Pffft To PETA

Remember a few months ago, when I wrote a blog literally asking if people were trying to get me to NOT vote for their candidate of choice, because their methods were so off-putting? Well I am now wondering this about PETA.

I stumbled across this blog in the top blogs, and was just flabbergasted. Now I know that PETA's never really used the most tactful of messages to get their points across. I knew about the red paint incidents and all that. But I guess I'd put it out of my mind or something.

Because seriously. I seriously want someone to tell me why it is in any way okay to dump a bag of flour on someone's head? To prove a point? Because fur is wrong? Says who? Says PETA, and that is okay. I don't wear fur myself; I'm not looking to justify my mink coat in the closet, but that is not the point.

The point is, I think it's absolutely disgusting that PETA is considered a legitimate organization, when they repeatedly engage in and condone -- terrorist acts sounds too severe, but bullying doesn't sound severe enough. Somewhere in between.

And I believe in free speech, write away, but I find it pretty fucking frustrating that when I left a comment that wasn't glowing, and a reply to another comment, I got that comment approval warning. Shock! Sure enough, I went back later, and another comment was published, but not mine.

To me, that is the worst part of PETA. The smugness. The arrogance. Now, to be clear, I love animals, and you'd be hardpressed to find a person who knows me that would accuse me of being anything close to cruel. I put bugs back outside, free mice from glue traps, all that. I'm not a vegan or even a vegetarian because my body simply can't do it. I understand this is not uncommon for Type O Negative blood.

So it's not that I want people to be cruel to animals. Of course I don't. But in the same way that I am pro-life, but absolutely against bombing abortion clinics and all that crap, I fail to see in any way how PETA does anything but cause division and cater only to people willing to chant their praises.

If anyone could fill me in, I'd seriously like to know. And I'm riled up and pissed off, but still not about drama blogging, so let's just be cool with disagreeing, if it happens. Let's not stoop to PETA's level.













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