I want to join those who have began protesting Peta due to their sexism and all around offensive campaign tactics. Most recently the "save the whales" campaign which is ridiculous and highly offensive. According to a woman who I won't name here, when talking with Ingrid Newkirk about the campaign she was told that diet is the ONLY reason why anyone is fat- that weight gain is based solely on the consumption of animal products and byproducts . This shows extreme ignorance as there are many factors that go into a person's size.
I am completely vegan- not a single animal product to blame my weight on and yet I am still obese. Why? No doctor has been completely able to figure that out but I do have bipolar disorder which decreases the body's ability to regulate it's own weight due to the massive amounts of negative, stress hormones that tend to be present in the body. I was even a raw foodist for two months and didn't lose a single pound, this in addition to being an active member at a gym for women.
PETA has been losing support among vegans especially (because vegans tend to be better informed) for many years now and are continuing to do so to the point where vegans and vegetarians are actually protesting PETA.
The ladies who recently spoke to Ingrid Newkirk were also told that having young thin women holding signs naked was not sexist in any way and yet- why are there no men, older men and women,
or larger men and women holding those signs? As a person of size I would like to volunteer right now to be a part of the next naked sign protest that PETA holds and I have several people of size who would be willing to as well.I will no longer be supporting PETA in ANY way and will hopefully be able to engage in active protests against PETA.
