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A comment on Monsanto’s ghostwriting to influence science and media. Parent comment

Re:Monsanto’s ghostwriting to influence science and media by heavyset_go on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:06PM (#31310096)
It genuinely scares me that so many adults think in terms of "good guys" and "bad guys".

One of the things that drove me nuts about the Qanon family of conspiracy theories, despite them being insane, was the rhetoric their followers used, calling the US government "the good guys". First of all, what conspiracy theory actually suggests that the government is on their side and not out to get them, and second, do Q followers think we're in a superhero movie with good guys and bad guys?

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Re:Monsanto’s ghostwriting to influence science and media by s5300 on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:14PM (#31310164)
Wait until you learn that we give people who think like this firearms, the license to kill, & qualified immunity.

Very rarely it backfires & we get things like this.

https://youtu.be/4fQcjmt2Q_o

Overwhelmingly, most people think this is fine.

I hate it here.

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