Euthanising animals that have nothing to live for any longer, who are dead-sick and are in agony. Compared to the billions of animals raised for animal ag, slaughtered on the daily, just to be sold for pennies in stores. I don't think they're the villain here, my guy.

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Miss me with the "my guy" shit. It's smarmy.

The post we're commenting on they're saying milk causes autism, like out of their ass. Just like they did with vaccines. You say they aren't the villain, but making shit up about people with medical conditions doesn't make you a hero.

[–] flicker@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What I find shocking is you assumed the "before" image wasn't shopped!

I went looking for evidence it was real and just found a bunch of people claiming it was from 2008, no snopes article (which shocked me) and a bunch of people on reddit saying it was teal but very outdated and to argue about something recent.

But both of y'all saw a post that was edited and treated the "before" as real. Remarkable

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or you could get your head out your ass pretending like it isn't exactly the kind of bullshit peta have been pulling for years, put your bias and urge to jump to their defence for who the hell knows why to one side, and actually click some of the results?

Like the Time article that includes the following quote from peta:

But even in light of the criticism and the science that shows no such effects of milk, the group stands by its insupportable claim, saying, in a statement, “PETA’s website provides parents with the potentially valuable information that researchers have backed up many families’ findings that a dairy-free diet can help kids with autism.”

[–] flicker@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey. Put that shit away. I'm not experiencing a "bias" because I tried to confirm something I saw in an image macro before I got into a diatribe.

Are you okay? I've never seen you be this pissy on the fediverse before.

E: And because apparently it bears saying, even though I never indicated otherwise, fuck Peta. Seriously don't know how "please make sure the thing you're arguing about is worth arguing about" made me a Peta apologist. I've literally never met anyone, even online, who liked that organization.

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

You're right, I didn't verify it. I also didn't email them about it or show my ass about it in public, just the discussion here where it was presented. Sounds like your research was inconclusive but thanks for looking into it.

Remarkable

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I agree with you. I don't think this is a particularly useful spending of their time and resources since there's a plethora of reasons not to consume dairy. However, you did bring up their kill shelters which I responded to.

Again, I am not defending them using their don't-consume-dairy-to-prevent-autism shtick. I don't agree with their outright villainisation in regards to everything else they do, which is definitely heaps more than the average non-vegan does in terms of pro-animal advocacy.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I don’t agree with their outright villainisation in regards to everything else they do, which is definitely heaps more than the average non-vegan does in terms of pro-animal advocacy.

What specifically have they achieved? What is all of this lying and showboating they constantly do getting them? Has there been a major societal shift toward veganism caused by PETA that I missed?

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just wanted to say that regardless of our opinions I was sort of rude in my phrasing. Sorry for that.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

No worries. I appreciate you saying that.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/peta-sorry-for-taking-girls-dog-putting-it-down

They kidnapped a healthy dog from it's home and euthanized it.