I’m quite familiar with PETA. Unfortunately. They’ve been a punchline on my channel a
couple of times, actually. But this time I thought, you know what, I’m
not going make PETA a punchline in this video. I’m going to make them a punching bag. //roll intro
Welcome to the definitive guide on PETA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Or as I like to call it, the Pathetic Evil
Trash Association. See, PETA’s mission statement is pretty
straightforward: “Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment,
or abuse in any other way”. And if that’s all PETA was, I don’t think
people would despise them so much. But it’s-- we do. But I figure we may as well start with the
most disturbing, dark, ugliest place of the entire internet, which also happens to be
my favorite: Twitter. “This sweet pig was so dehydrated she drank
for nearly two full minutes when offered water. Hashtag Reasons to Go Vegan. Hashtag no it’s not. Hashtag literally how—Like, okay, I’m
in the target demographic, right? I’m not a vegan yet, so this post is supposed
to make me question that. But the only thing this tweet really makes
me question is . . . why can’t we delete other people’s tweets? Now, I’m not stupid—Well . . . am I? . . . There was that one time—ooh. Yeah, I am. Now, I’m not so stupid that I don’t understand
the issue. In fact, the GIF itself was taken from a video
that actually does show a pretty disturbing pig farm, there’s like maggots and roaches,
it’s in Indiana-- it’s just gross okay. I mean, not because it’s Indiana. But why say “Hey, look at this one pig farm
in this state and how poorly they treat their animals” to which people can respond “Okay,
but that’s one farm” when you can just say “Pigs thirsty. That's all you need to know. Now go vegan”. Taking information out of context. Check! “If you eat meat, then shut up about the
world being on fire”. You would almost think this was a joke, right? You would almost think this has to be ironic,
but it’s not a joke, it’s just PETA. Actually that’s kind of contradictory but
you know what I mean. “Hey how do you think we can let people
know that if they care about the climate crisis then they might want to look into how their
eating habits are also negatively affecting the environment?” “We could just . . . tell them that?” “But that’s not going to fit into a Tweet.” “Um it definitely would fit, it’s like
the exact length--” “You’re right, we should just tell them
to shut up”. Putting down other world issues. Check! “You know what’s not a cute look? Speciesism. If you cuddle with your cat after eating a
turkey sub, you’re probably speciesist. Here’s how you can do better.” Wow. So now it’s an –ism. Now it’s twitter-worthy. PETA has given you the ability to cancel me
for thinking that my hypothetical cat is more important than the tuna I’m hypothetically
feeding her. I’m speciesist. Specist? I’m cancelled, that’s the point. Or so you think. But I stay one step ahead of the Twitter mob,
so I’m going to go ahead and release my apology video before I get cancelled. Hi all. I’ve had a continuous lapse in judgment. And this is so hard for me, to make my tears
look realistic, when it feels so to be so young and have this fun and be successful
. . . I’m so successful. Speciesism. I just-- Here’s how you can do bett-- Let’s
find out how I can do better. We are all the same in all the ways that matter. It doesn’t matter what we look like--
Okay I actually completely agree with this so far. --what language we speak, or who we love. It doesn’t matter if we have fur--
No . . . no? This is too much. Dehumanization: it’s the PETA way, cuz we
are the same. Oh- oh no. Misleadingly attaching themselves to social
issues, check. And there you have it ladies and gentlemen:
the PETA playbook. Spreading misinformation and taking information
out of context, putting down other real world issues, and trying to fit in with social issues
that have nothing to do with the topic. If you go to PETA's website or any of their
social media platforms, just put on a hazmat suit because that’s all you’re going to
see. Well you'll see that, as well as a very large
donate button. But you know, now that we’ve looked at how
PETA operates online, it's not really that bad, let’s take a look at how they operate
in real life. PETA has euthanized thousands of animals. Look at this chart created by Dr. Stanley
Coren which he compiled from information from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services: Over 10,000 animals between the years 2007 and 2011 were put down at PETA’s
shelters. These people euthanized 95% of the animals
that were in their care, and yet they claim to care about vegan issues . . . but you know
what? Any vegans out there, feel free to educate
me on how euthanizing 10,000 fits with vegan ideals, because I wouldn’t know. Advocating against animal cruelty while doing
. . . that, is just one of the many issues PETA has, and I feel like it's one of the
more well-known ones. So instead, I would like to focus on PETA's
lesser-known grievances I've organized them all into a little something
I'm calling the Plainly Explained Timeline of Atrocities, or PETA for short. At least two PETA employees over the years
were caught with other people’s pets, with the express intention of euthanizing them. The president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, believes
that all pitbulls should be banned and euthanized, saying quote “Those who argue against the
euthanasia policy for pitbull dogs are naïve", as well as “Pits can go to the shelter and
save one of the countless other br--" Okay you know what, this just sounds like it was
written by somebody who hates pitbulls because she was terrified of pitbulls as a child--
what I'm trying to say here is it sounds like the perfect candidate to be the president
of an animal rights organization. PETA also donates their own money, giving
$1500 dollars in 2001 to an organization called the North American Earth Liberation Front,
or as the FBI liked to call it, “the largest and most active US based--” Oh . . . oh
no. Some unlucky soul in 2001 thought he was saving
the turtles by donating $1500 to save the turtles, but really it went to the FBI’s
most wanted. They also donated $70,000 to some guy who
burned down a Michigan University research lab, $27,000 to a different guy who burned
down a different, Oregon University research lab, and $7500 to some lady who tried to assassinate
the director of a medical research lab-- Are you seeing a pattern here? They also target children with disturbing
advertisements, with content like these horrifying comic covers or these demented video games—wait
Pokemon Black and Blue . . . how is this even legal? Oh, it’s a parody. So Nintendo couldn’t sue them. Just like everything in this video is alleged. So PETA can’t sue me. Got it. And those are just a few. Relatively speaking, this timeline barely
scratches the surface. It makes things like spray-painting people's
fur coats or coining the phrase “anti-animal speech”, or doing this with your advertisements
because I guess the old ones weren't working, seem like child’s play compared to the rest
of the absolute garbage this organization loves to gets themselves into. And yet, despite the fact that everything
I just mentioned is public knowledge, and some of it is common knowledge, they were
still raised $50 million dollars in donations in 2018 alone. PETA’s supporters fall into two categories. There's the people who have no idea that PETA
is doing any of this, and would probably be horrified to see this video. And obviously, we can't really blame those
people. But then there are people who are well aware
of PETA’s activities, and somehow come to the conclusion that it's still a good idea
to support them. Never mind the fact that it takes, you know,
a certain level of economic privilege to make the decision to completely cut out animal
products and animal farming from your life; never mind the fact that there are many other
cultures out there who have completely different relationships with animals then our understanding,
never mind all of that. Everyone in the entire world is wrong, except
people who specifically stick with PETA's worldview. So just follow them and give them money. Okay am I talking about PETA or a cult because--
did I get my scripts mixed up? Oh, no, this is the right one. Some of these people really seem brainwashed. “Thank you Amazing PETA protestors for your
bravery and commitment to the cause!” “Thank you for the support. Join PETA in making a di'"-- oh it’s a link
to their website, okay. This has the same energy as that one clip
from Megamind. That's right, that's right. That's right. I love you Metro Man! And I love you, random citizen! And you can find interactions like this all
over their social media. In conclusion, "Animals are not ours to experiment
on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way. But, euthanizing perfectly healthy animals
for no reason is just fine. Distributing hundreds and hundreds of videos
of suffering animals for the sole purpose of making millions in donation money is also
fine. And giving that money to dangerous people
and de-humanizing everyone who disagrees with us is perfectly fine, because we respect all
animals except human beings." And pitbulls apparently. If you're thinking about cancelling your donation
to PETA, you can just send it to your local animal shelter instead, because with over
80% of PETA employees making between 35 and 50,000 dollars a year, they're probably a
lot more comfortable than the animals in their shelter. Anyway, looks like I’ve gotten ten minutes
of content out of this so leave a like, tell me what you think, and subscribe if you haven’t
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