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Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by judah on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:10AM (#15312287)
The problem with this is it's essentially a conspiracy theory.

To be sure, internet shills exist. But it's punting, and intellectually lazy, to simply dismiss arguments as, "This guy is arguing X; clearly he's a paid shill."

Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by lumberjack on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:13PM (#15313975)
Sometimes conspiracy theories are correct.

https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-round...

And Monsanto overdoes it with their shilling on Reddit to the point where it is so much in your fact that it hurts. I guess they do it in house instead of contracting? They aren't very good at it.

Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by marcosdumay on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:07PM (#15313929)
Wait, are you actually claiming Monsanto is not paying for that research, or that they do not have a conflict of interest?
Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by diogenescynic on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:32PM (#15316029)
It's not a theory if it is actually happening. Same thing with gun control and a few other topics. I worked for a public affairs company where I saw mining companies do his first hand. This is more and more common.
Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by QAPereo on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:20AM (#15312380)
In the same way that tobacco companies were engaged in a conspiracy... yep.
Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by judah on Friday September 22, 2017 @11:39AM (#15313140)
Some conspiracies turn out true, yes. But a great many do not.
Re:Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers by QAPereo on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:59PM (#15314315)
This one is fairly well documented as well, and occurs in the same space as issues like price fixing supplements.