It is very okay to look at the evidence and consider that you want labeling, or have seen studies (not the refuted ones!) that indicate that GM food is unsafe, and it’s okay to say that you want labeling so you can not eat it but like

please actually weigh the risk/benefits seen in studies, don’t go caveman or let your opinion on a scientific matter be informed solely by opinion

If you hate GM food I want you to be able to actually back that up

first separate monsanto from the concept of GM food

second learn about the actual risks of GM food

third consider that in order to feed the growing population of our planet, we need to innovate, and letting fear of unproven potential prevent the progress of science in GM food may be an acceptable trade-off to you but for folks who are starving it probably won’t be

navigatethestream:

its the notion of boycotts

you wanna know why the bus boycotts of the civil rights movement were so successful?

because an alternative black run transportation system was created for those who couldn’t walk to work or whatever they had to go

they didn’t just tell people “oh the bus enforces racist policies so don’t take it and FUCK if you can’t get to work on time or where you need to be!” 

they said “hey you’re paying to get on the bus and not even being given a seat let alone being ejected if a white passenger needs your seat. here’s a potentially better alternative where you pay to sit down and get to where you need to go” 

all this “boycott Target, Walmart, Monsanto owned companies” comes from a notion of boycott located in the politic of privileged white people

and that’s why they are largely unsuccessful

its why Obama just gave Monsanto the green light to commit even more fuckery to your food

its the reason why corporations are considered people

its the reason why Walmart is allowed to usurp safety and labor regulations in their factories, and underpay their American workers

because you say “don’t spend your money there” and that’s the end of the story 

you expect people to locate their survival in a politic of “abstaining from unethical choices”

and then from there those unethical choices are somehow supposed to magically disappear. when really only a small percentage of people are able to boycott so many things

there wouldn’t be a movement located around the “99%” if 99% of people could really afford to stop shopping at the unethical places and stop buying the unethical brands

good luck with your hocus pocus activist logic

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nachobragers:

arrow to the knee isn’t the only meme that once had vaguely misogynistic subtexts. for example, in the 1940’s, husbands used to use dancing alien gifs as an assertion of dominance and control within the household and all its residents

(via monetizeyourcat)

I regularly pronounce gif both ways because it’s more fun living on the edge

obi-wankenblowme:

If the dude wanted it to be pronounced like a J, he should have made it a J. That’s all I’m sayin’.

pssh, we should just pronounce gif as Frankenstein’s Monster

(because the creator no longer has control over his invention)

(and if he does we’re gonna have some words about whatshouldwecallme)

nyozeka:

birds are cute as heck and are precious lil fluff babies but they need to shut the hell up

thatfuckingcrowv2:

highperactive:

*has condoms, a rose and lube in his bag*

i just came to hang out and talk

and fuck this rose

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