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| PETA is absolutely useless | My letter to them |

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Note before you read : This is my first post and I am only 14 years old so please forgive my brevity. Also, you can criticize me. I don’t have left-wing journalists to defend me like Greta Thunberg

My name is Aadil and Im 14 years old. Not old enough to pay taxes but old enough to say…

Your organization is hypocritical.

One of your main missions is to help animals, correct? PETA stands for “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals”.

At the same time you’re saying this, you are also euthanizing, also known as killing, 80 percent of the animals you take in.[1]

This is so much that you can’t lawfully call yourself an animal shelter. You’re a euthanization clinic. Tell me, knowing this, if I or anyone else would really support an organization who kills thousands of animals a year.

You also try to spread misinformation. In this article here, 45 Signs You're a Vegan and Just Don't Know It Yet | PETA [2] , the writer tries to convince you you’re a vegan by answering a couple questions. Such as:

Would you sometimes hang out with animals rather than people?
How does this make someone a vegan? Because you like animals? I’d sincerely like to know.

Are you a feminist?
How is this in any way relevant to veganism? They’re two completely different topics.

Would you refuse to eat your dog?
Show me one person who wouldn’t refuse to eat their dog.

Do you support oppressed communities and recognize that supremacist viewpoints are whack?
Seriously?

Would you help a dog left in a hot car?
Just because I would help an animal that’s slowly suffering and dying doesn’t mean I won’t eat meat from a farm. And yes, my family gets meat from local farms.

Did your childhood BFF’s include your stuffed animals?
What?

Then at the end, you say this:
Not answering yes to half, or 1/3, answering yes to any of them.

Also you make pamphlets that are promoted to children [3]

Some of you might be thinking this is fake and made by someone else, but it’s not.

PETA's Comic for Kids Takes Aim at Dads Who Fish | PETA [4]

From PETA’s official website, talking about how your Daddy kills animals.

you also promote violence against people, as well as killing animals.

Here’s a direct quote from PETA’s campaign manager.

"If we really believe that animals have the same right to be free from pain and suffering at our hands, then, of course, we're going to be blowing things up and smashing windows. For the record, I don't do this stuff, but I advocate it. I think it's a great way to bring about animal liberation, considering the level of suffering, the atrocities."

"I think it would be great if all of the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow. I think it's perfectly appropriate for people to take bricks and toss them through windows. Hallelujah to the people who are willing to do it."
-- Bruce Friedrich, PETA Campaign Director, Vegan Campaign Coordinator, Animal Rights 2001 Conference, July 2, 2001

I’m sure that there are some people out there that support PETA, but you are highly misinformed.

Be honest with me, do you support them?


P.S. Couldn’t put sources here because I don’t have 15 posts (yet)
 
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PETA is about the money in the end. They have been exposed for hypocrisy before, just another rubber duck charity cause.

Ask what salary the CEO gets in a non profit charity cause. She isn't donating her time to the noble cause.
 
Ask about the CEO, or former CEO, or high-up official anyway, I can't remember the name, who tells people not to take medication derived from animals or animal testing but as a diabetic herself depends on insulin to stay alive. And she takes it.
 
There is a "Penn & Teller ********!" ("Penn & Teller BS!" at Walmart) episode on Animal Rights & PETA that would be worth a watch for you, if your parents agree.

This also isn't about left wing / right wing, so don't distract in such ways from your message.
 
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I think PETA's position is that having an animal as a pet is in itself cruelty to the animal, therefore euthanizing all the pets would be in the animals' best interests. This is an unusual point of view to those who love animals as individual creatures rather than just theoretically.
 
There is a "Penn & Teller ********!" ("Penn & Teller BS!" at Walmart) episode on Animal Rights & PETA that would be worth a watch for you, if your parents agree.

This also isn't about left wing / right wing, so don't distract in such ways from your message.

the OP is simply right here, they are just hypocrites plain and simple. And correctly said, this is neither right or left wing. Just a n idiot bunch of hypocrites who aren't what they say they are.
 
Note before you read : This is my first post and I am only 14 years old so please forgive my brevity.

Welcome to the forum, kid. :)

Also, you can criticize me.

Don't mind if I do!

I don’t have left-wing journalists to defend me like Greta Thunberg

Now that's odd...

One of your main missions is to help animals, correct? PETA stands for “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals”.

I'm sorry, I know the name 'PETA' is confusing but they are not interested in animal welfare whatsoever. Their goal is misanthropy, one of the things I hate the most. Hell, they even funded domestic terrorism.

Would you refuse to eat your dog?
Show me one person who wouldn’t refuse to eat their dog.

I don't know. Starve me for a few weeks and I'll consider it.

Do you support oppressed communities and recognize that supremacist viewpoints are whack?
Seriously?

Maybe they've become PETA+ now.

Did your childhood BFF’s include your stuffed animals?
What?

What indeed. I have no idea what they're going for there.

"If we really believe that animals have the same right to be free from pain and suffering at our hands, then, of course, we're going to be blowing things up and smashing windows. For the record, I don't do this stuff, but I advocate it. I think it's a great way to bring about animal liberation, considering the level of suffering, the atrocities."

Ah, yes. Animal liberation. As if animals have some longing for freedom and some plans for the future. Most of the animals we 'own' are bred specifically for these purposes. They wouldn't exist if not for us. And I think most animal owners treat their charge humanely.

I know for a fact that my pet rabbit would be far less happy if he had to survive in the wild every day. Right now he eats, sleeps, gets petted, plays, and poops. And that's a great life for him.

Be honest with me, do you support them?

As might be evident from my post so far, no.
 
I think PETA's position is that having an animal as a pet is in itself cruelty to the animal, therefore euthanizing all the pets would be in the animals' best interests. This is an unusual point of view to those who love animals as individual creatures rather than just theoretically.

I suppose there's a certain logic to that position if you're an animal rights absolutist, although it's a bit hard to square with euthanizing animals.

At the end of the day it's practical problems that make it impossible to be an animal rights absolutist in practice.

As far as euthanizing unwanted pets goes, well the SPCA does the same thing if they can't find a home for it. Does PETA try to find homes or because they are against people keeping pets they just kill them?
 
I am only 14 years old so please forgive my brevity.

My name is Aadil and Im 14 years old.
I am amazed at your writing skill and articulation for a 14 year old. Is it all you, or did you get any adult help with your letter?
 
...Ah, yes. Animal liberation. As if animals have some longing for freedom and some plans for the future. Most of the animals we 'own' are bred specifically for these purposes. They wouldn't exist if not for us. And I think most animal owners treat their charge humanely.

I know for a fact that my pet rabbit would be far less happy if he had to survive in the wild every day. Right now he eats, sleeps, gets petted, plays, and poops. And that's a great life for him...

I never understood that 'pets are slaves and should be put out of their misery' tripe. Our dog is a rescue, and came to us almost catatonic in fear. Now she is a member of the family who is loved and cared for. Walkies galore, belly rubs on demand, and playtime till she is exhausted, if she likes. Fiercely protective of the house and her people.

Really not seeing the abject misery she suffers through.
 
I never understood that 'pets are slaves and should be put out of their misery' tripe. Our dog is a rescue, and came to us almost catatonic in fear. Now she is a member of the family who is loved and cared for. Walkies galore, belly rubs on demand, and playtime till she is exhausted, if she likes. Fiercely protective of the house and her people.

Really not seeing the abject misery she suffers through.

You should see my little 'wabbit. He's constantly asking us to pet him. He's happy as a kitten; such a sweet thing. I can't imagine someone would want to take him away and kill him. And for what? Some human-hating ideology?

**** them.
 
Ah, yes. Animal liberation. As if animals have some longing for freedom and some plans for the future. Most of the animals we 'own' are bred specifically for these purposes. They wouldn't exist if not for us. And I think most animal owners treat their charge humanely.

I never understood that 'pets are slaves and should be put out of their misery' tripe. Our dog is a rescue, and came to us almost catatonic in fear. Now she is a member of the family who is loved and cared for. Walkies galore, belly rubs on demand, and playtime till she is exhausted, if she likes. Fiercely protective of the house and her people.

Really not seeing the abject misery she suffers through.

I grew up in the country and we always had cats and dogs growing up and they were all allowed outside without a leash or fences. Freedom was always right there for the taking for any of them if they wanted it, but of course they always came back to the house of their own free will because there was food and shelter and warmth there. It's not practical if you live in the city or a suburb, but our cats and dogs always had complete freedom to go outside and spend as much time as they want to out there and there were no fences keeping them in either.
 
I remember, a number of years ago, PETA distributing blood and gore filled comic books entitled "Your Mommy Kills Animals" to small children, referencing women wearing fur coats. I think they did something similar with an anti-hunting comic book.
Charming people.
 
Welcome to the forum!

To be honest, my immediate first thought when I saw the thread title was "Well, yes, we know that. And?"

But at 14, this may be very new to you. Certainly, I wasn't as annoyed by PETA, and aware of their many deficiencies at that age as I am now - granted, Compuserve on a 2400 modem wasn't nearly as helpful as, say, Google on a Fiber Optic network. There are larger issues at work here, such as their habit of euthanizing potential pet animals, and I personally find a good deal of their advocacy relies on an obnoxious conflation of humans and other animals.

(and keep in mind, I say this as a vegetarian.)
 
I personally find a good deal of their advocacy relies on an obnoxious conflation of humans and other animals.


Kind of like the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. Built on the idea that all species are of equal value, it advocates that humanity should stop reproducing and allow itself to become extinct for the benefit of the other species on the planet.
 
I remember, a number of years ago, PETA distributing blood and gore filled comic books entitled "Your Mommy Kills Animals" to small children, referencing women wearing fur coats. I think they did something similar with an anti-hunting comic book.
Charming people.

I remember the cover being unintentionally hilarious.
 
The OP's examples of the Vegan questions shows another proof that Veggers are not bit about health they are about political points like Animal Rights or Saving the Planet.

If anybody want to take the time, you can track down the Pets director's salaries. Just like Randi making money off JREF- 95%? Look for <501c3 tax reports>
 
I remember being young enough that I believed being "right" about something meant that the person or group that was "wrong" would change their ways.

Good work kiddo. You're a skilled writer and that does count for something.
 

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