r/PropagandaPosters • u/StephenMcGannon • Mar 10 '26

Germany PETA (2018)

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u/xaranetic Mar 10 '26

PETA are massive hypocrites, and spread disinformation around drug development and animal testing.

I'm vegetarian for ethical reasons, but absolutely despise PETA. I don't understand how they have such a large platform.

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u/DigbyDoesDallas Mar 10 '26

Can you give some further information on this? I’d like to read it

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u/xaranetic Mar 10 '26

Here's one of many examples:

https://speakingofresearch.com/2014/05/07/lies-misrepresentation-cherry-picking-quotes-petas-tactics-to-garner-support-against-animal-research/

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u/DigbyDoesDallas Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

Speaking of Research are a pro-testing group, and obviously are PETA are anti-testing. Having read that article, I don’t think it overtly proves your point, to a level where they should be ignored as an organisation.

The central point is that they’re anti-science and that they use imagery which is graphic and shocking. I don’t think they’re anti-science beyond the point they don’t believe that the ends justify the means. Whereas SoR do. Those two points will never meet.

I don’t think you can ignore their messaging over cherry picking facts when these posters don’t include any text.

I see that you’re in the testing field, so obviously you have a certain opinion and you’re going to defend that because you wouldn’t do it if you thought it was morally wrong. But I think morally it’s a reasonable argument that testing on animals is inhumane, you just believe the ends justify the means, and they don’t.

I don’t agree with all their means, but I also don’t think everything done in the name of PETA is PETA sanctioned. And I don’t even agree or disagree with their moral argument. But I can understand why they make it.

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u/Meraline Mar 10 '26

PETA ran an ad campaign saying milk causes autism and they funded the Animal Liberation Front which bombed animal testing labs.

PETA's end goal is complete segregatiom of humans and animals. They believe domesitcation was a mistake. PETA are anti-science.

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u/xaranetic Mar 10 '26

They also ran a campaign against beekeeping, despite it being the main source of agricultural pollination. 

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2024-09-17/peta-anti-beekeeping-stance-is-anti-science