I often find myself in disagreements with the people who subscribe to PETA's newsletter.
First, I want you to know that in any case, I would give my life to save animal. I hate hate hate animal abuse stories, and I think people should be fully punished for any inhumane act on a helpless animal. I do stand behind most of PETA's campaigns, but I think the hypocrisy of some of the so called followers, or newsletter subscribers, is laughable. Please people, before you get on your soap box and start preaching to me, get your facts straight! Look at your own life, and your indirect treatment of animals.
Today, the topic of Career Builder came up. My friend liked their Super Bowl commercial last night. I didn't see it but I said, "I always thought their chimp commercials were hilarious!"
And boy did that open a can of worms...
So, Miss I Love Eating Fast Food Meat, I Love MEAT MEAT MEAT, and My Cat is Declawed, came at me like a fat kid to a slice of pizza. She screamed, "Those chimps are ABUSED so you can laugh! They are tortured and then destroyed!" At times it was inaudible, I think she shouted "PLANET OF THE APES" at some point. Okay okay! I get it. Of course she was unable to present me with any concrete evidence, but I did find various PETA sponsored sites regarding this. It's tragic and I don't want to believe that every animal in commercials and movies are mistreated, although I am sure many are.
But again, back to my point: Hypocrisy. She eats animals that are kept in the most inhumane conditions and slaughtered in the most inhumane ways. It is nearly impossible to find average restaurants serving "humane meat". How can someone ignore the fact that in our food supply, we can find the most severe cases of animal cruelty? When I asked her about this contradiction, she simply answered, "We are omnivores." WHAT?!?! I truly have no response to that ignorant statement. So let's move on the the fact that while her cat was a tiny baby, she had him declawed. Declawing a cat is equivalent to removing to your first knuckle where your nail is - on every finger. I used to work for a vets office, and this was the cruelest procedure I ever did. I guess she didn't get the newsletter that week.
My only thoughts are, before you start pointing fingers at other people, clean up your own act. And yea, I'm sorry I thought the chimps were funny!
