- PETA caught , again with paid protestors.

A few weeks ago, as the remelts of hurricane Nicholas pounded the gulf coast states, then moved up through Mississippi and Alabama, the Alabama State Fair was closed their entire first Saturday of the fair.

With the fair and entrance gates closed, and during the pouring down rain and flooding conditions, three lonely people were noticed. Each one at one of three gate entrances.  While each one of the “protestors” was trying their hardest to keep as dry as they could with their umbrellas, some of the fair security staff, while making their rounds to check on the flooding, noticed these poor three folks standing in a completely empty parking lot. As they were approached, the staff then noticed that each one was displaying “PETA” signs (People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals).

As the staff asked them if they were ok?, each replied yes but very wet and miserable. The staff asked if they knew the fair was closed all day and if they wanted to get in out of the rain? They replied, “that’s ok, we (a three people) will be leaving in a few hours; we get paid as long as were are here”.  

The staff member then replied, “Paid?...even with the parking lot empty and the fair completely closed....wow,..who is paying for that?   “PETA”, replied one protester.  “Were just here for the money” she further stated.

One might be surprised at first to think that an organization that purports it’s alleged “ethical” motive would attempt to convey it through “unethical” means by taking advantage of what many are going through with the finical struggles after emerging out of the pandemic.  Well, this is nothing new for PETA.  In fact, this is right up their alley.

The short answer is yes, however just the plain allegations that even one “protestor” is paid immediately calls into question the legitimacy of a cause. Behind these types of accusations, (i.e. animal rights)  is the idea that social movements should be entirely spontaneous, volunteer-driven, and untarnished by the exchange of money. Anything else would betray a lack of moral purity and reveal ulterior motives. And although successful protest movements rarely if ever  succeed without an investment of resources, we create simplified mythologies that perpetuate these ideas of monetarily immaculate conception. Almost just like when people get paid to leave a predefined review/feedback on am item that is not their own thoughts.

Such related actions in the past by PETA (pushing a false narrative) have even caused many states to seek laws that completely prohibit any Bill’s sponsored by PETA to being filed, while other states seek legislation that targets to force PETA out from under many of the “cloak” they attempt to seek under various immunities, such as claiming to be an animal shelter. (In point of fact, PETA is criticized for killing over 70% of the animals it takes in).

Congress has held many hearings and investigations related to urban and eco-terrorism, many of which has disclosed that PETA has heavy financial ties with. Once again showing that PETA will pay anyone to do their dirty work. (See U.S. Senate hearing related to Eco-Terrorism.)   and  (John E. Lewis, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Discussing the threat posed by animal rights extremists and eco-terrorists in this country”   - Before the Senate Judiciary Committee)

Just a few of the examples, Ingrid Newkirk - Founder & President, PETA, has had this mind set for as far back as four decades:

- "Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works". - US News and World Report,

-  "I openly hope that it [hoof-and-mouth disease] comes here. It will bring economic harm only for those who profit from giving people heart attacks and giving animals a concentration camp-like existence. It would be good for animals, good for human health and good for the environment". - ABC News interview.

- "I’m not only uninterested in having children. I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it is nothing but vanity, human vanity". - New Yorker,

-  "There is no hidden agenda. If anybody wonders about -- what's this with all these reforms -- you can hear us clearly. Our goal is total animal liberation." - PETA Animal Rights Convention.

-  "Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt...We are not here to gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here to hold the radical line." - USA Today.

-  "I am not a morose person but I would rather not be here. I don't have any reverence for life, only for the entities themselves. I would rather see a blank space where I am. This will sound like fruitcake stuff again, but at least I wouldn't be harming anything." - Washington Post.

-  "Humans have grown like cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the planet." - PETA Reader's Digest.

-  "The bottom line is that people don't have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats ... If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind........"I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops...Eventually companion animals would be phased out." - Harper's Magazine.

- "One day we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. (Dogs) would pursue their natural lives in the wild...They would have full lives, not waiting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV. - Where Would We Be Without Animals?," Chicago Daily Herald.

- "Pet ownership is an absolutely abysmal situation brought on by human manipulation." - Washington Magazine.

And it just keeps going, and going, and going,....