Animal rights activists are dumb

[Jeff Lebowski]

Exhibit A:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health...dd0bde21677fc8

[LiveCoug]

You guys are all cow rapers.

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[BigFatMeanie]

Going to the Days of 47 rodeo tomorrow. Rodeos usually have a few animal rights protesters wandering around attempting to convince those that have already bought tickets to suddenly have a change of heart and decide not to attend the event.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

My animal rights friend just so happened to post this gem to Facebook earlier today.




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[Armenag]

Exhibit A:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health...dd0bde21677fc8

Same thing happened in Utah a few years back:

https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news...-release_N.htm

[dabrockster]

My animal rights friend just so happened to post this gem to Facebook earlier today.




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Looks to me like that Dog is in heaven...


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[old_gregg]

Going to the Days of 47 rodeo tomorrow. Rodeos usually have a few animal rights protesters wandering around attempting to convince those that have already bought tickets to suddenly have a change of heart and decide not to attend the event.

my wife went to that rodeo and we left after she saw a roper break a calf's neck. pretty easy decision to support imo.

[Clark Addison]

Oh, that reminds me! Costco is usually an exiting enough place by itself, but when I was there on Saturday, we were interrupted by a group of Animal Right's activists. They did a lot of synchronized chanting of the slogan on their signs and gave speeches, but most of their speeches were taped to the back of their signs, which I thought was lazy. You can't speak extemporaneously for 45 seconds?! This is a group of people that could have used a two-year church mission as an unpaid clergy member.

You can see the manager of the store in the purple shirt. He went up to each of them and quietly said something like "I am asking you to desist and leave the store" I figured it was lawyer-approved language so they could more easily prove trespassing or something. Or maybe he just didn't know what else to do.

After 15 minutes or so, they all marched out, while chanting. I was disappointed, because I was still trying to figure out how to make a sign that said something like:

IT'S NOT GOOD
IT'S DELICIOUS

and stand at the end of the line, chanting my slogan the same time they chanted theirs.

I know it's not a great line but bear in mind I only had a couple of minutes to come up with it.

But as I was wondering if I could run down to the office supply aisle and grab some paper and markers, they started taking off. Opportunity lost.

[Northwestcoug]

I get the sentiment that the rodeo is an homage to an important era of our history. And I have done my part supporting many rodeos in the past. But I have to be honest, the last couple of rodeos have left me wondering just how much more homage we should be paying to needless animal suffering.

I say this as a proud Traeger owner.

[Uncle Ted]

I get the sentiment that the rodeo is an homage to an important era of our history. And I have done my part supporting many rodeos in the past. But I have to be honest, the last couple of rodeos have left me wondering just how much more homage we should be paying to needless animal suffering.

I say this as a proud Traeger owner.

IDK... Those prize rodeo bulls are worth big money and get treated much better than your average cattle. They get the best food and get to breed with all the best heifers (i.e., virgin cows). The "not so prize" bulls get their balls cut off and may end up on your Traeger.

[Scott R Nelson]

The day before the Alameda County Fair started, here in Pleasanton, they had a "cattle drive" down Main Street. Just a few minutes before the cattle showed up, a few animal rights protesters stood in the middle of the street trying to get their message across. I think their sign said something like they wouldn't quit until EVERY animal was freed. The police on their various motorcycles showed up and had a discussion with them for what felt like several minutes. Many of us in the crowd were hoping they would get shoved to the ground, handcuffed and drug off out of the way, but they managed to leave voluntarily. I didn't notice anybody in the crowd who looked like they agreed with the protesters.

We were wondering how a herd of cattle could be safely run down the street between the large crowd on both sides, but apparently you can make a cattle pen out of horses with riders on them, and that's how they did it. I heard rumors that things were a bit more interesting at the very beginning, before the cowboys got settled into position.

The herding dogs looked like they were having fun running alongside the whole thing.

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[BigFatMeanie]

my wife went to that rodeo and we left after she saw a roper break a calf's neck. pretty easy decision to support imo.

A calf's neck was broken last night during roping? I missed that somehow. Or are you talking about some previous rodeo?

[BigFatMeanie]

Oh, that reminds me! Costco is usually an exiting enough place by itself, but when I was there on Saturday, we were interrupted by a group of Animal Right's activists. They did a lot of synchronized chanting of the slogan on their signs and gave speeches, but most of their speeches were taped to the back of their signs, which I thought was lazy. You can't speak extemporaneously for 45 seconds?! This is a group of people that could have used a two-year church mission as an unpaid clergy member.

You can see the manager of the store in the purple shirt. He went up to each of them and quietly said something like "I am asking you to desist and leave the store" I figured it was lawyer-approved language so they could more easily prove trespassing or something. Or maybe he just didn't know what else to do.

After 15 minutes or so, they all marched out, while chanting. I was disappointed, because I was still trying to figure out how to make a sign that said something like:

IT'S NOT GOOD
IT'S DELICIOUS

and stand at the end of the line, chanting my slogan the same time they chanted theirs.

I know it's not a great line but bear in mind I only had a couple of minutes to come up with it.

But as I was wondering if I could run down to the office supply aisle and grab some paper and markers, they started taking off. Opportunity lost.

I find the "It's not food, it's violence" slogan very interesting. The implication is that violence is always bad, no matter the circumstances.