Like I wasn't going to blog about this story.
First, let me say congratulations to "Stump" for winning the Super Bowl of dog shows up in New Yaawk. It couldn't have happened to a nicer Sussex spaniel. Yes folks, Uno's reign as the top dog is over.
Now a few words about my friends over at PETA: (Which I think stands for people for the ethical treatment of animals.) I know that black suffering is pretty much at the bottom of things that you are concerned about, given that there are so many poor little animals out there you have to advocate for. But it is not cool to dress in KKK garb in the middle of New York city to make a point about your four legged friends. It's just not. People have been lynched, burned, and hung by that white christian militia, and you trivialize their memory and their suffering with your poor choice of a costume for your protest.
But I told you Negroes where you stand on the food chain here in A-merry-ca. Do you really think that there could be a PETOBF (That would be people for the ethical treatment of black folks) protesting outside NFL and NBA games because they think the league is exploiting young black bucks for profit and entertainment? I don't! PETA is mad at AKC (All these acronyms. That's the American Kennel Club) for promoting the breeding of a "master race" of pooches. See the comparison? The KKK wanted a "master race" and so did the AKC. Wow, it's so simple when you break it down. I guess pretty soon "Stump" and his friends are going to burn down all those kennels where they keep stray dogs. Folks, hide your mutts, you wouldn't want them to be burned out of their dog house. (Look mommy there is a tiny cross on the lawn. Damn it, it's those damn dogs from the AKC again)
Let me stop, this shit isn't funny. There are some really twisted folks running PETA these days. And frankly, I am glad I wasn't up in New York to witness this shit, because I might have been very unethical in my treatment of those two clowns in front of the Garden.
"Obviously it's an uncomfortable comparison," PETA spokesman Michael McGraw told the Associated Press.
"Uncomfortable"? Is that what we are calling ignorant and insensitive these days? "Uncomfortable"? Nice. But this too will pass. I guess if PETA wanted to bring attention to their cause, this was a pretty good way to do it. If you look at it that way, I guess we could say mission accomplished. Now A-merry-ca, thanks to the use of some very offensive imagery, is aware of the AKC and their quest for a "master [pooch] race".
As a black person in A-merry-ca, let me be the first to tell PETA that I am glad we could help.
well, obama did call himself a mutt.
ReplyDeletej/k j/k
i feel like i eat too many chickens and pigs and cows to be mad at peta.
Friggin Idiots. PETA has now done more damage to their cause than years of inbreeding have ever done to the dogs they profess to care so much for. Friggin Idiots!
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ReplyDeletePETA doesn't "get" what the klan robe and hat represents to millions of people.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, PETA should educate themselves before making another dumb fuck screw-up like this again.
Sometimes I think an full blown economic depression would serve this nations. This way funding for useless organizations like these would dry up...and probably overnight.
ReplyDeleteAnyone here tried the New Chicken Parmesean at Hardee's yet?
They don't care nor did they ever. They're a white lifestyle protectionist agency and nothing more. They exploit skinny white women for profit as well. Zero credibility.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm, hello!?!
ReplyDeleteCome on folks, it's PETA! They knew exactly what they were doing when they put those robes on.
They do not like people no matter the race, so who cares if they dissrespect or insult a bunch of black people, the animals -agenda- are what's important here.
Besides I'm sure they already had the robes thanks to Michael Vick.
PETA has REALLY gone off the deep end this time!
ReplyDeleteAnd they've gotten the wrong kind of attention.Who will take them seriously NOW???
brohammas, now that I think about it, it is PETA. Now I am wondering why I even blogged about this. I mean what else would you expect from that outfit?
ReplyDelete"Perhaps, PETA should educate themselves before making another dumb fuck screw-up like this again."
Christopher, I think they did educate themselves, and they are doing what they think will get the most attention.
Adam, I actually like Hardees.But is that parm made from "master race" chickens?
PETA is a joke. This is just one in a long list of stunts pulled by the organization over the years. They are more about hype than help (for animals). They are to animals what Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton are to the black community (great with photo ops, but horrible on leadership or progress).
ReplyDeleteWell, you already know what will happen...a spokesperson for PETA will stand before the press and deliver a statement disclosing how inappropriate the whole charade was and how they did not authorize them to do this or how their actions does not represent those of the entire organization...
ReplyDeleteadded publicity...
damage already done.
Why didn't they dress up in Nazi SS uniforms? That is the symbol of breeding a master race, more so than the Klan. Hmmmm....
ReplyDeleteseems to be cool for European audiences...
ReplyDeletePeta KKK commercial?
ya'know its this type of blatant disrespect for black Amerrykants that makes me want to scream!!
ReplyDeleteHad they marched down the street dressed like natzis the whole area would be on a martial law lock down right now.
Shame on the House Negros who walked by on the street without breaking a boot heel off in that behind.
I'm going to eat a steak & some lamb chops
Is PETA those same organization that went around throwing red paint on women's fur coats?
ReplyDeleteAdam:
ReplyDeleteI've tasted Chicken Parmesean before and ate it many times at Wing Stop out this way. It's not a new creation either. It's been out for a few years.
Have you ever tasted a chili shrimp boat? It's good.
field, this is a non-issue. these jokers made a super-sexy superbowl ad that they knew would create controversy but not get airplay; they just wanted tongues clucking. same here, same deal: they wanted people like you to raise a fuss and raise their profile. peta peta peta, cluck cluck cluck. well, it worked, you fell for it. pass the chicken
ReplyDeleteand btw, if you think peta reflects white americas priorities then you're dumb as a brick. we elected a black president for god sakes
i have no time for peta...
ReplyDeletewith climate change as it is we will all be going natural and picking up fur again.... just took delivery of a rabbit fur hat - my friend visited eastern europe - it is the warmest thing i have ever, ever worn..
let peta step to me in sub zero temperatures next year...
3 words. Hot ignorant mess. I'm through!
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Peta always gives us a perfect chance to quote the world famous "Buck Murdock" :
ReplyDelete"Irony can be so ironic"
The funny thing is, that the folks at PETA don't even seem to get that the only reason that they survive as an organization, is because of the support they receive from a society that is based on exploiting animals in the first place.
Jeez...selective breeding of animals is a practice that wayyyyy predates written history. We've bred then for food, for work, for companionship, and for amusement.
These stupid dips would still be living in caves, or wandering around in nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes eating whatever animals, plants, or fungi that they could get their hands on, if it were not for the societal advances that we have accomplished by the selective breeding of animals.
Anon 1:19
ReplyDelete"and btw, if you think peta reflects white americas priorities then you're dumb as a brick. we elected a black president for god sakes{
Wow and I thought black people were supposed to be the racially oversensitive ones...did Field SAY that PETA represents white America?
Anyway, this, "sexy" as you put it commercial may get publicity, but not good publicity. If anything it would make people see just how useless PETA is.
There is sooo much wrong with that statement anyway. Don't tell me that unless you did your research. Could obama have won on the white vote alone? (I don't know, if anyone knows please tell me) I doubt it, Non-Hispanic whites are 68% of the population, and whites are 80%. So are you sure of that statement? (I'm guessing it will depend on whether hispanic whites are included in your "we")
PETA has done dumb shit like this before. I am not a fan.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have a steak. Later.
PETA is tone deaf to inappropriate comparisons between animals and humans. The group regularly makes comparisons between the treatment of animals and the Atlantic Slave trade or the Holocaust. Some of these things they ultimately apologize for, sometimes not.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember a few years back they did the "Holocaust on your plate" video which juxtaposed death camp inmates with animals at a slaughterhouse?
The ironic thing is that PETA also endorses and practices euthanasia on animals.
Mmmmm...breaded Master Race...--I'm sorry; I couldn't resist
ReplyDeletePETA do some good work, and we should be glad that someone is advocating for animal rights... BUT someone in their organisation clearly has shit for brains when it comes to publicity stunts like this. I mean, the link between the Klan and the cause PETA are campaigning against is so tenuous, I can't imagine who would even come up with the KKK analogy, let alone think its a good idea.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thanks Mrs. C. It was late when I wrote that:) I already corrected that spelling faux pas. Although, I think there might be some double entendre issues going on. If you know how my mind works you would know that it's not such a stretch.
ReplyDelete"Irony can be so ironic"
tjwash, I would like to thank you and Buck for that quote.
"I'm going to eat a steak & some lamb chops"
The A, that seems like the best revenge at this point.
Field,
ReplyDeleteThree is a story on CNN.com that said that 1 out of 3 people would stop smoking in order to save the lives of their pets from second hand smoke.
Nothing was said about saving lives of their kids, grandparents, people with asthma or even people who don't like being around smokers.
But lawd forbid if Fido comes down with a case of lung cancer from second hand smoke.
Like you always say White Folks and their pets!!!
PETA doesn't "get" what the klan robe and hat represents to millions of people.
ReplyDeletePlease Christopher educate us, we be sooo stupide.....
P People
E Eating
T Tasty
A Animals
Ernesto said...
ReplyDelete"Why didn't they dress up in Nazi SS uniforms? That is the symbol of breeding a master race, more so than the Klan. Hmmmm...."
Ernesto made an obvious observation, and that's why I'm even more offended as a black individual. I demand a public apology for BLACK Americans from PETA. I have a mind from now on to fold up a picture of those two idiots and put them in those PETA donation jugs instead of money. I urge others to do it, I don't care how "silly" it may sound. A point is a point!
Shady_Grady said: "Does anyone remember a few years back they did the "Holocaust on your plate" video which juxtaposed death camp inmates with animals at a slaughterhouse?"
ReplyDeleteWow, no race or religion is safe from the equal opportunity animal pimps.
Hmmmm... Wonder if PETA is going to have a "Save the Sharks" campaign...
ReplyDeletehttp://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/what-country-needs-are-more-pitchfork
ROFL@"petah"!
ReplyDeleteBack in 2005 PETA toured a photographic exhibit comparing animal abuse with American slavery. The late Steve Gilliard wrote a scathing piece on his blog at the time confronting PETA on its racism:
ReplyDeletehttp://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/08/enlightened-word-view-of-peta.html
The display toured 17 cities before it was protested. PETA discontinued the tour to "reconsider" the message, then resumed the display unchanged a month later.
So much for learning from past experience.
--mcl
The "liberals" who run PETA are much like many white GAYS.
ReplyDeleteThey resent black advancement and the Civil Rights movement.
They look at it like "how did the niggers got their freedom before Lance and Rover?"
See that is the problem with PETA and some of these other groups, they are tone deaf with how they deal with PEOPLE (who are animals because we are part of the animal kingdom) and how they deal with people of color. That is why they have such a hard time having a diverse membership. So thoughtless, stupid and indicative of white skin privilege (sp). It is also pretty racist because in the past people who were white supremisists did (and some still do) called blacks animals and not in the sense that I say all humans are animals, but in terms of being inferior to whites, so in their own convoluted way they are again comparing the black struggle to that of animals. Don't get me wrong, I love animals and have a cat and hope to get a dog one day too, and though I eat meat I think it is horrible how they treat cows and chickens at those agri-farms and I know animals have feelings but to treat other animals better than humans, there own kind of animals, is just wrong on so many levels. (sorry for being so long winded, love your site field, recent reader first time commenter and proud field negro- though I do lapse into house behavior at times to my shame)
ReplyDeletePlease Christopher educate us, we be sooo stupide.....
ReplyDeleteNot "we" Porky, just you...........
Oh man...this is wrong on so many levels... wow. They are lucky they weren't here..they woulda got that arse knocked down and questions would be asked later. Maybe there is an underlying message..hmph!
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What still trips me out about PETA is the time that they "joked" that Ben & Jerry's should use breast milk in lieu of cow's milk for their ice cream. PETA's president Ingrid Newkirk did an interview in TIME and said that they weren't really serious, but cow's milk should be for calves, not people.
ReplyDeleteSoooo, I guess HUMAN babies don't need their mothers' breast milk-it should be used for ice cream, huh??
I've always heard that you can tell a lot about a person by how he/she treats animals. I also think you can tell a lot about PETA supporters by how they REVERE animals over people.
I do feel like the conditions could be better for animals used for agricultuural purposes, but is it really that big of a deal?? THEY'RE ANIMALS!!! Yes, I'm a proud cat owner, and may get one dog when I buy a house with a real yard, and no, I wouldn't want anyone to harm my pet(s), but I would never put my pet(s) over say, my family. I really think some of the members of PETA would.
Like someone told me, Michael Vick never had a chance. Speaking of him, PETA actually wants him banned from the NFL until he gets a brain scan, I guess to see IF he'll do dogfighting again.
Bunch of nutty losers! I wonder how they treat their kids and family members, if they don't just isolate themselves with a bunch of pets...
Hey Field - You want to get an idea about just how "post racial" some of the Rethugs in this country are...
ReplyDeleteCheck out this modern day Missouri Compromise to let DC have a vote in Congress:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/11/mccain-dc-rights/
DC's Congressman gets a vote...
Only if reliably white and Republican Utah gets an additional Congressman.
1 slave state... 1 free state...
Indeed.
GrannyStandingForTruth:
ReplyDeleteYeah...I know Chicken Parmesan sandwiches have been out for a while, I just didn't know places like Hardee's were serving them.
Chili Shrimp Boat?!? That sounds great. I will have to look that up and see where I can find it.
I am willing to bet I am long lost white grandson of yours. ; )
Yours,
Adam
Interesting - black guy shot makes national news in Philly...
ReplyDeleteCouple of crooked judges throwing kids in prison for kickbacks from their private operators...
Hardly a ripple.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_re_us/courthouse_kickbacks
Save the doggies, FEMA!
funny i didn't see any black or gay puppys in the pic? hummmm
ReplyDeleteracist white peta bastards
wait are there gay animals?
Here's my response to PETA........
ReplyDeleteI love animals.
They're delicious.
Meat is murder, Tasty, tasty murder.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Dooce.
dalit said...
ReplyDeleteCould obama have won on the white vote alone? (I don't know, if anyone knows please tell me) I doubt it.
Obama lost among white voters 55-43.
I think that PETA is fully aware of the offensiveness of the imagery they use and comparisons they make. They can't help themselves because they really don't believe in moral distinctions between animals and humans.
Adam:
ReplyDelete"I am willing to bet I am long lost white grandson of yours. ; )"
Hey, you never know. (smile)
Yes, make it a point to try that Chili Boat. Like that commercial used to say, "I bet you can't eat one."
Oh no they din't.
ReplyDeleteDenis Leary said that PETA stands for "People Eating Tasty Animals."
Frickin PETA. I spend most of my online time in the feminist blogosphere, and not a fortnight goes by that we're not exposed to yet another misogynist PETA ad campaign. Now they're launching racist campaigns. They are not made of win, those guys.
ReplyDeleteI'm an ethicalvegetarian, anti-fur, anti-animal testing, pretty much the choir they are trying to preach to, and they're not even making time with ME.
Anything for publicity and there's no such thing as bad publicity, that's really all they're about.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the shrinks have a standard diagnosis for it.
Problem is, PETA's just another example of what looks like an epidemic: CodePink, Britney Spears and clones, Rush Limbaugh, most of my customers, the "Arab world", US christians who think their an oppressed minority.
It's like its a way of life.
May be the APA diagnosis is "drama queen"
I'm a vegetarian, or try to be, and halfway into the whole animal liberation thing, but PETA is f.n annoying. Paint on fur was interesting. The naked models thing was stupid. The anti-kfc thing could have been worked right, but failed. Now this. They've long lost my interest, and many vegans aren't into them anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe best anti-meat propaganda was The Meatrix, and that wasn't PETA. It was simply truthful.
Whelp, now, Brother Field, I think, all of a sudden, I'm feeling you on the cotton picking thingee. Yup, I think you may have a point there. Especially, after reading this article down below. Look like folks is reminiscing just a little too much about the good ole days of slavery. I know one thing, Granny not gone do the mammy thing. Nope, uh un! They can forget it. I think I'd better pull out my chemistry set and get prepared to protect my domain and space cause Granny ain't going out like that. No siree bop!(wink)
ReplyDeleteBlack lawmaker wants paid Confederate holiday
S.C. state senator says it would help people understand South's history
updated 5:15 p.m. PT, Tues., Feb. 3, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A black state senator is pushing a bill that would require South Carolina cities and counties to give their workers a paid day off for Confederate Memorial Day or lose millions in state funds.
Democratic Sen. Robert Ford's bill won initial approval from a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. It would force county and municipal governments to follow the schedule of holidays used by the state, which gives workers 12 paid days off, including May 10 to honor Confederate war dead. Mississippi and Alabama also recognize Confederate Memorial Day.
Years ago, Ford said, he pushed a bill to make both that day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day paid holidays. He considered it an effort to help people understand the history of both the civil rights movement and the Confederacy in a state where the Orders of Secession are engraved in marble in the Statehouse lobby, portraits of Confederate generals look down on legislators in their chambers and the Confederate flag flies outside.
"Interesting - black guy shot makes national news in Philly...
ReplyDeleteCouple of crooked judges throwing kids in prison for kickbacks from their private operators...
Hardly a ripple."
BT, I really wanted to blog this story, but I couldn't due to certain professional issues. But you are right, and this might be just the tip of the iceberg.
thanks shady_gray.
ReplyDeleteThink it's because of race, or just for being a democrat?
http://fuckyoupenguin.blogspot.com/
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Do you suppose the PETA people could have dressed up as Nazi stormtroopers to make the same point?
ReplyDeleteIn New York City?
Sheeeeit!
When I was in DC for the inauguration, I saw so may full length fur coats I knew there was going to be a PETA-related incident but peace prevailed.
ReplyDeleteI guess this is PETA trying to stay relevant....or something??? I wonder if PETA has any persons of color involved in the media office. I mean shouldn't they have run the protest idea/commercial by a couple of their members of color to get some feedback prior to just putting that foolishness out there?
@ GrannyStanding....
Mississippi (state employees) observes Confederate Memorial day on April 4th...... I think it was in reaction the King Holiday...or was that Robert E Lee day????
did Christopher say he wanted to "pork me"?
ReplyDeleteBiggest group of wing nuts on this planet next to Republicans, I saw them in Union Square in San Francisco the day after Thanksgiving, and it was nippy, they gave this older black woman in a full fur hat and coat the evil eye, she glared back and told them "don't even think of saying anything" and they looked the other way. I have no issue with them loving pets, I do as well, but, they will save a dog before a human, which shows they really are disturbed.
ReplyDeletePeople of color with Peta??? When monkeys fly!
Field, if it makes you feel any better, PETA has always been about the outrageous publicity stunt. You're right about their KKK stunt, but I'd advise you to laugh at them rather than take them seriously.
ReplyDeleteI was once among the targets of animal rights activists because of the something the organization I worked for did. Believe me, PETA is harmless and eccentric, and more a source of entertainment than anything else. The Animal Liberation Front, on the other hand, is involved in life-endangering violence.
In addition to racism, those assholes also have no problem employing gross misogyny to drum up publicity. The bottom line is that they ethically privilege animals over human beings, and it is thus unsurprising that they have a completely tin ear when it comes to the suffering of unprivileged groups of human beings and exhibit no empathy.
ReplyDeletegrinder tell that to M.Vick. PETA would get stoned by the black community here in Atlanta. Even though people have moved on, we still have a bad taste for PETA. I've never seen them fight so hard for other animals or causes like they came out for Mr.Vick.
ReplyDeleteField,
ReplyDeleteThis is typical behavior of PETA members.
They use the imagery of the Klan to compare the AKC’s appreciation of purebred dogs; they suggest to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream that human females be enlisted instead of cows in the manufacture of their ice-cream; they liken slaughterhouses to Nazi death camps.
Clearly, they care more for animals than people.
And, in PETA’s mind, if their analogies are f-ed up in their comparison to the plight of animals to human suffering, so what?
Even though people have moved on, we still have a bad taste for PETA. I've never seen them fight so hard for other animals or causes like they came out for Mr.Vick.
ReplyDeletePETA was on Vick's side? Wow! I didn't know that. I sure wouldn't have expected PETA to come out for Vick.
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