Is "PETA" considered "mainstream" left, or...

[jtb33]

Was in a discussion with a co-worker and just want the consensus before I finish "arguing" with him. On a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 being far, right wingers and 10 being far left wingers, where does PETA fall?

[Mr_Spock]

1. 11

n/m

[Redneck Socialist]

2. About a 15 on the hopelessly misguided scale. n/t

[Sapphocrat]

11 n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

3. I'd put a good portion of them in the 15 range....

...I agree with some of their ideals, but I think some go to far (such as not testing new medicines on animals before human trials).

[Catholic Sensation]

4. PETA falls under the realm of hypocritical idiots

[flvegan]

How so, specifically?

[R3dD0g]

5. At least 10

12 if they're also vegans.

[Quetzal]

6. 10 +

[Mr_Spock]

7. Hehe - concensus - they are off the scale!

lol

[Tesibria]

8. 12

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[eataTREE]

9. PETA is about as radical as you get.

They don't think you should keep pets, 'cos that's unjustly imprisoning animals.

[Biased Liberal Media]

10. Far far far left. I can agree with some of their ideals

but most? NO.

[WindRavenX]

12. Me too

I don't agree with their tactics...it's just like Operation Life and all that RW crap.

[Mr_Spock]

11. People Eating Tortured Animals!

lol :D

[MsFlorida]

13. they are left of left

they keep sending stuff to my daughterl - its pretty scary

[China_cat]

23. Tell her to send back

the 'contribution' envelopes filled with ads for leather goods...like B&D leather goods. They'll stop sending her stuff really quick.

[da_chimperor]

14. I'd say about a 34. They're totally nuts. n/t

[Indiana_Dem]

15. From what I've seen and heard, they are WAY too radical for me. nt

[getoffmytrain]

16. PETA ran

through the stadium wall in left field and never stopped.

[AmandaRuth]

17. absolute hysteria levels

you don't want to go there.

[auburngrad82]

18. Peta = People Eating Tasty Animals

[achtung_circus]

19. As an animal welfare professional

I spend a great deal of time trying to convince people that I'm not PETA. They make my life harder, lets talk orders of magnitude of 10.

[Arkana]

20. Um, in the "psycho" category

As a Democrat, I have no use for PETA. There are other ways to get your points across than bombing research clinics or whatever.

[flvegan]

36. I don't belive PETA ever bombed anything.

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21. "PETA - Meter" ®

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" Following the recent bombing in Jerusalem in which a live donkey, laden with explosives, was blown up, shocking people of all nationalities around the world, PETA has written to Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat asking that he urge those who listen to him to keep animals out of the conflict.

At PETA, we strive to end violence every day. As Albert Schweitzer stated, “Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace".


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PETA’s letter to Yasser Arafat

February 3, 2003

Yasser Arafat, President
Palestinian National Authority
Ramallah, West Bank
Palestinian Authority

1 page via facsimile: 972 7 282 2365

Your Excellency:

I am writing from an organization dedicated to fighting animal abuse around the world. We have received many calls and letters from people shocked at the bombing in Jerusalem on January 26 in which a donkey, laden with explosives, was intentionally blown up.

All nations behave abominably in many ways when they are fighting their enemies, and animals are always caught in the crossfire. The U.S. Army abandoned thousands of loyal service dogs in Vietnam. Al-Qaeda and the British government have both used animals in hideously cruel biological weaponry tests. We watched on television as stray cats in your own compound fled as best they could from the Israeli bulldozers"

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[MercutioATC]

22. 13 1/2

"mainstream"?????

[jtb33]

24. Whew...

Thanks for the replies. He was trying to argue that PETA was typical of the "mainstream left" or was a "little bit more to the left than most". It's actually refreshing to see that as a group, the consensus is that PETA is just *way* out there.

What started this discussion was that I was at Disneyland not too long ago and went on the Jungle Cruise... as a kid, I remember the guides using the cap gun to shoot the angry hippo (animatronics) to "save us", then they changed to firing a warning shot up in the air, and now they don't even use the guns at all. The guide said it was due to complaints from PETA.

[sister moon]

28. It's good to know

that PETA's compassion is not limited to carbon-based life forms, but also extends to the protection of computerized fiberglass replicas. I certainly hope you are not using a rubber duckie in your bathtub. If so, shame on you.
;-)

[Mr. McD]

25. There neither left or right - There just NUTS

:shrug: It is not a political position, it is a personal one.

[bloodyjack]

27. where just nuts!

[kick-ass-bob]

26. PETA freaks me out...

And I am pretty damned pro-animal.

[Heyo]

29. 16 eom

[slappypan]

30. I knew a Republican PETA lady

Her father was a conservative judge. There are plenty of right-wingers who care more about animals than people.

[Gothic Sponge]

31. 10

I'm a vegetarian. I support PETA's goals, but many of their methods suck.

[slackmaster]

32. Out past the orbit of Pluto

Left vs. right doesn't apply to PETA. They're authoritarians - they want to shove their values and their lifestyle down the throats of others.

They're good for a chuckle now and again.

[Mizmoon]

33. I think we could learn a lot from them

Whacko? Maybe. Unconventional? Certainly. Lefty-left-left? Truly.

But they took an issue that everyone thought was crazy, animal rights, and made it mainstream. Not the strange "no pet" stuff, but they sure did a number on the fur industry.

We should be so lucky to have such an effect on current events.

[flvegan]

34. I know a couple folks that work there

Definitely a 10, both for the org and the folks that work there. Kerry definitely got the animal rights vote, though.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. 52. give or take.

:hi:

[Spider Jerusalem]

37. Somewhere between 15 and 20. They're fucking lunatics.

The American Communist Party is more "mainstream" than PETA.