PETA Founder Apologizes For Billboard
PETA, as regular readers of this site know, is no stranger to public controversy (George Clooney-flavored tofu, anyone?). While their organization is often on the side of the angels, their hyperbolic publicity stunts often get them into trouble. This year, their controversial "Veggie Love" video was deemed too hot for the Superbowl. Worse, now we have their highly offensive: "Lose the blubber. Go Vegetarian." billboard which, in attacking cruelty against animals promotes cruelty against human beings. Earlier this week on Air America's Montel Williams Across America program, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk apologized for the ad. From AirAmerica:
This morning during a spirited interview with Montel Williams about PETA's pictured Jacksonville, FL billboard--which equated meat-eating with obesity, and compared people who have less than model-like figures with whales--PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk apologized for hurting anyone's feelings, and said that the offensive is coming down soon.
For the record we prefer their "Cash for Cluckers" program, which promoted the vegetarian lifestyle without resorting to cruelty. What do you think?
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I think I might send PETA pics of my nekkid self so they can see that non-meat eating (OK, non-beef & pork eating) women can be just as fat as those who hunker down with a steak. Of course I'm sure they'd just tell me to go vegan.
PETA can kiss my fat @$$.
Instead of fat shaming us, they should shame Whole Foods, Safeway & other grocery stores for selling healthy food at outrageous prices and into building stores where food deserts exist.
"Instead of fat shaming us, they should shame Whole Foods, Safeway & other grocery stores for selling healthy food at outrageous prices and into building stores where food deserts exist."
I couldn't agree more, Veronica. I've been following PETA's PR stunts for about a year on this blog and this truly baffle me. How could such a noble organization resort to something as low as fat shaming?