# Another PETA rant **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172 "2009-06-18T14:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/1 "2009-06-18T14:21:02Z")
At first I thought this story was a parody: > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/?err_code=404&err_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2009%2F06%2F17%2Fpeta-wishes-obama-hadnt-s_n_217162.html)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. Now they’re lambasting Obama for killing a fly. Don’t they realize these things are disease spreading pests. I’m just pissed that while groups like SPCA and the Humane Society work their asses off on a local level rescuing abused and abandoned animals, attention whores like PETA are the ones making headlines and quite possibly eroding support for other animal rights organizations. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/2 "2009-06-18T14:27:40Z")
Just when I thought PETA couldn’t get any more ridiculous… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/3 "2009-06-18T15:06:49Z")
What would they say about fleas and Bubonic plague? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/4 "2009-06-18T15:14:38Z")
DNFTPETA. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/5 "2009-06-18T16:33:06Z")
:smack: More ridiculous than the Sea Kittens, but less funny. P.S. The smacky smiley? He’s squishing a fly that landed on his forehead. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/6 "2009-06-18T16:43:46Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > :smack: > > The smacky smiley? He’s squishing a fly that landed on his forehead. [Wipe?](http://www.clorox.com/products/overview.php?prod_id=cdw) ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/7 "2009-06-18T16:52:31Z")
Viva la [del]revolución[/del] mouche! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/8 "2009-06-18T16:55:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What would they say about fleas and Bubonic plague? Humans are evil so… Yay? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/9 "2009-06-18T17:02:27Z")
Yeah, I saw this on CNN. PETA has lost what little credibility it ever had. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/10 "2009-06-18T18:31:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What would they say about fleas and Bubonic plague? Establishing a mosquito farm next to their hq might do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/11 "2009-06-18T18:53:40Z")
Maybe they’re trying to be Jainists? No, wait, that would mean they have to value human life above all others and not want to harm or upset anyone. Big fail, there. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/12 "2009-06-18T20:44:36Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I’m just pissed that while groups like SPCA and the Humane Society work their asses off on a local level rescuing abused and abandoned animals, attention whores like PETA are the ones making headlines and quite possibly eroding support for other animal rights organizations. Thankfully I think most people have more sense than that. Locally our Humane Society hosts an annual pet walk where thousands of people show up and thousands of dollars are raised [(8,000 people raised over $1 million this year)](http://events.animalhumanesociety.org/site/TR?fr_id=1080&pg=entry). I don’t know of a single soul who has given a dime to PETA. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/13 "2009-06-18T21:05:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yeah, I saw this on CNN. PETA has lost what little credibility it ever had. When did they have a little credibility? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/14 "2009-06-18T23:21:57Z")
So… they did something that Stephen Colbert did as joke last night, only for real? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/15 "2009-06-18T23:23:19Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Viva la [del]revolución[/del] mouche! I hope it wasn’t[Zobi!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yapXaWsZ9g) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/16 "2009-06-18T23:49:09Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > When did they have a little credibility? :dubious: I was being \*very \*generous. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/17 "2009-06-19T01:08:32Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > I hope it wasn’t[Zobi!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yapXaWsZ9g) After watching about 20 seconds of that, I feel confident in saying that I would not mind one bit if Obama smacked that guy to the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/18 "2009-06-19T09:42:08Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > After watching about 20 seconds of that, I feel confident in saying that I would not mind one bit if Obama smacked that guy to the floor. You need to give it a little more time. They can be quite entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/19 "2009-06-19T10:08:08Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > So… they did something that Stephen Colbert did as joke last night, only for real? PETA is already a joke, it’s just not as funny as Colbert. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172/20 "2009-06-19T12:54:21Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > PETA is already a joke, it’s just not as funny as Colbert. Yup. like this [great idea](http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/peta-seeks-cow-empathy-museum-dairy-site) has a chance to succeeed… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-peta-rant/500172.md?page=2)