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HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2014, 12:29 PM Jul 2014

Mike Adams (of NaturalNews), Monsanto, Nazis, and a Very Disturbing Article [View all]

Free speech is good, but does this go too far? Certainly, from an ethical standpoint it does. No?

Link to the article with the same title as the thread title:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/collideascape/2014/07/22/mike-adams-monsanto-nazis-disturbing-article/

From the article by Keith Kloor:

"...

... after reading the latest piece on GMOs by Adams, I have to wonder if he is literally dangerous. Here’s the title of his piece:

Biotech genocide, Monsanto collaborators and the Nazi legacy of ‘science’ as justification for murder

Here’s how it starts:

(NaturalNews) Monsanto is widely recognized as the most hated and most evil corporation on the planet. Even so, several internet-based media websites are now marching to Monsanto’s orders, promoting GMOs and pursuing defamatory character assassination tactics against anyone who opposes GMOs, hoping to silence their important voices.

These Monsanto collaborator sites tend to be “leftist” publications but also include at least one prominent business and finance publisher on the political right. All of them are Monsanto collaborators who have signed on to accelerate heinous crimes being committed against humanity under the false promise of “feeding the world” with toxic GMOs.


This is the mind of a person who Dr. Oz proudly brought on his show earlier in the year. Here’s the sentence from above I want you to keep in mind as you keep reading: “All of them are Monsanto collaborators who have signed on to accelerate heinous crimes being committed against humanity…”

..."


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Kloor followed that piece with another today:

Mike Adams Elevates his Ugly Anti-GMO Campaign
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/collideascape/2014/07/24/mike-adams-elevates-ugly-anti-gmo-campaign/#.U9Eyc_ldWGc


I have no intention of discussing GMOs on this thread. I'm curious about people's thoughts regarding such rhetoric, which seems to be more common as time goes on. Of course, I could be very wrong about that, but anyway. This is deeply disturbing to me, at least.



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DU rec... SidDithers Jul 2014 #1
Thanks! HuckleB Jul 2014 #2
+ underpants Jul 2014 #3
Disturbing. Needs to be exposed far and wide. nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #4
My thoughts exactly. HuckleB Jul 2014 #27
Even for NaturalNews, that's batty. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #5
Exactly!!!!!! HuckleB Jul 2014 #18
So this is a bogus smear against the 90% of Americans who GMOs labelled? KurtNYC Jul 2014 #6
I'm not focusing GMOs. HuckleB Jul 2014 #9
And a strong connection to gun control. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #7
I'm confused by your post. HuckleB Jul 2014 #10
The former head of Monsanto PR was Shannon Watts, Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #14
What does that have to do with Mike Adams' bizarre articles? HuckleB Jul 2014 #15
I'm no fan of Monsanto, and don't read Adam's stuff. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #31
Your responses don't seem to be on topic. HuckleB Jul 2014 #32
that sort of rhetoric is part of a broader anti-science movement.... mike_c Jul 2014 #8
Like I've been saying, the left has their version of climate change deniers wyldwolf Jul 2014 #29
Free speech means that people are going to say hateful, hurtful things. el_bryanto Jul 2014 #11
Indeed. HuckleB Jul 2014 #12
"it is the moral right... of human beings everywhere to actively plan and carry out the killing" mathematic Jul 2014 #17
It appears that Monsanto's internet corporate trolls are driving even hard core conservatives over Zorra Jul 2014 #13
Ah, it's all the shill gambit's fault. HuckleB Jul 2014 #16
I don't know what's happened to Adams GliderGuider Jul 2014 #19
From my perspective, his aim has always been to make money. HuckleB Jul 2014 #20
On the principle that there's no such thing as bad publicity? Maybe. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #23
I don't disagree, but he's always been anti-vaccine, while promoting some bizarre treatments. HuckleB Jul 2014 #24
His 'OMG there's fibers in Chicken McNuggets' expose is some of the funniest unintentional humour... SidDithers Jul 2014 #22
+1 HuckleB Jul 2014 #35
I agree. Delphinus Jul 2014 #28
Mike Adams is a fucking moron. Codeine Jul 2014 #21
Yup. HuckleB Jul 2014 #30
These charlatans have "always" been with us etherealtruth Jul 2014 #25
Exactly. HuckleB Jul 2014 #26
Vandana Shiva Posts Mike Adams' Screed On Her Site. HuckleB Jul 2014 #33
Mike Adams Tries To Blame Monsanto But Gets Caught Lying, As Usual HuckleB Jul 2014 #34
FBI turns up heat on Mike Adams as ‘Health Ranger’ fiasco widens, plus Adams’ archive HuckleB Jul 2014 #36
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