Truthout.org has lost my respect by advocating anti-GMO nonsense

• April 21, 2015
• politics  
• technology  
• stupidity  

Today I received a fund-raising email from Truthout.org. A news source that generally champions progressive causes. I’ve given them money in the past but will not give them another penny until they agree that this is wrong and stupid:

I became a mother last year. One of the best moments of my life was immediately followed by new worries.

For example, genetically modified organisms were never really on my radar when I was just feeding myself. When my daughter was born, I started reading everything I could about GMOs. I’ve come to believe that food labeling is absolutely necessary: No corporation should dictate what we eat and feed our families.

Above are the opening two paragraphs of the email I received. This is the message I sent them when I unsubscribed from their mailing list:

I’m unsubscribing because of the message from Annie Stoddard titled “I don’t want GMOs in my daughter’s future”. If you’re being run by a bunch of scientifically illiterate anti-GMO idiots afraid of things they don’t understand I have no interest in supporting your organization. Are you also anti-vaccination? Do you believe the ridiculous things Vani Hari, “The Food Babe”, says? Where does the stupidity end?