So things that people actually already have agency over (in other words, not eating shit with dyes you don’t like is already a thing every single person is able to do) is the real win they want to point to? I’ve never really thought things that have dyes in them scream “health food” regardless of which dye they happen to use, but I guess that’s just me, LOL.
I had a few reactionary centrists (read: crypto-conservatives that don’t want to out themselves at least in mixed company, but still want to talk down Democrats and talk up Republicans anyway. They really do think people cannot see through this fucking ruse. ) I know point to that as the supposed upside of this shitshow of an administration - the people that are actually openly right wing in my life are generally too stupid to care about what they cram down their gullet in the slightest.
If the wingers I know take anything at all from RFK jr, it’s likely to be a permission structure to eat even more shitty foods like meat and milk, possibly raw, than they already do inhale as-is, along with a permission structure to never get a vaccine again for them or their kids…
The red dye thing resonates with me because back in college, ADHD was just hitting the scene and I dug in on minimally available research (back then) for one of my basic class essays. Double blind placebo study with prepackaged foods yielded statistically significant increase in hyperactivity and generally undesirable behaviors when red dye 5 was present. That one always stuck in my craw.
Fast forward to this current byline.
Have I dug back in? No. But it makes me wonder if there isn’t more on red dye 5, now, 30 years later.
Yeah, I had a roommate that claimed to have a reaction to red dye #5, so he’d avoid stuff like Hawaiian Punch or Hi-C, IIRC.
On the one hand, I get it - if these things really are carcinogenic or cause hyperactivity, maybe they should be reconsidered. However, everyone already has the agency to choose to consume that or not, since it’s labeled.
Meanwhile, the cons are trying to remove agency in many other areas. If they act like this is some big win, I think they are mistaken. I already had the agency to not eat processed foods, including ones with certain dyes in them.
If they completely disrupt vaccinations and crater herd immunity, that’s another thing entirely.
Conservatives loved to bring that up. Loved it. Any conversation, hey at least: comment about the dye thing.
So things that people actually already have agency over (in other words, not eating shit with dyes you don’t like is already a thing every single person is able to do) is the real win they want to point to? I’ve never really thought things that have dyes in them scream “health food” regardless of which dye they happen to use, but I guess that’s just me, LOL.
I had a few reactionary centrists (read: crypto-conservatives that don’t want to out themselves at least in mixed company, but still want to talk down Democrats and talk up Republicans anyway. They really do think people cannot see through this fucking ruse. ) I know point to that as the supposed upside of this shitshow of an administration - the people that are actually openly right wing in my life are generally too stupid to care about what they cram down their gullet in the slightest.
If the wingers I know take anything at all from RFK jr, it’s likely to be a permission structure to eat even more shitty foods like meat and milk, possibly raw, than they already do inhale as-is, along with a permission structure to never get a vaccine again for them or their kids…
The red dye thing resonates with me because back in college, ADHD was just hitting the scene and I dug in on minimally available research (back then) for one of my basic class essays. Double blind placebo study with prepackaged foods yielded statistically significant increase in hyperactivity and generally undesirable behaviors when red dye 5 was present. That one always stuck in my craw.
Fast forward to this current byline.
Have I dug back in? No. But it makes me wonder if there isn’t more on red dye 5, now, 30 years later.
Yeah, I had a roommate that claimed to have a reaction to red dye #5, so he’d avoid stuff like Hawaiian Punch or Hi-C, IIRC.
On the one hand, I get it - if these things really are carcinogenic or cause hyperactivity, maybe they should be reconsidered. However, everyone already has the agency to choose to consume that or not, since it’s labeled.
Meanwhile, the cons are trying to remove agency in many other areas. If they act like this is some big win, I think they are mistaken. I already had the agency to not eat processed foods, including ones with certain dyes in them.
If they completely disrupt vaccinations and crater herd immunity, that’s another thing entirely.