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LillyBoPeep -> RE: Damn good thing I'm not Vegan (2/15/2012 3:23:21 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Aswad
Unless they're also looking to get revolutionary, they need to keep things at a level where it can be taken seriously without people either burning out or ceasing to care. Most of the people I know that have any serious interest in animal welfare are allergic to even being reminded that PETA exists, let alone having to deal with all their revelling in the suffering of animals. You'd think they got off on it, the way they tend to dig in every time there's more animal suffering to be watched. Maybe they do get a rise out of it, for all I know. A lot of whackjobs go to places they can indulge without feeling guilty.
When I originally became a vegetarian, the guy I was talking to as a mentor-type at the time (in the real world sense, not the BDSM sense haha) who ran his own animal shelter and had been a veg since the 70s hhhaaaattteeedddd PETA with every fiber of his being. Their messages are too incendiary and generally rely on objectifying women in order to "defend" animals.
When I lived in Virginia, near where their headquarters is, a bunch of their operatives went out in the neighborhoods and let people's pets out of fences. So many dogs were killed or never made it home -- how was that possibly good for them?
If PETA actually did suceed at its goal, it would go out of business. I don't think their aim really has ever been to succeed. They're who any anti-animal-rights person turns to and says "look at those nutjobs, do you want to be like them?" There are lots of cards to throw, and PETA has one of their own. =p People use the PETA card to divert a worthwhile discussion on anything else to "well what about those freaks at PETA?" They create more problems than they fix, and I think that might be the point.
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