{"id":8546,"date":"2009-08-21T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2009-08-21T07:00:31","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T14:00:31","slug":"dear-peta-everyone-is-tired-of-your-bullshit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8546","title":{"rendered":"Dear PETA: Everyone Is Tired Of Your Bullshit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every now and then I find myself in the position of being somone who believes in a cause but severely dislikes an organization dedicated to the cause. I want to yell at said organization: OMG get out of my cause, you just make things worse! Such is how I’m feeling about PETA at the moment.<\/p>\n

Just so we’re clear on where I stand here: I am very much behind anti-animal cruelty activism. I find many of the ways humans treat and mistreat animals despicable. I am not down with animal testing, not down with fur, not down with the way food animals are handled, and not down with the idea that because we have opposable thumbs, we have the right to act in any way we please toward non-humans. I support some extreme measures to put a stop to these things. And I’m all in favor of messages that don’t dance around a subject and say flat out: this is wrong, it needs to end.<\/p>\n

Having said that, PETA is working my damn nerve, they are wrong, they need to end it.<\/p>\n

In case you’re unaware, this is the latest in a long line of PETA wrongness:<\/p>\n

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Click the image to see the blog post announcing this atrocity of an ad campaign.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of people<\/a> out there talking about the reasons<\/a> why this shit is unacceptable. Even vegans cannot countenance this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And let us not forget PETA’s ill-advised use of racist and sexist language and imagery<\/a> to try and win converts to their side. I know when I see someone dressed up like a KKK member, I want to listen to their views with an open mind.<\/p>\n

As a person who cares about animals, and as a person who does not shy away from extreme forms of activism, I still feel compelled to say: PETA, stop with your bullshit. Being racist, sexist, and fat-phobic is never, ever cool. Never. No seriously. Stop. Your official statement<\/a> on this matter is full of some of the most asinine fuckwittery I’ve come across that I cannot even bear to grace it with less vulgar words. Because you, PETA, are just a fountain of vulgarity right now, and that is not cool.<\/p>\n

Quit doing things to push away people who would otherwise be passionate supporters of your cause. We want to help animals, too, but being in any way associated with you right now is repulsive to me.<\/p>\n

I’m going to donate to the Humane Society<\/a> until I feel clean.<\/p>\n

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