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Artículo por Chris Bullivant
The superstition that opposes GM crops is deadly for the world’s hungry
“No hay lechuga No-OGM” dijo Nucci “Eso nos hizo pensar: Por qué estamos haciendo esto? Estamos perpetuando el miedo de que hay algo malo con los OGMs. No nos sentimos bien haciendo esto, así que decidimos eliminar las etiquetas” – Artículo por Diana Bradley, para PR Week.
Has the Non-GMO label fever peaked? Major vegetable packing firm removes ‘fear perpetuating’ label
https://geneticliteracyproject.org
“There is no GMO lettuce,” said Nucci. “It made us go: Why are we doing this? We are perpetuating a fear that something is wrong with GMOs. We didn’t feel right doing that, so we chose to take that label off.” – Diana Bradley, PR Week.
Has the Non-GMO label fever peaked? Major vegetable packing firm removes ‘fear perpetuating’ label
https://geneticliteracyproject.org
March Against Monsanto Denver claimed that GM papaya kills pollinators and soil bacteria.
I asked about their sources and their evidence, they asked me to do my own research.
Well, I am a biologist. I have devoted half of my life, even before I was an adult, to do my own research. I have seen all sort of ridiculous and crazy claims, and there is never evidence.
There is no research or peer reviewed papers linking GM papayas to pollinator death or to soil decay. This is simply a lie. March Against Monsanto is lying. This is not a different opinion, this is not one of those sketchy papers in marginal journals. Simply, there is no evidence, that claim is complete and utter bullshit.
I don’t know why these people have to lie to make their point. They demand transparency from others, they demand respect, yet the lie, they discriminate and they insult.
I f I am proved wrong, I will make a public apology and make a donation to an organic charity of their choice. I will record the apology and upload it to YouTube.
All I ask is hard evidence of damage to pollinators AND damage to soil bacteria by GM papaya. Peer reviewed papers will do.
This is their opportunity to shut me up, to prove I am wrong and make me pay money to a charity of their choice. The ball is in their court. Will they pass this wonderful opportunity to make me look like a moron and discredit my activism or will they ignore it because they lied?
Come on, foks! Come and teach me. Shut me up. Prove that I have no idea about what I am talking. Do it before June 1st.
Pro-science folks, feel free to share this with your closest MAM group.
He aprendido a manejar las calumnias, ahora, ni siquiera parpadeo, creo. Sin embargo, soy sensible con mis amigos en Venezuela. ¿Están pasando por uno de los países más infernales del mundo, y todavía tienen que ser insultados por personas privilegiadas en los países ricos? Eso es demasiado. Esa es la línea que no permito que crucen.
Mientras la mayoría de las veces utilizo los ataques contra mí como una forma de mostrar el tipo de cosas que hace el movimiento anti GMO, mi amigo Johnny comentó en un grupo cerrado donde publicaron un video en el cual se burlaban de mí. Dejó en el grupo mensajes educados pero fuertes haciendo preguntas directas y diciendo que es racista burlarse de alguien porque no habla un inglés perfecto.
Johnny no fue solamente excluído, también recibió un mensaje de David Hughes, la persona que subió el video, quien le profirió toda una serie de insultos, con un mensaje racista cargado de una muy clara homofobia (aunque Johnny es heterosexual) y también con lenguaje misógino, usando la palabra “puta” como un insulto.
Ustedes conocen muy bien mi profundo respeto por los trabajadores sexuales, y que soy gay, por lo que este mensaje realmente me cabreó.
Así que, en pocas palabras, esta persona es una muestra de en lo que el movimiento anti GMO se ha convertido en: Personas blancas privilegiadas que lanzan insultos a los pobres que no están de acuerdo con ellos.
I have developed a thick skin for slander. I am so used to it by now that I don’t even blink, I think. However, I have a raw spot for my friends in Venezuela. They are already going through the one of the most hellish countries in the world, and still have to be insulted by privileged people in rich countries? That’s too much. That’s where I draw the line.
While I mostly use the attacks against me as a way to show the kind of things the anti GMO movement does, my friend Johnny actually showed up at closed group where they posted the video making fun of me. He left polite but strong messages asking questions and telling them that it was racist to make fun of someone because of their non-perfect English.
Johnny was not simply banned, but he got a message from David Hughes, the person who uploaded the video. He got called all sort of names, it was a racist message loaded with homophobic vitriol (even if Johnny is straight) and also a misogynistic message, as it used “whore” as an insult.
Those of you that know me well know my deep respect for sexual workers, and that I am gay, so this message really pissed me off.
So, in a nutshell this is what the anti GMO movement has become: Privileged white people hurling insults to poor people that don’t agree with them.
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