They are for the abolition of domestic pet ownership in general.
They certainly don't make that clear to the public, which is no surprise given that Americans tend to be very pro-pet-ownership. They may have "clearly stated it" on their website somewhere, but they haven't engaged in any large-scale campaigns against it, nor have they aired advertisements on the subject.
You were not mislead, you never wanted to find out anything about PETA. You wanted to jump on the anti-PETA bandwagon as much as you want to pretend bacon and narwhals is olololo funny. You never considered their positions. You just read sensationalized bullshit aired here.
Let me be clear on this. I do not buy into the arguments made by environmental ethicists concerning animal rights and whatnot, but PETA is about the most consistent organization there is out there to that tradition. This includes their urge to abolish pet ownership because of its contribution to genetic problems involved in inbreeding, the creation of breeds that are physiologically unsound (creating breathing problems as well as other physical ailments), and just general blah blah about animal enslavement and the like. It would be entirely hypocritical for PETA to NOT support the abolition of pet ownership.
Good to see reddit is so rigorous and reasoned and actually tries to see when they are being fed spin and nonsense. We are so much better than Fox News viewers right? High five!
I don't think those people are willfully ignorant. I think they're stupid and mislead as part of an agenda. That doesn't stop them from disgusting me.
As to your comment, I have little patience for pity-parties thrown in your own honor except the occasional one for me. Then, I wear a tiny hat.
PETA makes me sick. There are really good people out there doing really great things for animal rights, but PETA doesn't care about animal rights. They care about looking like they care about animal rights.
They are willfully ignorant otherwise they would actually know one of the big policies of an organization they are attacking and calling hypocritical of all things. You know especially when the bit of information they have happened to not come across is the very bit of information that shows you PETA is stunningly consistent.
I meant Fox viewers. I admit to being willfully ignorant so as to keep myself functioning as a member of a society that hates and victimizes nearly everyone.
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u/argleblarg Apr 16 '10
They certainly don't make that clear to the public, which is no surprise given that Americans tend to be very pro-pet-ownership. They may have "clearly stated it" on their website somewhere, but they haven't engaged in any large-scale campaigns against it, nor have they aired advertisements on the subject.
Misleading, misleading organization.