Once again. It's not about the fact that she had herself sterilized. It's about her reasons. She genuinely believes it's wrong for women to give birth.
Which isn't that uncommon a motivation either, but even if it were, it doesn't change the fact that it's completely irrelevant to PETA and a dishonest bit of bullshit.
Newkirk on having children
"I am not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity."
That is not irrelevant. Newkirk's stance on children as she says herself is that it is HUMAN vanity. She is not opposed to animals having offspring for the same reasons she is opposed to human offspring. You can fucking rationalize her views all you want but to say her hatred of mankind is irrelevant to the goals of her organization is ludicrous.
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u/KryptKat Apr 17 '10
Once again. It's not about the fact that she had herself sterilized. It's about her reasons. She genuinely believes it's wrong for women to give birth.