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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 12:59 PM
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5. I feel sorry for abused animals, but no... they are not equivalent to human beings.
PETA just loses more credibility with garbage like this.
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  -PETA still wants billboard comparing microwaved baby to cooking animals The Straight Story  May-24-11 12:45 PM   #0 
  - that's a REACH. nt  GSLevel9   May-24-11 12:46 PM   #1 
  - Well, they made the news again.  FLPanhandle   May-24-11 12:49 PM   #2 
  - Even the ANTI'S wouldn't go as far as this.  KamaAina   May-24-11 01:10 PM   #10 
     - Really?  Matt_in_STL   May-24-11 01:43 PM   #19 
        - Oh, I've seen what we used to call "fetal pornography", all right  KamaAina   May-24-11 01:48 PM   #21 
           - I don't think that is true at all  Matt_in_STL   May-24-11 01:52 PM   #22 
  - I'd rather donate to the one of the areas animal control centers.  Skidmore   May-24-11 12:50 PM   #3 
  - A donation to a local animal shelter  hifiguy   May-24-11 12:52 PM   #4 
  - I feel sorry for abused animals, but no... they are not equivalent to human beings.  qb   May-24-11 12:59 PM   #5 
  - peta is teaching a whole new generation to scorn them. this doesnt endear  seabeyond   May-24-11 01:02 PM   #6 
  - I think they use the same media company as westboro baptist :) (nt)  The Straight Story   May-24-11 01:06 PM   #7 
     - point. nt  seabeyond   May-24-11 01:08 PM   #8 
  - First of all, everybody knows  Warren DeMontague   May-24-11 01:08 PM   #9 
  - PETA=spoiled, bored trust fund kids looking for attention.  provis99   May-24-11 01:22 PM   #11 
  - Wow! I take offense to that statement  justiceischeap   May-24-11 01:40 PM   #15 
     - no, it doesnt. and it is tired to suggest repulsing people from org, "works". nt  seabeyond   May-24-11 01:41 PM   #17 
        - You're talking about it, aren't you?  justiceischeap   May-24-11 01:45 PM   #20 
           - talking about what a piece of shit org this is. not about the issue.  seabeyond   May-24-11 03:07 PM   #25 
           - You don't really believe that all publicity is good publicity, do you?  NeedleCast   May-24-11 03:17 PM   #30 
           - I'm saying that's what they feel...  justiceischeap   May-25-11 08:42 AM   #56 
           - Their marketing tactics like this completely backfire  TorchTheWitch   May-25-11 09:46 AM   #63 
           - They could start protesting funerals of people who ate meat  WatsonT   May-25-11 03:37 PM   #66 
  - Any PETA supporters on DU anymore? Please chime in  snooper2   May-24-11 01:29 PM   #12 
  - its an 'ad' and not an 'add'  and-justice-for-all   May-24-11 03:12 PM   #27 
  - I wouldn't say I'm a supporter per se but I'm not- not a supporter. I think this ad will bring a  Shagbark Hickory   May-24-11 04:12 PM   #35 
  - So you approve of the anti-abortionist's graphic billboard tactic too then.  FLPanhandle   May-24-11 04:16 PM   #36 
     - Last summer I was in Chicago and it was bumper to bumper traffic and those nutbags were out  Shagbark Hickory   May-24-11 04:24 PM   #37 
        - Personally, I don't approve of evangelical behavior  FLPanhandle   May-24-11 04:28 PM   #38 
           - So to hell with the first ammendment then?  Shagbark Hickory   May-24-11 04:39 PM   #39 
              - Both groups have the right to act like assholes.  FLPanhandle   May-24-11 04:47 PM   #40 
              - Worked for Peta?!?! Um WTF R U talkin bout Willis?  Shagbark Hickory   May-24-11 04:59 PM   #43 
              - The First Ammendment Doesn't Say I Have To Listen  ProfessorGAC   May-25-11 09:28 AM   #59 
  - I love 'em.  Forkboy   May-24-11 04:51 PM   #41 
     - Ah, Forkboy hits another out of the park.  flvegan   May-24-11 07:24 PM   #44 
     - :D  stuntcat   May-25-11 03:50 PM   #68 
  - A few years ago, it was breast milk ice cream  badtoworse   May-24-11 01:37 PM   #13 
  - PETA is pathetic. Real scumbags.  damntexdem   May-24-11 01:37 PM   #14 
  - See #15 nt  justiceischeap   May-24-11 01:40 PM   #16 
  - see number #17. it is a lazy way to get support, and stupid. nt  seabeyond   May-24-11 01:41 PM   #18 
  - Yeah, well  Occulus   May-24-11 02:02 PM   #23 
     - I think everyone is missing the point at PETA these days  justiceischeap   May-24-11 02:08 PM   #24 
        - they can FEEl whatever the fuck they want. to have a whole generation being raised that peta is a  seabeyond   May-24-11 03:18 PM   #31 
        - So, you're saying they aren't really accomplishing anything positive  Ikonoklast   May-24-11 11:11 PM   #54 
  - PETA is to animal rights activists what al-Qaeda is to Islam  Kievan Rus   May-24-11 10:12 PM   #50 
  - "ad compared black people to animals." Huh???  and-justice-for-all   May-24-11 03:09 PM   #26 
  - PRIME RIB ANYONE??? How about Rabbit...  rsmith6621   May-24-11 03:13 PM   #28 
  - In some parts of the world long pig was ritualized.  hobbit709   May-24-11 03:17 PM   #29 
  - LOL...I see a bunch of people looking up "long pig" and cringing.  Forkboy   May-24-11 04:52 PM   #42 
  - i'm sure a lot of people will give up meat after seeing this  JI7   May-24-11 03:20 PM   #32 
  - The text reads "Everybody’s Somebody's Baby. Go Vegan."  Johonny   May-24-11 03:52 PM   #33 
  - This is where they lose me. I'm all for protecting animals and all but this goes too far.  Chimichurri   May-24-11 04:07 PM   #34 
  - that is disgusting  backwoodsbob   May-24-11 07:31 PM   #45 
  - I'm a lot more appalled that somebody murdered a baby in a microwave than by  petronius   May-24-11 07:53 PM   #46 
  - Don't go ruining the PETA Hate Brigade's fun.  Forkboy   May-24-11 09:00 PM   #47 
  - this was petas goal. they succeeded. why try to minimize it? nt  seabeyond   May-25-11 09:22 AM   #58 
     - Speak of the devil.  Forkboy   May-25-11 09:29 AM   #60 
        - ya? so? you guys act like ... well i dont know what... cause a poster say org is a piece of shit  seabeyond   May-25-11 09:41 AM   #61 
           - I don't even know what you're trying to say.  Forkboy   May-25-11 03:21 PM   #65 
  - It's like when they compare eating meat to the holocaust  WatsonT   May-25-11 03:39 PM   #67 
  - PETA gives animal rights a bad name  Kievan Rus   May-24-11 09:20 PM   #48 
  - Idiots. Who would waste precious Baby meat in a microwave?  Evoman   May-24-11 09:39 PM   #49 
  - I wouldn't be surprised if PETA is funded under the table by the livestock industry  Lydia Leftcoast   May-24-11 10:16 PM   #51 
  - The only Peta I care about is stuffed with lamb. Yummy.  Nailzberg   May-24-11 11:02 PM   #52 
  - And they wonder why people are revolted by them.  Arkana   May-24-11 11:03 PM   #53 
  - The way animals are treated is shocking and horrifying  CrawlingChaos   May-24-11 11:23 PM   #55 
  - they don't know  stuntcat   May-25-11 04:01 PM   #69 
  - PETA must be a right-wing funded sham group tasked with smearing environmentalists.  yella_dawg   May-25-11 08:46 AM   #57 
  - That's ridiculous. Everyone knows babies should be barbequed.  ohnoyoudidnt   May-25-11 09:43 AM   #62 
  - A new low for peta.  HappyMe   May-25-11 10:06 AM   #64 
 

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