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In reply to the discussion: PETA Is Not the Enemy. [View all]Beringia
(4,314 posts)101. You assume
I am doing it to feel better about myself. I am not. It is a conscience thing. Without a conscience, you are capable of anything. I am sure you have a conscience, a code of morality. I think a person should be responsible for their actions and aware of the consequences or what you are contributing to. I disagree that it does not make a difference, for the cows. If you add up all the hamburgers I would have eaten, it adds up to a few cows. Cows are not slaughtered just for the sake of slaughtering them. Decreased demand for cow meat, means decreased number of cows killed.
Eating meat goes back to our very origins as humans. But factory farming is very recent, along with the large scale cruelty that goes along with it.
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yeah because people who eat meat are too dumb to know where food comes from, really
loli phabay
Nov 2013
#10
It's farming, period, that they object to, because to "use" animals is slavery to them.
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#228
It makes perfect sense for PETA to kill animals if they indeed believe animal domestication
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#230
This response is indicative of what I see as arrogance of the vegan/veggie crowd.
Sheldon Cooper
Nov 2013
#16
That's the point. To get massive amounts of people to change their eating habits.
cui bono
Nov 2013
#239
Just because you don't emathize with plants, does not mean they are not suffering.
jeff47
Nov 2013
#111
One thing is clear, you have nothing but disdain for those who do not chose as you do.
cleanhippie
Nov 2013
#231
So when someone bangs on my door to tell me about Jesus and Hell, and I tell them to fuck off
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#154
Taking things too personally is always a potential complication of message board use.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#196
if *you* are directly harmed by my diet then I certainly want to hear about it....
mike_c
Nov 2013
#182
Just raising the point that dietary choices don't make anyone special or superior...
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#245
Well the way you made the statement sounded like you thought vegetarians/vegans thought they were
cui bono
Nov 2013
#246
At vegetarians/vegans generally? Not at all. I get along fine with them IRL.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#247
If you consume factory farmed meat, you are doing direct harm to everyone
CrawlingChaos
Nov 2013
#206
then I'll just have to tell you the same thing I tell religious fanatics at my front door....
mike_c
Nov 2013
#232
i am going to go after anyone that uses racism, sexism and target our children. while doing that,
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#4
the decision on what i eat has nothing to do with peta. you give them way too much credit. that is
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#24
peta is an enemy of their own cause. aside from that i dont see peta as the enemy
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#7
My point about PETA is that people will be less willing to listen to the facts
hughee99
Nov 2013
#39
you started a thread to defend peta. going down the replies defending peta. you arent convinced they
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#53
I'm sure glad early humans didn't swtich to a plant based diet a million years ago-
snooper2
Nov 2013
#13
The world we live in today is very different from the one humans lived in a million years ago.
athena
Nov 2013
#33
Talk about arrogant. Meat eaters just love to flaunt their meat eating in veggie threads.
cui bono
Nov 2013
#241
You really should research before you make such crazy analogies. An animal protein diet
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#76
Yes. Percentage wise, few people in any of those cultures owned slaves. It wasn't necessary
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#87
I don't think the cult group PeTA is the problem either since I'm an omnivore...
Eleanors38
Nov 2013
#19
Peta is not my enemy - they are yours if you're interested in increasing veganism
aikoaiko
Nov 2013
#22
If only there were an issue that PETA and Code Pink could work together on...
SidDithers
Nov 2013
#23
Certainly it would draw a hell of a lot of attention, if nothing else...
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#200
So what makes you think *anyone* is going to "immediately switch to a plant-based diet"?
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#134
Reducing unnecessary cruelty would be nice. Also a decreased impact on the environment.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#157
I love PETA's message. I actually agree with much of what they have to say.
Vashta Nerada
Nov 2013
#32
When it turns so many people off, yes it is. They are a sideshow. Attention whores.
KittyWampus
Nov 2013
#36
I ask this question because alot of people talk about factory farming as a huge reason to stop
Arcanetrance
Nov 2013
#61
I got the OP title but reading th poster talks alot about factory farming as a reason to get on
Arcanetrance
Nov 2013
#64
Killing isn't any living thing isn't great but there are less terrible ways to kill the animals
Arcanetrance
Nov 2013
#97
Conversly, it could also increase the number of people hunting their own food.
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#103
I certainly don't mean to attack you and apologize after reading my post again.
Inkfreak
Nov 2013
#107
sexism. racism. targeting child behind parents back. i do not give a flyin fuck what
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#124
I just don't appreciate being accused of sexism, racism, and stupidity, all in the same message.
athena
Nov 2013
#136
someone was kind enough to provide the racism. justify it. really, do. cause i know you will.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#138
you do not even just ify the racism, just ignore it. welcome to du, a progressive board, where we
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#176
seriously? not just offensive. it is fuckin RACIST. i refuse to support racism. period. end of
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#181
this will be my last post to you. i did not know this about myself. i generally fight the battle
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#184
You're right that showing nude bodies, in itself, is not sexist. But that's not the issue.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#147
not to mention the suggestion of milking women like cows and providing the breast milk for icecream.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#161
Like I said, bizarre, also ridiculous, and not likely to sway anyone. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#178
No argument here. It certainly does undermine any progressive aspects of their message. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#183
that's your opinion. I think PETA has a point about not torturing animals
Pretzel_Warrior
Nov 2013
#114
Translation: We know better than you what you should put in your own mouth.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#150
Countries with the highest life expectancy have populations which are not vegetarians. Japan,
lostincalifornia
Nov 2013
#160
Okinawa diet: Life expectancy among highest in world and primarily plant based
solarhydrocan
Nov 2013
#164
So the ideal diet for most is probably high in grains and vegetables, low in animal products.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#195
Funny... The ZERO KILL shelters by me don't euthanize injured or ferrule animals like PETA does. n/t
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2013
#177
Congrats! You wandered into the forum of morons, clueless shitdiots, and may have exited intact.
flvegan
Nov 2013
#215
Hey. if sonm people want to torture animals and drink blood, who are we to criticize?
Zorra
Nov 2013
#218
The outfit deserves all the criticism and MORE. They are NOT ASPCA or other animal
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#227