2016 #85