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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Orrex

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4. You hear a lot about "freedom of choice" in these debates

Reply to Archae (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 12:35 PM

Jul 2014

It frequently pops up in anti-GMO talk as well as in discussions of "alternative" "medicine."

"All we want is the freedom to choose," they insist. "Why do you want to deny us the freedom to choose?"

Of course, that's a straw man 100% of the time, but it shows up as a would-be trump card again and again and again.

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GMO woo being used to pile on pro-science Democrats [View all] wyldwolf Jul 2014 OP

Not quite, it's more a way to pile on the Clintons and other Third Way/Wall Street Warpy Jul 2014 #1

The vocal anti-GMO sentiment bugs me profoundly. Orrex Jul 2014 #2

Like I said in another thread... Archae Jul 2014 #3

You hear a lot about "freedom of choice" in these debates Orrex Jul 2014 #4

I noticed that especially... Archae Jul 2014 #5

Actually both Natural News and whale.to are very RW; especially the latter LeftishBrit Jul 2014 #6

I actually agree with you on this one Mr. Wolf. And by the way so did the late Senator from South Douglas Carpenter Jul 2014 #7

that, my old friend, is a fascinating piece of political trivia wyldwolf Jul 2014 #8