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LiberalElite

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30. Yes - I am a (now inactive) animal rights

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 27, 2015, 02:08 PM

Nov 2015

activist and PETA's hypocrisy is abhorrent to me. They're all for the minks but cats and dogs not so much. This comes from the top - Ingrid Newkirk. She is one twisted woman.

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Wow. PETA employs some sick, sick people. [View all] Recursion Nov 2015 OP

Idiots Gman Nov 2015 #1

PETA quickesst Nov 2015 #2

Hey, Daddy kills animals too... Little Tich Nov 2015 #3

Turning kids against parents is a cult/prohibitionist method. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #27

I agree... quickesst Nov 2015 #34

PETA's been doing this for years. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #35

If I had the power... quickesst Nov 2015 #36

So do factory farms. Nt NCTraveler Nov 2015 #4

It is like people have no clue how evil the animal farming is. JanMichael Nov 2015 #11

other people - good people KT2000 Nov 2015 #5

Yes - I am a (now inactive) animal rights LiberalElite Nov 2015 #30

Well, they know better than the local SPCA... TreasonousBastard Nov 2015 #6

Peta sucks! Paka Nov 2015 #7

+ infinity etherealtruth Nov 2015 #20

Peta is no better than the groups they claim to despise. Initech Nov 2015 #8

PETA killing animals is not new. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #9

Oh I'm definitely aware that PeTA has a history of that kind of behavior. Initech Nov 2015 #10

I believe they feel animals are better off dead than being pets. LisaL Nov 2015 #15

The person who took the dog should be prosecuted for felony theft Lurks Often Nov 2015 #12

They are just your standard ideologues FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #13

Horrible. LisaL Nov 2015 #14

PETA admitted that this was a colossal screw-up Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #16

PETA euthanizes vast majority of the animals it takes in. LisaL Nov 2015 #17

^^ That. And acts like you want the keys to the nuclear missiles if you're trying to adopt Recursion Nov 2015 #18

How many people of working age are going to be able to sit at home with an animal all day long? LisaL Nov 2015 #21

I was referring to this specific incident Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #19

"Correct response"? Recursion Nov 2015 #22

So PETA was incorrect when it fired that employee and changed its policies? Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #24

The woman who runs it is one twisted sister. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #23

I have no idea why they would be posing as a shelter hollysmom Nov 2015 #28

They are a bunch of nut cases. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #31

by chance are you in New Jersey? My pet sitter just retired. hollysmom Nov 2015 #32

I'm in Missouri. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #33

PETA kills kitty cats & puppies. Right proud of it. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #25

Done it before, will do it again after appropriate legal adjustment... Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #26

PETA is a group of filthy sociopaths. alphafemale Nov 2015 #29