# Republicans: A War On Science and how you are letting them win **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 5, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-a-war-on-science-and-how-you-are-letting-them-win/636856 "2012-10-05T22:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 181
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-a-war-on-science-and-how-you-are-letting-them-win/636856/181 "2012-10-12T14:55:56Z")
I’m also on the record of not supporting the leftists that push organic or are against genetic engineering in food, but in the one item you linked is a bit different from what I understand “green grocer liberalism” is, I have to go for what John Mace posted: > [@Well-intentioned ideas that won't work in real life: green grocer liberalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-intentioned-ideas-that-wont-work-in-real-life-green-grocer-liberalism/624728/8): > > I don’t think you can say that encouraging something derives from the same impulse (do it) as banning something. > > And surely you know that Conservatives are just as enamored by the power to ban things they don’t like: Pornography, drugs, flag burning… And while it is true that I have my doubts on the Bloomber plan on restricting some soda sizes it is clear that there is plenty of scientific support to report that sugary drinks are one big ingredient of the current obesity epidemic. > **[Limits on sugary drinks backed by research - The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2012/09/21/harvard-research-strengthens-evidence-linking-sugary-beverages-obesity/DiEZ2MxeUTMyYDHrmY2BgO/story.html)** > > Three new studies, conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, and elsewhere, demonstrate how much sugar-sweetened beverages can expand our waistlines and provide strong evidence in favor of government policies to... So in this case, once again I would not be surprised that it will be mostly republicans that will oppose any controls. Still, I’m not so high on the ban of the big gulps, in this case I think an extra fee with the proceeds going to programs that educates and keeps kids to be active to prevent obesity are the way to go. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-a-war-on-science-and-how-you-are-letting-them-win/636856)._