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In reply to the discussion: Do we like PETA? [View all]

happybird

(4,516 posts)
54. That is utterly despicable
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 06:19 PM
Mar 2019

As someone said upthread, the more one knows about peta, the less they'll like them.

Do we like PETA? [View all] Goodheart Mar 2019 OP
any one telling what is good for me can kiss my a$$...whether conservative OR liberal beachbum bob Mar 2019 #1
Does that include your doctor? Goodheart Mar 2019 #2
my doctor doesn't preach to me on what I perceive as "social issues", no arguement that beachbum bob Mar 2019 #3
I wouldn't lump vegans and flatearthers together. Croney Mar 2019 #4
Depends on the vegan, of course. Archae Mar 2019 #22
I hate it when the omnivores decide we are all militant. They say we get ugly. I feel we mucifer Mar 2019 #52
Not all are militant Jake Stern Mar 2019 #60
I think what you should maybe think about is we constantly hear about the meat lifestyle we can't mucifer Mar 2019 #70
I eat meat, but I don't talk about it... Lucid Dreamer Mar 2019 #81
We don't have to talk about it. It permeates society. Caliman73 Mar 2019 #82
I Don't Take Orders From My Doctor ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #65
You don't take orders from PETA, either. Mariana Mar 2019 #69
Really? ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #84
How open minded of you. GeorgeGist Mar 2019 #12
you are the reason handmade34 Mar 2019 #32
But you don't mind laws that protect you do you Beringia Mar 2019 #78
DU hates peta. yewberry Mar 2019 #5
That's sad. Goodheart Mar 2019 #6
DU does NOT hate vegans brooklynite Mar 2019 #20
What brooklynite said Amishman Mar 2019 #24
+1000 crazycatlady Mar 2019 #62
+100 happybird Mar 2019 #55
Experiences vary. yewberry Mar 2019 #68
The hatred, by some, is very obvious. nt. Mariana Mar 2019 #73
Agree peta is honorable organization. Irishxs Mar 2019 #7
That's my take. Goodheart Mar 2019 #9
I do. I don't know about "we." Iggo Mar 2019 #8
Just as in most things.... Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #10
PETA is a dishonorable organization. Extremist and often criminal. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #11
++++++ comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #29
This MiltonBrown Mar 2019 #59
Extremist, and the rest comes naturally and inevitably. Hortensis Mar 2019 #67
I don't happybird Mar 2019 #13
I love PETA melman Mar 2019 #14
Fuck PETA. X_Digger Mar 2019 #15
I think PETA does more harm than good to their own cause caraher Mar 2019 #16
I support and admire any organization that Boomerproud Mar 2019 #17
Yes they do evil things...they take the ideology too far. They want to eradicate all pets and they UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #18
"To save the town, it became necessary to destroy it..." Fuck that shit. hunter Mar 2019 #19
Fuck PETA. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #21
I'm all for ending abuse, but they've kind of gone off the rails lately... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #23
I don't Meowmee Mar 2019 #25
I don't Bettie Mar 2019 #26
Sorry but PETA are extremists and I don't want them anywhere comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #27
They have their place and I'm glad they're around. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #28
That's actually a very good and a very non-absolutist description. Iggo Mar 2019 #30
I don't ismnotwasm Mar 2019 #31
I'm Army of the 12 Monkeys, man ... (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #33
They hate pitties. IluvPitties Mar 2019 #34
For reals? Well FUCK THEM then ... Pitties rule :) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #36
Do they say that somewhere? ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #61
No. yewberry Mar 2019 #71
Thanks! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #74
The info provided to you was from 2009 IluvPitties Mar 2019 #77
Just weird! Like WTF weird. ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #80
I don't mind True Dough Mar 2019 #35
His actual name is Peter crazycatlady Mar 2019 #64
Do you watch Family Guy? True Dough Mar 2019 #76
PETA is too dogmatic handmade34 Mar 2019 #37
My thoughts exactly, and I also am a vegetarian still_one Mar 2019 #39
my thoughts exactly crazycatlady Mar 2019 #85
They are not evil, but I believe they did more damage then help their cause still_one Mar 2019 #38
PETA kills more than 90% of the animals that come into their shelters. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #40
That is sad. Why don't they sterilize them instead of killing them? Blue_true Mar 2019 #45
They do not believe that animals should be enslaved as "pets." CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #46
Then what is the difference between them and factory farms? nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #48
A story of what they did to a homeless man caused me to turn against them Jake Stern Mar 2019 #41
Do the people that are giving PETA money all know that the organization kills Blue_true Mar 2019 #47
That is utterly despicable happybird Mar 2019 #54
I think that they are valuable, but occasionally they go overboard, IMO. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #42
I think they're a terrorist organisation, and should be treated as such. OnDoutside Mar 2019 #43
An extremist organization that we could do without. Kaleva Mar 2019 #44
I despise them nini Mar 2019 #49
Yes jpak Mar 2019 #50
They do some good things Bayard Mar 2019 #51
Mercy for Animals is a much better vegan organization IMO: mucifer Mar 2019 #53
I'm not crazy about PETA. Given their over-the-top. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2019 #56
I support animal research and I like eating meat. aikoaiko Mar 2019 #57
PETA is not about animals. PETA is about PETA. jmowreader Mar 2019 #58
Perfectly Capsulized! ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #66
PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals...yeah I'm ok with that... Xolodno Mar 2019 #63
I'm more of a tortilla fan if I'm choosing a flattened carb. tandem5 Mar 2019 #72
Their name is commendable. Their methods, reprehensible. PTWB Mar 2019 #75
Do we like organizations that euthanize the vast majority of dogs they take in? No, most of us don't pnwmom Mar 2019 #79
PETA: Death is Love. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #86
PETA tried to get Fish Kill, NY to change their name, because it showed calousness towards fish. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #83
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