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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:05 PM Original message |
BS Astroturf Group Falsely Claims PETA kills 95% of the Pets in Its Care |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. you are just ASKING for it, you know? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not nearly as bad as you butcher apostrophes. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. . |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was wondering when somebody would post this. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Consider the source... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. OK, I considered it. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. How do you know these are facts? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. You just put the cart before the horse, |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. It's a lobbyist group straight out of Thank You For Smoking... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'll have some o' that!!! |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Bookmarking |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm no fan of PETA but this just seems gratuitous..nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh, CCF. Definitely my favorite astroturf organization. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is nowhere near as lighthearted as 'George Clooney flavored tofu'. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. i'm not a fan of PETA but this is not a credible source |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. So you think the story is untrue? nt |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. If the only source is the Center for Consumer Freedom with no independent verification.... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. No, I think you purposefully misrepresent what's going on |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Gee, no discernible bias in THAT article. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. I should enter a "DUers can be stupid marks too" entry in EarlG's thread. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I've always been a supporter of PETA flvegan. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You really want to do this? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Lay it on me. I respect what you have to say. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Okay, to start, I'm going to post what you said |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. This makes sense with a few big IFs |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. To answer your "ifs" |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. OK, I'm hearing you. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Then the OP wasn't a fuckup, was it? |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. excuse me |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. The site you're quoting, petakillsanimals.com, |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Of course the facts are in dispute. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. What is the "Center for Consumer Freedom "? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. See #5. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Astroturf: this sleazy lobbyist Richard Berman owns it |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hey, I learned transfats are good fer ya! So is smokin bacca! |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. it makes perfect sense. peta doesn't want people to keep animals as pets... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. You should visit their office. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am an animal lover an support most of what PETA stands for..but not necessarily PETA |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Did ya ever read something and say, what the fuck, that makes no sense? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. I think PETA is nuts, but |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. So, PETA stands for Pet Assassinations, is that it? |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. People for the Euthenasia of Troublesome Animals? n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. And their true agenda is revealed!!!! Heh, heh.... nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. You think the unfortunate but necessary euthanasia of pets is funny, do you? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I do find it darkly amusing that PETA is doing the murdering, frankly. |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Got another acronym for ya |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Heh heh--those guys should be looking askance at some of the investments |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I don't have a problem with their euthenasia policy, in general |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Neither do I, if the animals are suffering or in pain. |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I don't even have a problem with eating meat, per se |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I don't eat a lot of meat, but I don't avoid it if someone gives me some. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here's PETA's response to this right wing/libertarian front group |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm gonna call bullshit on this right now. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. Dunno if this is true or not, but... |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. "We don't like them, so they are liars" |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Let us know when you find the "original source." |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. The documents are right on the front group's site |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. Of course that's bullshit - I read on DU that it's closer to 99% |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'll say it again. CCF's a lobbying agency straight out of Thank You For Smoking! |
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