PETA Rails Against Thanksgiving in Ad Featuring Baby as Part of Holiday Meal
- Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:00am by
Becket Adams
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From the same masterminds that brought you the “sexy vegetable” TV commercial that was rejected by the Super Bowl (Caution! This commercial is highly offensive) comes another pro-vegan campaign destined to convince absolutely no one to stop eating meat.
In order to spread their vegan message, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has constructed a few displays of a Thanksgiving feast featuring a human baby as the main course in Philadelphia and, most recently, in Baltimore.
Rest easy: it’s not a real human baby. It’s just a doll.
“They set up a table” on a Baltimore sidewalk, PETA media coordinator Adam Miller told the Los Angeles Times, “like a Thanksgiving spread, with silverware and plates and stuff and the baby in the middle.”
In an effort drive their message home, they also prominently displayed a large sign that reads: “Everybody’s somebody’s baby.”
“PETA says its point was that many turkeys aren’t even a year old when they’re killed for Thanksgiving consumption,” writes the Times.
However, given this fact, it would appear that the imagery of an infant being served as a main course doesn’t quite make sense. As the Times points out: “the average lifespan of the domesticated turkey is 10 years. The average lifespan for a U.S. citizen is 78 years. If you do the math, a second-grader perhaps would have been more apropos as the main course.”
But wait! There’s more!
PETA organizers have also released a “turkey dog” ad campaign aimed directly at children:
Obviously, some parents are unhappy that children are the direct targets of the slightly disturbing ad campaign.
“The ad is inappropriate because the kids don’t make the decisions, the parents do. You’re just scaring the fudge out of the kids,” said Christina Jimenez in the Times article.
PETA has no qualms with admitting that they children are targeted by the ad. As PETA’s Bryan Wilson said: the ads are intended to speak directly to school-age children. These kids are “young enough to have open minds that animals are not food.”
However, these most recent efforts to protest Thanksgiving shouldn’t really come as a suprise. PETA’s done this before.
Recall that in 2009, PETA put together a TV ad that was supposed to be aired during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Much like their rejected Super Bowl ad, this one was also turned down by several affiliates for being, for a lack of a better word, tasteless.
See the rejected 2009 Thanksgiving PETA ad:
It’s not really difficult to see why some station executives thought that an ad featuring an adorable girl giving thanks to God for “the chemicals and dirt and poop in the turkey we’re about to eat” didn’t quite “fit with the spirit of the [Macy's] parade.”
(h/t Newser)
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bread and circuses
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:43amPeTA should go to the African plains and carry their signs for the Lions and hyenas, let’s see how high they stay in the food chain.
BTW: I hope the carnivores can read.
People Eating Tasty Animals = PETA
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:50amLOL….I have been wondering what PETA stands for. Thanks for the clarification……..
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:57amIf you wouldn’t eat a dog why eat turkey ?? The both are good so what the hell are they talking about ? I even eat squirrels… I don’t see the problem with eating meat.. I do however, see a problem with NOT eating meat, just look at a vegetarian they’re pale ,dark bags under their eyes ,malnourished nasty looking people…
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:58ampeta=idiots
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:05amEver notice how liberals wanna push their views on everybody else ? No matter what it is, they always gotta cram it down everybodys throat….. Well i gotta go check on my turkey !!!
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:10amTheir naivety truly shines when they make the foolish assumption that people would not be willing to eat dogs, or babies.
Their incapability of rational thought truly shines when they make the ridiculous assertion that because you wouldn’t be willing to eat an animal that is important to you, you shouldn’t eat any animals. By that logic, if a PETA vegan would not eat their prized petunias, they should not eat the fruit of any plant.
Report Post »bread and circuses
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:25amIf Nature had meant for humans to be vegetarians, we would have more than one stomach and no canine teeth.
Report Post »Humans are OMNIVORES………………..meat and potatoes.
Ewell Gibbons was a vegan and he died at 55, I think I’ll stick to my omnivorous diet.
The1stDave
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:45amWhat spices should they wear? Should they go with a blend of Itailian spice and olive oil rub or go with a southern barbecue covering. Wild animals always seem attrcted to saltlicks. Maybe just a simple seasalt and oil coating would be best.
Absolutely no synthetic fibers in the clothing, can’t risk the health of an endangered species. Thankfully we have more PETA members than lions so we can spare…….all of them.
Happy Thanksgiving
Report Post »pslm5119
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:46amHow many PETA folks are pro life (human)?
Report Post »bread and circuses
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:53am@THE1STDAVE, your consideration for the health of the endangered carnivores is commendable.
The spice, rub and sauce suggestions are probably not necessary, since we wouldn’t want to give those poor carnivores heartburn. A marinade might be helpful, since most of those PeTA folks look like tough old birds(with a few exceptions, the ones they put on TV).
My experience with lions and othe African carnivores is that they are not very picky eaters, BUT, that was 30+ years ago, sooooo, it is possible that they may have changed their dietary habits.
Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your feast, unless you are a vegan, then choke on a brussels sprout, LOL
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:15amI wish PETA would rail against our food industry..Something needs to be done about the way our country processes soy..It would be wonderful to have Tofu Turkey..and soy burgers are just the best…but they are extremely bad for you..shutting down your thyroid..I don’t knwow if this is done intentially…but I have heard fitness experts say that in counties like Japan..they leave soy whole (maybe it’s our bio food engineering) and I doubt that it has all the pesticides…would be nice if in place of the pesticides,,they would use something natural ..
Report Post »As far as slaughtering animals..it’s very sad..after all they do have feelings..they love..and are happy..they hurt and are sad. They have a heart that pumps blood, and eyes that see..and they have innocence..That is what animal sacrifices of the Old Testament were about..my pastor told us that the Israelites would take lamb into their home and raise it..and after having grown to love it..they would have to sacrifice it..Just a hint of the feeling that YWVH had in giving His Son ..perfect, sinless, and innocent as a sacrifice for the sins of the world.. Happy Thanksgiving.
Alky
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:27amThis is the real PETA…… http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
Report Post »longun45
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:34amPETA endorses cannibalism. That’s disgusting.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:47amI thought that
PETA = PLEASE EAT TASTY ANIMALS
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 1:55pmYou’ll notice how people without a credible argument have create their own by going over the deep end with extremes. Which, of course, makes them kooks.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 3:53pmThe sad part in this. Every PETA worker that has a child has had them rejected for being part of meals because they are not merely spoiled meat, but lack in substance.
Report Post »Callie369
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:39amI really enjoyed the turkey and ham!!!!! Very nice Thanksgiving dinner. Hope y’all enjoyed yours!
Report Post »Glennakoehler
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 6:46pmWe have already killed 50 million of this type of baby. We didn’t eat them but we use their little cells for research. Is this ok by PETA?
Report Post »quicker
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:43amI will have a wonderful meal with turkey and ham ,have`nt got a deer yet or would be having roast venison MMM my faverate veggible.Any ways ya`ll have a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving,God bless ya`ll.Holiday greetings from the great state of Texas.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 4:17pmAhhhhhhhhhhh. Turkey, Ham, Rabbit, and Deer are the centerpieces to the feast at my house. Surrounded by sweet potato’s, cranberry sauce, dressing, fresh corn and green beans straight from the garden. Cole slaw, and 2 other types of salad (don’t ask, my sis brought them up from Tennessee), rolls, masked potato’s, jello molds, fresh churned butter, pork and turkey gravy, a few different kinds of pies, cheesecakes (cheery, strawberry and plain), pineapple upside-down cake (my favorite next to cherry cheese-cake) and a bunch of other stuff.
I bought my house from a former Athletics Administrator who had it built to receive entire football teams for celebrations. 2048 sq feet of rec-room space to add to close to a 600 sq ft dining room. Mom and dad take the opportunity to fill it up every year with family and a bunch of at risk kids, battered wives, and men from shelters who are struggling. Everyone isn‘t here yet but it’s already wall to wall people, so I’m taking a time-out and hiding in my office every now and then.
The bottom line to me is that we have an AWESOME God. He has blessed me with a good situation and whatever I can do to give back I consider a privilege. It’s a day of Thanks, and brain dead organizations like PETA who jump at every chance to assault faith, and deride God are some of the biggest losers of all.
I’d bet their tables are dressed for the occasion, so that makes them hypocrites as well as idiots.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:41am.
Report Post »OK PETA you send Pam Anderson or some of those other Hot Babes Ya’ll get to pose over to my house. Then we’ll talk about eating something else, but for now it’s Burgers & Steak…..
disgustedAmerican
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:04pmFunny thing about Pam Anderson, is that she is a partner in a steak house chain
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:40amI’m a animal lover, they are delicious.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:32amIt’s politically correct to eat white, conservative, Christian babies. I find the dark babies to be more flavorful. I’m usually hungry again an hour after I eat Chinese.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:39amI tell PETA this much — shut up and leave me alone. I am a confirmed carnivore.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:00amlol, I would’ve told the girl on her second sentence ” SHUT UP AND EAT !! ” without letting her finish..
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:05amI dont know how we can hold them responsible for thier ignorence as thier brain is located between thier butt cheeks and does not receive much oxygen……………………..
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:37amSometimes while listening to these radicals I sometimes get the impression that they really would prefer that we ate babies instead of animals. All too often radicals narrow their focus so much that nothing else matters and there is no such thing as going too far when trying to achieve their goals.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:37amI bet PETA members support abortion. Ironic.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:30amIt isn’t that ironic, here they are clearly advocating eating babies instead of turkey.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:35amAnother organization that has been taken over by extremists. This kind of mentality discredits any good intentions the organization had.
Report Post »It has been shown that poor/abusive treatment of the animal portion of the human food chain is unprofitable (wasteful).
This is another example of a group that has become power hungry and is attempting to force a belief set upon everyone.
disgustedAmerican
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:25pmIt was never “taken over” by extremists. It was founded by an extremist. Ingrid Newkirk is a wackadoo of the tenth degree. Watch her biography on HBO sometime, it’s very funny.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:33amLooka like fat bastards thanksgiving table. Get in My belly! I want my baby back baby back ribs. Stupid PETA. I am a member of
Report Post »People
Eating
Tasty
Animals.
dnewton
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:32amI can remember back in 1999 or 2000, there was an ad campaign in Seattle that encouraged people to drinking beer rather than milk because dairy farms were mean to cows. I guess it was the cow slavery aspect of it that bothered them. People send them money all the time to promote goofy ideas. This is just how they keep the money pouring in from the senile and screwy factions so blissfully wedded to the Left.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:48amMy girlfriend enjoys it so why shouldn’t a cow. Cows are people too.
Report Post »machgun
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:24amyep nothing like cornflakes and budweiser for breakfast lol
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 3:06am@machgun:
Report Post »What about ricecrispies and beer? “Snap, crackle, BUUUURRRRP!!”
ROFL
gianni d
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:29amOK let all the animals live and multiply. Now what are you going to do? 2 words “Food Chain” Morons
Report Post »ImaCountess
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:28amIf God didn’t want us to eat animals then why did he make them out of meat? Oh, and PETA…bite me.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:38amMe personally, I would offer them steak in a tube.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:06amIn nature, the big animals eat the little animals. I’ve seen a cat torture and devour a defenseless baby mouse. This isn’t “ethical” if you are the mouse.
Plants experience pain too. I’ve seen soy bean plants wilt and bleed when they are mistreated. Tofu and bean curd are the products of plant exploitation and abuse.
Turkeys should be murdered and ripped to pieces and eaten with mashed potatoes and stuffing. The male turkey is one of the most sexist of all birds. The male turkey struts around in gaudy plumage and sexually harasses the females.
As for eating chicken eggs, the hen has the right to choose. If the hen chooses to abort the chick fetus, it is acceptable to eat the egg. Yukk.
Report Post »stanleythemanly
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:28amSo people keep turkey’s in their homes for pets like they do dogs and cats? What a stupid ad campaign. No wonder people mock (P)eople (E)ating (T)asty (A)nimals!
Report Post »AnaChris
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:25amPETA=Peter Eat The Animal…….God provides and God gives us the right. The scary thing is that any group of people would assume to wage a propaganda war to tell me what is right “relative” to their idea of right. May Gods absolute truth march on!!!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:24amSorry, but if things were bad enough I may eat my dog. BTW, I also love my vegetables. Go away PETA!
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:18amI need my dog to protect me from the hordes of Obama Zombies spreading the wealth around.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:24amShouldn’t these idiots be protesting the use of our grains to make fuel. The less grains we have the more animals we need to kill. What besides burning our food, us paying for it, someone making huge profits, and killing more animals do you need? Causation
Report Post »Makes sense to me!
kcares
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:39amRight on!
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:24amIz likes mi’un turkey, and veggies on the table, and my dog on the floor waiting for his handout of turkey, and veggies. Some folk eat dog, as their custom. All depends on what you are accustom…. PETA, come on, get with the program!
Report Post »Counter-Culture Revolutionist
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:20amPETA, don’t try your dog advertisement in Vietnam and other areas of Asia. And believe me, once our inflation rate skyrockets like it will next year, the family pet in the U.S. is going to look awfully tasty. Just kidding. I would never eat my great dane.
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:19amShut up, peta. Oh, and I notice that Turkey, Texas will still be called Turkey, Texas today! Your radical idiocy doesn’t fly very well in Texas, especially in an area where deer, turkey, and wild hogs are mighty tasty dishes!
Report Post »lcallday
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:15amWe don‘t eat dog on Thanksgiving because we don’t live in communist North Korea.
Report Post »Although if the Occupiers get their way….
normbal
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:29amTHAT made my day. When The Obama is through with bringing down all that America was and could be, a nation of servile starving cannibals will be his legacy. Truth and clarity. Thanks.
Report Post »Counter-Culture Revolutionist
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:14amGod not only created animals but also killed them for covering the naked bodies of Adam and Eve. In the Bible, God also sanctioned the killing of animals for food (examples: Noah, the Mosaic Law, Peter). You can certainly choose to not eat meat for health reasons (as the prophet Daniel chose to do because of the richness of the food and its suspect origin), but don’t tell me that animals are the equals of human beings as PETA does.
Report Post »zurie
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:14amhttp://www.petakillsanimals.com/
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:11amWell, the Food Nutzies are at it again. I support my version of PETA:
Report Post »P eople
E ating
T asty
A nimals
Oil_Robb
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:09amI guess PETA really hate the Jews now. Its a fact per capita Isreal consumes more turkey than any other nation in the world, now if Ankara send another floatila it will have a chance to kill even more dumb Turkies
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:04amThe sad part is that they have co-opted this little girls mind. PETA…stop using our children as fools.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:13amThis is the same mindset that uses children as shields in OWS protests. They think animals and people are on the same plane of existence. I got news for you PETA, animals don’t have souls. Yes, we are not to abuse animals, but human consumption is expected. I would like to strand a bunch of PETA (can’t even say people in their case) on an island with no edible plant/fruit etc., only animals. Let’s see if they get hungry enough to eat meat, or would they leave the animals alone and eat each other? Sorry, this hit me before coffee.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 12:10pmThis type don’t want little girls to grow up with minds, just loose legs.
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