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"I’m reading Monsanto is evil, but what is evil about a food product being resistant to a weed killer?"

Several possible problems would be introduced, but here's one. No plant is immune to everything, but various, established plants have proven themselves each, in their locales. If a hybrid replaces, in essence, others of its kind over a large area of the earth, in sum, that hybrid could be wiped out over a large part of the earth after coming in contact with its previously unknown nemesis.

Generally, crossbreeding animals makes them stronger against diseases and other conditions. Doing the same with plants can sometimes do the opposite. ...mandated in warnings thousands of years ago.

Aw, here's another scenario that might be a little easier to digest. For example, we have a garden plant that presently does very well in a colder environment and matures much faster than it's cousins in warmer places. It's very important to a cold area at high elevations.

Then along comes a super plant similar to it--a plant that gives much higher yields, is very resistant to so-far known diseases, propagates itself efficiently to replace genes to its cold weather cousin. No more mountain variety. See?

Add to that, the company that designed the hybrid in a lab sues and shuts down every farm that grows its copyrighted super plant without first paying that company. Or even successfully lobbies for legislation mandating imprisonment for copyright violators. Or along comes the disease or other condition that efficiently kills the super plant>