Facebook gardening group banned me for saying Roundup isn't pure evil

I was in a local gardening group in Phoenix where everyone was trashing glyphosate as if it's poison that kills bees from orbit. I just pointed out that proper spot treatment on weeds in my driveway isn't the same as spraying a whole field, and the admin deleted my post and banned me within an hour. They said I was spreading dangerous misinformation, but I was just sharing how I dealt with weeds after a monsoon last August. Has anyone else gotten shut down for pushing back on the all-natural crowd?

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kai_bennett16d ago

Man, getting banned for that is wild. My green thumb is so bad I once killed a cactus, so maybe they'd let me in just for comic relief. I get that Roundup has its problems but the way some people act you'd think it's the devil's own weedkiller. I use it on some stubborn Bermuda grass in my gravel and my garden is still full of bees and lizards. It's like saying a kitchen knife is evil because you can stab someone with it, context matters. Hope the Phoenix heat doesn't make your driveway weeds worse while you find another group.

taylor_fox16d ago

Did the admin even explain why they think spot treating is dangerous misinformation?