PETA’s Thanksgiving Ad Gets Banned on Purpose
By Ian ForteyLet’s start with some basic truths. First, turkey is the traditional food of Thanksgiving and it is delicious. All birds should be so delicious. Second, no normal person likes or even tacitly approves of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and what they do. Probably most of us support the ethical treatment of animals, so it’s kind of ironic that PETA shoots itself in the foot so much that it pushes otherwise rational, well balanced people who could support their cause away, simply because PETA is run entirely by idiots.
PETA long ago decided sensationalism and controversy were the only ways people would listen to them, as apparently all the other animal based charitable organizations in the world are doing things wrong and are only supported by the weak. PETA felt that, in order to further their agenda they needed to alienate anyone who didn’t 100% agree with their cause through whatever aggressive, tactless means possible, because this would get a reaction. They make their own pretend buzz by being loud, like a child who wants its parents to look at it, so they bang the pots and pans together. It’s not good attention, but there’s so much noise you have to take a second to glance over and shake your head in dismay.
PETA’s new ad for Thanksgiving is some bullshit about a little girl saying grace and listing all the horrible things that happen to the turkey on its way to the table. This is a two fold smack of bullshit as PETA is trying to make it seem like it’s the inhumane treatment they abhor when in fact their agenda is pretty much full on vegan so it’s the consumption of a turkey at all they have an issue with. Plus the fact that the bird needs to be killed somehow and they’re probably not going to approve of any method of animal slaughter any time soon, flying in the face of many thousands of years of human eating habits. But nevermind that.
No, we’re here today to applaud PETA’s pathetic faux-advertising campaigns. They produce campaigns that are purposely inflammatory and then take a stance as the hard-done-by crusaders for good oppressed by the unenlightened. After that dude on a bus in Canada chopped off a fellow passenger’s head and ate part of him, PETA exploited that for a beef industry ad, likening the two events. PETA is retarded. Sure, they get in the news allowing the so-called banned ads to be seen, but they’re seen by people who are reading a story about how PETA is run by idiots. And how their messages are idiotic. And bow, if you supported their cause, you’d be an idiot too.
This holiday season, FunnyCrave invites you to get your turkey from a local farm so you can see first hand how it was raised and shake the hand of the man who killed it. Take a photo with him and send it to PETA. Tell them to blow you. Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:31PM
Why is there no name of the dumb-ass who wrote this
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:47PM
I don't know man. I mean, there is that line right under the title that says "by Ian Fortey." In most cultures that is taken to mean that the two words after "by" are the author's name. But this is the internet, you can't believe everything you read. Once I find out who did write this, you'll be the first to know. I'll also keep an eye out for the question mark that some dastardly bastard has obviously stolen from the end of your sentence.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:51PM
I too hope we find this dumb-ass. This handsome, stunningly intelligent dumb-ass.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:04PM
Just basing my assumption on how the article was written, I bet he has huge biceps and access to the finest of liquers. Probably.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:04PM
Someone have this anonymous man's handsome and stunningly intelligent babies.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:23PM
I think I lost half of my IQ points from reading this ridiculous article.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:58PM
Do they really take the stance of hard-done-by crusaders…? Could it be that they're just too good at tongue-in-cheek humor for you to understand? I mean.. you posted their video. I'm sure PETA would thank you for that, just like ALL the other people who posted the video before their incredibly 'important' article about their original opinion on PETA.
PETA doesn't need you to like them, they just need you to hear them.
As far as opinion goes. I liked the video, a lot. Thanks for posting it!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:28PM
Well, yeah, they do. Otherwise they wouldn't make intentionally inflammatory ads so they could proudly state how they were banned because the mainstream world can't handle their message, or whatever. It's presented as a badge of honor, that they're speaking their minds and the rest of us just can't bear to hear it, when they go out of their way to be sensational. It's not the message people have a problem with, it's the idiotic way it's delivered.
PETA is not good at tongue in cheek humor. PETA is weak ass and is more spite than humor. The aforementioned beef industry ad after that dude was decapitated is evidence of that. They're completely devoid of tact or common sense and their agenda is so extreme that any meritorious aspect of what they could be doing is lost int he shuffle of extreme insanity from the hardcore nutjobs.
The fact is any organization that realizes they have a massive public backlash and chooses to fuel that rather than fix the damage they cause is clearly run by assholes.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:24PM
Careful, gotta preserve those last few.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:38AM
Monty Python was good at tongue-in-cheek humour. PETA is not.
Besides, it's painfully obvious they make adverts that will purposefully get banned so that they can subsquently make a fuss about how their adverts got banned. That's all PETA is good for, really. Making noise, one way or another.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:13PM
Never mind that everything in the ad is true.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2:45PM
what ignorant coward wrote the crap … Sarah Palin's ghost writer /
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:46PM
Wait a minute…taking a dig at Sarah Palin and supporting PETA? Shit, you're a hippie aren't you? I knew it. I'd answer your post but the patchouli smoke is burning my eyes and I can't focus.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:29PM
Mmm, tortured Turkey
Wait I don't get it, is PETA selling tortured Turkey? Is there a number I can call? How long have they been pro Tor-Turk. Will Pam Anderson deliver? Doesn't this contradict their stance on Animal liberation and the abolishment of domesticated animals as pets? Does it come with cranberry sauce, I can never find any when I need it?
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 8:23PM
You missed the point. I'm not saying they don't make these advertisements just to have them banned. I am also not saying that they don't come out and say 'oh man, we got banned'. What I am questioning is whether you understand the fact that they are not upset, they are grinning because they get to bring attention to the real message with their antics that get in the news.
The fact of the matter is they have made no secret of it. They want to be in the news constantly, and this is what you have to do to be there. Plenty of people who are animal rights supporters, and maybe even hate PETA have expressed that the reason they know about the torture we put animals through because of PETA's 'crazy' shit.
They get new members every day, and they get plugged every day by people like you who 'just can't stand it!' and then post their video. It's pretty awesome, actually. It's brilliant marketing… actually.
but I guess that's why their marketing department has won a ton of awards lately. More ad placement with no money spent..? Duh.
Anyway, I'm sure you'll understand some day.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:45PM
Actually, yeah, nevermind that. It kinda wasn't the point. See how I don't talk about that? Now you're on the trolley.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:12PM
Hmm. No, I think I'm right. Have you ever seen PETA rallies? Protests? Yeah, these are an angry lot. They wallow in it. I know it's on purpose, that's in the title of the damn post. I'm well aware it was their plan all along, I'm pointing out they're stupid for doing it. Marketing 101 stuff here.
Peta's a non profit,, supposedly, so they don't spend a lot on marketing. That has translated into the laziest ass of a marketing team ever who rely solely on shock marketing which, from a professional standpoint, is just poor planning. They alienate all but the most extreme or the most ignorant of people with the way they run their business.
I think maybe you've missed the point of the post and probably the site here in general. There's very little I or anyone else on this site "can't stand." We're vastly agendaless if you read everything. We make fun of shit that's stupid, that's all we do. Right, left, american, foreign, liberal, conservative, you just need to be dumb.
If I post their video and they get more supporters, doesn't change my life at all. Maybe some dog will get saved from the pound now. Or maybe some idiot will protest a turkey farm and try to stuff a yam for Thanksgiving, whatever.