How Strange is the Anti-GMO Activism on Facebook?

I haven't been on Facebook for almost a decade, so I can't say that I've seen any particularly strange groups. For me, Facebook itself is strange. People who go crazy over the government 'spying' on them have no problem putting the most intimate details of their lives online. That's just bizarre!

The Strangest Facebook Group I've Seen

The strangest Facebook group I've ever come across is GMOLOL. This group is justified to be strange, as it mocks the very exaggerated and misleading tactics often employed by anti-GMO activists.

Scare Tactics in Anti-GMO Activism

When anti-GMO "activists" push for the elimination of GMOs and vaccines, they lure people in with emotional arguments. For instance, they might ask questions like, 'Does 42 shots with 28 of them using mercury in the form of thimerosal before a baby is 2 really justifiable?' The answer, of course, is a resounding yes, as this practice prevents contamination from multi-use vials.

Once these activists have your attention, they escalate by using flat-out propaganda. They compare altering a few base pairs in DNA to morphing an organism entirely, creating a false narrative of fear and misinformation.

Visual Scare Tactics

To illustrate the use of scare tactics, let's look at the anti-GMO propaganda from a Hello Doctor blog, Whybiotech, and a Healthy Child blog. These sources use a palette of blue, with gruesome imagery, such as a needle being stabbed into tomatoes, which symbolizes genetic modification. They also use images of broken flesh, blood, and human-like screams to provoke fear and disgust.

Strangely, GMOLOL exists to mock these anti-GMO groups. It is a platform dedicated to highlighting the scare tactics and misinformation used by individuals who oppose scientific evidence. By ridiculing these groups, GMOLOL seeks to bring to light the fallacies in their arguments.

Science vs. Foresaken Data

When a professor I knew stopped a class to ask if anyone wanted to argue that GMOs are unhealthy, I found it surprising that students were able to justify their beliefs. When presented with retracted studies, they still clung to their position, despite 40 years of research by the very authors suggesting otherwise.

The fact is, GMOs are as healthy as any other food item. They undergo a more rigorous approval process than over-the-counter medications like aspirin, which can be dangerously harmful if not properly synthesized. Some anti-GMO activists even argue that weed is a cure-all, despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting this claim.

Living in a Fake News World

Anti-GMO groups often propagate false narratives, painting vaccines as dangerous, claiming that 'Big Pharma' is responsible for autism and cancer, and suggesting that there is a 'New World Order' and an 'Illuminati.' These claims are both absurd and unsupported by any credible evidence.

For this reason, GMOLOL not only needs to continue being strange but also serves the purpose of exposing the scare tactics used by those who oppose scientific consensus.