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Seems the anti-vaxxers are all wrong, vaccines don't cause autism! (Original Post) Archae Jun 2017 OP
Seems PETA took some time off from kidnapping and killing pets. DetlefK Jun 2017 #1
If you have a problem with that, athena Jun 2017 #2
Except that it's theft Loki Liesmith Jun 2017 #3
It's both funny and disturbing to see people go so far out of their way to justify their hypocrisy. athena Jun 2017 #5
Meh Loki Liesmith Jun 2017 #9
'Tain't Necessarily So... MineralMan Jun 2017 #4
Post removed Post removed Jun 2017 #6
Let's see if you can figure out what's wrong here: DetlefK Jun 2017 #8
PETA tried another reeeeeeeeeeally stupid PR-stunt a few months ago: DetlefK Jun 2017 #7

athena

(4,187 posts)
2. If you have a problem with that,
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:25 AM
Jun 2017

you must be a vegan. Eating the products of the factory farm industry, which tortures animals horribly, and then turning around to criticize PETA for killing animals, would be the height of hypocrisy.

athena

(4,187 posts)
5. It's both funny and disturbing to see people go so far out of their way to justify their hypocrisy.
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:37 AM
Jun 2017

If you have a problem with hurting animals, stop eating the products of the factory farm industry. It's as simple as that. Then you can criticize PETA all you want.

But no. You want to support an industry that tortures and kills animals with your hard-earned money, and then attack the organization that points out the cruelty of that industry. You want to have your cake and eat it too.

Anyone who attacks me for this is only revealing their own cruelty and their own hypocrisy. So go ahead. Please proceed.

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
9. Meh
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:49 AM
Jun 2017

I "love" my pets but it's nothing like human love. I'd sacrifice them in a New York Minute if I needed to for a human being's sake. But they are my property. Steal them from me and do something I don't consent to to them and you are violating my rights.

I've *personally* killed dozens of animals in my life for medical research. I'd do it again. I don't value animal life, not the way I value humans. And I don't care if you think that's hypocrisy. It's 100% consistent. You just don't like the outcome.

Response to MineralMan (Reply #4)

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
8. Let's see if you can figure out what's wrong here:
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:44 AM
Jun 2017

1. PETA demands that animals be treated ethically.
2. PETA kills animals.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
7. PETA tried another reeeeeeeeeeally stupid PR-stunt a few months ago:
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:40 AM
Jun 2017

"Warhammer 40,000" is a science-fiction universe full of super-soldiers, monsters, magic and shit-tons of violence and epic warfare. (A fascist theocratic dystopia at the brink of collapse is fighting magical monsters from outer space). It's owned by Games Workshop and serves as a backdrop to several games and sci-fi-novels.

One of the human factions is basically Space Vikings. And Space Vikings wear fur, because Vikings.
PETA did ask Games Workshop to make the Space Vikings stop wearing fur, because fur is unethical.

Concerning all the cruelty and brutality that's happening in "Warhammer 40,000", PETA got an itch out of fictional characters wearing fur.

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