Comments on: Update: PETA Replaces “Save The Whales” Billboard

By: josh

josh — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:32:50 +0000

exactly what about the “vegetarian lifestyle” equates to “hard work”, and what is this “lengthy process”? also, what about the “vegetarian diet” is unnecessary or could possibly require “supervision”?

it’s really irritating that avoiding animal products in food (and nonfood, if that’s your thing) is portrayed as this arduous, life-threatening journey.

equally irritating are the lack of personal responsibility and this attitude that if it’s offensive, it must be wrong (psst… it’s called “hyperbole”)! a few quotes from eleanor roosevelt come to mind:

“no one can make you feel inferior without your consent” and “do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway”.

By: wishcake

wishcake — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:15:33 +0000

And “amen” to everything Kyla said up there. She is pretty much amazing!
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By: wishcake

wishcake — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:13:25 +0000

Although I’m glad they removed the original billboard, you’re totally right. They way they handled it is immature and terribly ridiculous. Again, I don’t see how they think they’re gaining any fans for their cause when they handle themselves this way.

If anything, I can only see it continuing to push anyone away from what they seem to be trying to “trick” people into doing.

They are completely ridiculous, and really? I have very little respect for anything they do from here on out. Which is sad, because I’m sure they do some great things. Unfortunately, this whole thing will always tarnish my view of them.

(Not exactly thinking that was the effect they were going for.)
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By: Center For Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt

Center For Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:18:37 +0000

Not only is PETA being hurtful, they are being irresponsible.

At The Center for Eating Disorders, we were very concerned about the possibility that PETA’s billboard could potentially sway many people, especially adolescents, into unnecessary or unsupervised attempts at becoming vegetarians based on faulty information that it is an effective way to lose weight. As a result, our team of registered dietitians put together some more factual information about vegetarianism for our readers. We’d love to hear your thoughts! http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/08/24/bogus-billboard-a-response-to-petas-vegetarian-ad-campaign-in-jacksonville/
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By: Florrie

Florrie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:57:22 +0000

Well I guess this one’s a little less insulting to people..
I’m a vegetarian (just the last few years), and have not noticed any change in my weight except for when I exercise. Hang on… Oh my gosh!!! Am I doing something wrong?!?!?
Bah! peta bugs me. They’re not actually convincing people to care about animals either, just making them think more about body image, which we all do enough of already.
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By: Sheena

Sheena — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:39:40 +0000

I think this ad is much better, but after the old ad, I’m still not going. Perhaps if this was the original ad that they put up, I’d have a more positive reaction, but I just feel like the nasty tone of the first ad still remains. It’s not about being healthy and living better so much as it is to “shaming” women into getting rid of their “thunder thighs” and “belly fat” by going vegetarian. And vanity is what bothers me the most.
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By: Jennifer Nicole

Jennifer Nicole — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:39:13 +0000

That is *exactly* how I feel, Kyla. My body doesn’t do well with a vegetarian diet, but I do try to be conscious of where my meat comes from.

I think PETA is one of the largest contributors to the “vegetarians are snobby elitists” mindset we see permeating many meat-eaters’ minds. The thing is, most vegetarians are like you – focused on harm reduction, compassion and finding encompassing answers to abusive practices in the meat industry – but PETA would have us believe that you’re all celebrities and skinny bitches. Their focus is on sensationalism, when in this day and age, it should be about facts and common sense.

Talk about counterproductive!

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By: Kyla Roma

Kyla Roma — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:03:07 +0000

As someone who has been vegetarian for 18 years and is only 24 years old, I feel very strongly about animal rights (and about fashion/body issues) and Peta still makes me nuts about 90% of the time. They seem to have an adbusters kind of approach to the way they tackle their issues that, while it gets them press, makes me embarrassed. It replaces the reasons I’ve always been vegetarian – harm reduction & compassion – with something based on stereotypes and antagonism.

I feel like as a vegetarian I’m supposed to be behind Peta because their work (albeit not this side of it) can help animals that are living in horrifying conditions. But I don’t think that vegetarianism is actually the full answer to this question of compassionate care for animals- I think regulation & lobbying industry is the answer.

I certainly don’t think that tying vegetarianism to a specific body type is constructive, I think it perpetuates the skinny bitch ideology and is actually harmful for people who are vegetarian. When I say I don’t eat meat, I don’t want people thinking it’s some kind of permanent weight loss plan I’ve imposed on myself, but campaigns like this pull the focus of vegetarianism away from issues of compassion and put the focus on my body instead, something I disagree with completely.
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