I don't see how ignoring context is in any way productive.
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PETA faces backlash after calling out Google for its Steve Irwin tribute
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Who said I was trying to be productive? I'm not fighting a fight one way or another - just lazily scrolling Era as I procrastinate. Put a gun to my head though and I still think animals should be left alone. I'm not on Peta's or Irwins side. Just as I said - taking it easy.
Ducking out of this thread cause you know you're wrong and not wanting to read people calling you out on your shit seems a very peta thing to do.
That's pretty much PETA's modus operandi; use inflammatory language and historical snippets of profound human suffering to drum up false equivalence.
Like I've stated, they should be labeled a hate group.
Yeah, and I'm just saying, if you take away the context of it being about Irwin, with everything he did and stood for, then what remains is unrelated to this thread.
The backlash and (deserved) outrage at PETAs moronic tweets is not because they think animals should be left alone.
To be more clear, I don't only see ignoring context as unproductive, but actually wrong and insulting towards a good man. It comes across as a defense of PETA's tweets.
Someone earlier compared the head of PETA to the head of Scientology. I liked that.
Both organizations espouse doing things to help, while secretly committing terrible acts.
Both organizations get celebrity support when they really shouldn't.
And both organizations are highly litigious with critics.
Westboro Baptists are a bunch of schmucks nobody listens to. Scientology (and PETA) have followers, money, and at least some modicum of power.
Just a reminder that the dog that PETA stole from a 9-year old and killed was killed the same day they took it. This is the supposed last resort shelter that some people are defending, despite the local law demanding a 5 day wait period. There is no way any reasonable person can determine that a dog is unadoptable in less than a -ing day. The arguments defending this crap are utter bullshit.
The dog was forcibly taken from it's owner and place of comfort, no shit the dog would be scared senseless.
That's what some here claim is an honest and understandable mistake, stealing a dog and killing it the same day without proper evaluation. Last resort? First and only -ing resort.
The dog was forcibly taken from it's owner and place of comfort, no shit the dog would be scared senseless.
That's what some here claim is an honest and understandable mistake, stealing a dog and killing it the same day without proper evaluation. Last resort? First and only -ing resort.
Ok well, I see a thread saying Controversy. I click it. I'm ignorant of both Irwin and Peta to a very large degree so the only thing left to me is the tweets. I read them, putting aside context because I have none, I agree with the sentiment. I see the rest of the thread is very outraged, which I can't join in on so I can only post about what is in the OP - the tweets. If you want everyone to have all the context and info before posting anything you are going to be disappointed I feel. But no thread derail is meant. You feel strongly about these tweets and organisation and man - I care not. Thought I would just say what I said and go about my day. Which is what I did and am doing :D Hope you have a good one too.
Typically the correct action when knowingly ignorant of both parties is to not say anything at all.
Sure but I didn't shitpost, I didn't troll, I didn't promote hate or whatever - I read the tweets in OP and posted about the sentiment within. But if you and West are adamant about this - I'll still post in any thread I want to.
I feel like PETA is on the same public asshole level as WB is. But I see your point of the scientology cult attitude.
That's true. When it comes to exploiting the death and suffering of others to make their point, PETA is very much in the Westboro Baptist league.
Scientology
The alt-right
The current administration of the United States
But fuck peta, Steve Irwin literally made it his job to raise awareness for their own fuckin platform and they go and stab him in the back while he's 6 feet in the ground, that's some fucked shit.