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PETA Asks People To Stop Using “Anti-Animal” Phrases And People Can’t Help But Laugh
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PETA Asks People To Stop Using “Anti-Animal” Phrases And People Can’t Help But Laugh

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We don’t like to beat a dead horse here at Bored Panda, but PETA has opened a can of worms and gotten on people’s goat again, by being pig-headed. Taking aim at popular animal-based idiom examples like these, the animal rights organization hopes that ‘anti-animal language’ or ‘Speciesism’ will one day be put in the same bracket as things like racism or homophobia and animal abuse, vanishing from everyday use.

Handily, somebody from PETA even went as far as suggesting alternatives to the popular phrases that they feel “trivialize animal cruelty” so instead of ‘bringing home the bacon,’ they suggest a funny saying ‘bringing home the bagels’ instead.

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While they undoubtedly mean well, people have reacted with a mixture of astonishment and anger, as those who have really suffered because of their race or sexuality bridle at the funny phrases comparison. How does racial abuse equate to the throwaway use of archaic sayings? It really doesn’t, and people were quick to point out all the problems with the initiative. The resulting savage roasts have made PETA look rather silly and has left them as, once again, the elephant in the room. It’s a dog eat dog world out there folks!

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James Caunt

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James is a Bored Panda reporter who graduated with a BA in Peace And Conflict Studies and an MA in African Affairs. Before Bored Panda, he was an English teacher and also travelled a lot, doing odd jobs from beer-slinging to brickie's labourer and freelance journalism along the way. James loves covering stories about social and environmental issues and prefers to highlight the positive things that unite us, rather than petty internet squabbles about fictional characters. James is the grumpy, contradictory one who thinks that Bored Panda, due to its large audience, has a social responsibility to inspire and inform its readers with interesting issues and entertaining, well-researched stories. Let's do our bit to make our little corner of the internet a smarter, more truthful and less angry place!

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James Caunt

James Caunt

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James is a Bored Panda reporter who graduated with a BA in Peace And Conflict Studies and an MA in African Affairs. Before Bored Panda, he was an English teacher and also travelled a lot, doing odd jobs from beer-slinging to brickie's labourer and freelance journalism along the way. James loves covering stories about social and environmental issues and prefers to highlight the positive things that unite us, rather than petty internet squabbles about fictional characters. James is the grumpy, contradictory one who thinks that Bored Panda, due to its large audience, has a social responsibility to inspire and inform its readers with interesting issues and entertaining, well-researched stories. Let's do our bit to make our little corner of the internet a smarter, more truthful and less angry place!

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Teleri Nyfain
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much this. PETA needs to clean it's own house before trying to make others toe the line :(

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Elena Adams
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6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right, because when I say "kill to birds with one stone" I am literally fantasizing about throwing rocks to little birdies.

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Teleri Nyfain
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much this. PETA needs to clean it's own house before trying to make others toe the line :(

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Elena Adams
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6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right, because when I say "kill to birds with one stone" I am literally fantasizing about throwing rocks to little birdies.

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