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[Marokai Backbeat]

If you don't support including GMO information in food labeling then you're not left-wing, as far as I'm concerned.

Another Bernie Sanders thread, another set of hysterical criticisms. He supports GMO labels, so he's basically as bad as anti-vaxxers. Okay guys.

And it's the supporters of Bernie that are supposed to be insufferable.

[Marokai Backbeat]

If you don't support including GMO information in food labeling then you're not left-wing, as far as I'm concerned.

I didn't realize that entering the left required one to leave any understanding of science at the door.

I can think of few other positions as stereotypically "American Progressive" in origin than comprehensive food labeling.

I didn't realize to support an asterisk underneath the food ingredients label saying the product has been genetically modified in some way required thinking GMOs were killing us all. I'm not asking for a f**king 20-point font size warning with a skull and crossbones slapped on top of chicken tenders.

[Marokai Backbeat]

If you don't support including GMO information in food labeling then you're not left-wing, as far as I'm concerned.

Wow, disagreement on a single issue means being cast out. Classy. 

Nobody gets to determine who's left wing or not, that's not how ideology works. I still think of myself and call myself left wing, if that bothers you, its your problem, not mine.

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If you actually read what's being said, you'll see that people are saying the exact opposite of this, that anti-vaxxers are worse. 

So far, people on this board have determined Bernie Sanders: has issues with black people, wants to close the borders because he hates mexicans, and now apparently is anti-GMO. You can't just disagree with him, or take his statements for what they are, everything that comes out of his mouth (or in this case, his facebook page) must be indicative of the most cartoonishly stupid position possible.

Bernie Sanders is some old boring socialist activist/harmless hippy and some posters have actually called him "despicable." The hyperbole here drives me up a wall.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I'm sorry, I just can't truck with the argument of "If we give people more information, they might make decisions that hurt certain businesses. Better to keep them in the dark for their own good."

Have you glanced at many ingredients labels lately? At a random glance at box dinners, cakes mixes, cans of soup or vegetables, there's all sorts of terms completely lost on a layman that sounds nuts. It doesn't stop 99% of people from eating it. Most of anything in them is completely harmless and will almost never hurt a person's health. But we include that information because we believe consumers have a right to know what they're buying.

Refusing to tell people certain things are in their food only reinforces the perception that big business interests are trying to get one over on them. That it's something they have to hide. Start slapping an asterisk saying a product has been genetically modified on every other item in the produce section and people will move on with their lives, realizing that lettuce they've been eating since they were 9 hasn't made them grow a toe on their forehead, and they'll move on. Maybe some incredibly small portion of the public will adjust their buying habits, but that's their prerogative. It wouldn't "confuse" consumers anymore than what they already see is in the food they buy. What else should we hide? That there's titanium dioxide in pizza crusts?