us election thread

[grue]

ok like I said I'm not that big on jill stein anymore but I have to say that

a) supporting access to alternative medicine isn't denying the scientificity of conventional medicine. I don't believe in homeopathy, but acupuncture and meditation has been known to be very helpful for a whole lot of people, and if they can be used as an alternative to pumping your gut full of meds then I say go for it. that being said, I can't support that this should be done without the supervision of an actual doctor, always

b) that drugs are promoted and excessively distributed with disregard to its side effect or target (see: distributing ritalin to children) shouldn't be a surprise to anyone

c) she wants to get rid of nuclear power by substituting it with clean energy, not by using oil

conversely, fearmongering about nuclear plants and the evil GMOs is stupid, i agree.

sidenote: though im not against gmo's on principle, i am against patenting lifeforms and genes. and there is a lot of vucking valid criticism against what certain companies have done in the name of spreading their gmo crops. more often than not, criticism of these exploitative behaviours is silenced by conflating it with the purist defense of life "as is" and the sacrality of dna.