Juxtaposing cattle trains with the Holocaust was all I needed to dismiss this organisation as chronically unserious. They’re the equivalent of those antiabortion activists who think showing disturbing gory photos of medical procedures is a moral argument against said procedures.
The thing that made me question my meat-eating was not images of slaughterhouses, battery farms or being harangued by tone deaf social media posts that scold me as immoral. It was watching animals playing and showing affection for each other and for other species. Gifs of cows playing with a ball, a lamb begging for pets from a human, chickens recognising their human friend and running up to them for a hug, a cat and a crow being pals; that’s the kinda shit that changes hearts and minds. PETA’s tone and behaviour makes animal rights activism look like an emotional outlet for narcissists who don’t actually have any expectation that they’ll achieve anything, but just enjoy the recreational self-righteous hectoring.
Isn’t that what this post is trying to do? It’s not using gory or disgusting pictures of salmon farms, the sushi even looks appetizing. It’s humanizing the animal and talking about the joys a salmon was supposed to have before it was caught and served up to you.
A lot of the modern peta campaign is more in the vain your talking about. The ones I’ve seen recently are ads in the metro saying “I’m me not meat” with pictures of crabs and other animals looking cute
Juxtaposing cattle trains with the Holocaust was all I needed to dismiss this organisation as chronically unserious. They’re the equivalent of those antiabortion activists who think showing disturbing gory photos of medical procedures is a moral argument against said procedures.
The thing that made me question my meat-eating was not images of slaughterhouses, battery farms or being harangued by tone deaf social media posts that scold me as immoral. It was watching animals playing and showing affection for each other and for other species. Gifs of cows playing with a ball, a lamb begging for pets from a human, chickens recognising their human friend and running up to them for a hug, a cat and a crow being pals; that’s the kinda shit that changes hearts and minds. PETA’s tone and behaviour makes animal rights activism look like an emotional outlet for narcissists who don’t actually have any expectation that they’ll achieve anything, but just enjoy the recreational self-righteous hectoring.
Isn’t that what this post is trying to do? It’s not using gory or disgusting pictures of salmon farms, the sushi even looks appetizing. It’s humanizing the animal and talking about the joys a salmon was supposed to have before it was caught and served up to you.
A lot of the modern peta campaign is more in the vain your talking about. The ones I’ve seen recently are ads in the metro saying “I’m me not meat” with pictures of crabs and other animals looking cute
How is it humanizing the animal, its just sushi next to a fish with a jizz stain by its eye. Fish doesn’t even look that different when you buy it.