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In reply to the discussion: Antivaccine versus anti-GMO: Different goals, same methods [View all]SidDithers
(44,228 posts)26. That's not the message in the article at all...
It's saying that many of the players in the anti-GMO movement use the same tactics, and are in fact many of the same people, as the cranks in the anti-vaccine movement, which poisons the credibility of the reasoned, rational activists who oppose genetically modified organisms.
Gorski uses the term "crank magnetism", which is perfectly descriptive.
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I disagree. I think both attitudes are the result of unfounded fear based on bad science.
Buzz Clik
Jun 2013
#8
I'm still skeptical of GMO's and trying to educate myself on this subject.
mountain grammy
Jun 2013
#13
Similar invective was used for those opposed to the unabated use of fossil fuels
whatchamacallit
Jun 2013
#23