PETA call to ban animal slurs like "pig" and "rat"

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01 Feb 2021, 1:23 am

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Has anyone asked these animals if they find the words offensive? I asked my cat if he was offended by the phrase "scaredy cat". He didn't say anything but he looked at me kind of funny.

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01 Feb 2021, 1:43 am

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cyberdad wrote:

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Horny old goat.
Etc....

Yes I can see how goats might object to that one :lol:

We raised goats, the bucks are called that for a good reason.
They also smell really bad so we borrowed a buck for our does or the whole property would stink like billy goat.It’s bad.

Do you consume their milk?

I never cared for it, my ex did.It always had a goat taste to it even though I filtered it and chilled it.

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01 Feb 2021, 1:48 am

PETA has been at this kind of thing for at least a couple years;

The internet mocks PETA after it suggests we stop using 'anti-animal' idioms
December 5, 2018

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/internet-moc ... 41424.html

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... On a site that is rife with racist, misogynist, homophobic, ableist, and anti-semitic vitriol and harassment, PETA's tweet didn't entirely get the reaction it was hoping for.

Ira Madison III, host of the Keep It podcast, tweeted that PETA is "conflating their work with the struggles of black people, queer people, and other people of color."

PETA is always conflating their work with the struggles of black people, queer people, and other people of color I’m so glad I just had steak for lunch

— Ira (@ira) December 4, 2018

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01 Feb 2021, 2:27 am

cyberdad wrote:

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PC talk has gone too far. I don't mind being called a rat. I am a rat. :O)

Yes that reminds me of an old WP member whom I was quite fond of, "KIngdom of rats"
Rats are rather tenacious fellows, much like the cunning old fox

Used to think she left over a comment one user name and she took it personal thinking she was being questioned about her disability. But no, there was more to the story than what we saw. Apparently someone harassed her in PMs.

KOR was unfortunately vulnerable to trolls, at the time she was here on this forum WP was awash with some nasty individuals (fortunately all are gone).

Ugh I was also vulnerable to trolls too at one point in my life but they all seemed to have gone away once I grew a thick skin and learned to ignore people. I have only been harassed once in messenger but that dude had mental problems and lot of people had issues with him. He did that to everyone and the thing was if you ignored his messages, he would keep on messaging you interrupting your typing to another buddy and he would act worse and worse if you ignored him. I just kept his chat window open to keep a new window from popping up. Block him, he would message you under a new screen name. He would always create new ones. Probably not the same as what KOR went through. She was a specific target, I wasn't a target for this dude here.

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01 Feb 2021, 3:09 am

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KOR was quite innocent and might have been duped into thinking the troll was her friend. It's the kind of thing some NTs do to get their jollies. Lure some poor person into thinking they are a friend only to turn on them and publicly humiliate them. The person understandably loses trust in other people.

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01 Feb 2021, 3:11 am

Misslizard wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

Horny old goat.
Etc....

Yes I can see how goats might object to that one :lol:

We raised goats, the bucks are called that for a good reason.
They also smell really bad so we borrowed a buck for our does or the whole property would stink like billy goat.It’s bad.

Do you consume their milk?

I never cared for it, my ex did.It always had a goat taste to it even though I filtered it and chilled it.

I surprisingly like goat's cheese with a drizzle of olive oil and chopped zucchini and olives.

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01 Feb 2021, 7:51 am

kitesandtrainsandcats wrote:

The internet mocks PETA after it suggests we stop using 'anti-animal' idioms

Really, they're being no more unreasonable than any other political action lobby. I don't see what the big objection is.

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01 Feb 2021, 1:07 pm

Misslizard wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

Horny old goat.
Etc....

Yes I can see how goats might object to that one :lol:

We raised goats, the bucks are called that for a good reason.
They also smell really bad so we borrowed a buck for our does or the whole property would stink like billy goat.It’s bad.

Do you consume their milk?

I never cared for it, my ex did.It always had a goat taste to it even though I filtered it and chilled it.

Ohmigosh goat milk is the best. It's twice as expensive here, full of nutrients, easier to digest than cow's and it has a lesser pregnant taste than the sheep one. Sheep's is only available in one season of the year, when they give birth. There's also a breed of goat which produce milk of a lighter flavor.
Grandma nursed her little baby back to health by feeding him goat milk, she bought a goat after the doctor suggested it. I think he was ill with TBC.
Oh, except Jackass milk, what's that word... Donkey. It is titled 'the white gold' because it's as expensive and has high antibiotic effects.
There's a lady who has 2 pet goats instead of dogs.

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02 Feb 2021, 6:16 am

^That unfair bird brain is convicting PETA in a...KANGAROO court!! !! !

And making them into a scapegoat!

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02 Feb 2021, 3:15 pm

Rexi wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

Misslizard wrote:

Horny old goat.
Etc....

Yes I can see how goats might object to that one :lol:

We raised goats, the bucks are called that for a good reason.
They also smell really bad so we borrowed a buck for our does or the whole property would stink like billy goat.It’s bad.

Do you consume their milk?

I never cared for it, my ex did.It always had a goat taste to it even though I filtered it and chilled it.

Old folks here always recommended it for sickly children.Also if you are allergic to poison ivy you can become resistant to it by drinking the milk of goats that grazed on it.
They are easy to keep in but you need a really good fence or they will get on the porch and eat the house plants.They are highly intelligent escape artists.

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02 Feb 2021, 5:51 pm

You know, you could get rich putting a male goat on the radio...

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02 Feb 2021, 8:55 pm

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You know, you could get rich putting a male goat on the radio...

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It's funny because I can think of one billy-on-air who is also a horny old goat who bleats ridiculous noises on twitter

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