Free stickers from PETA

[luinecu]

PETA is giving away free "Fake for the animal's sake" stickers.

http://www.peta2.com/WhoseSkin/free_stickers.asp

Yeah.. not a fan of PETA, but I'll take their free stickers :P

Comments

[moonlitdorian]

Only you'd be promoting PETA if you used the stickers.

[luinecu]

I'm aware of that. But I'd also be educating on the brutality of wearing animal skins, and it would act as a potential conversation starter to bring up animal rights issues with people.

It's the message that sticks with people, not necessarily the brand.

[moonlitdorian]

I think I was unclear. It's true that people probably won't remember where the sticker was from. But I think that anyone who can see the problems with PETA should be unwilling to use and promote their campaigns. I think the process by which one promotes animals rights is an important as the results, and PETA is not an acceptable process.

However, my approach is informed by a specific background, and other good, ethical people could come to a different conclusion. So.

[owlsie]

i think quite a few people might dismiss such a message based purely on the fact that it has a PETA logo on it. Which is an illogical reason to dismiss something, but PETA's reputation is that bad, it's not surprising.

You can make your own stickers very cheaply, i do! http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Stickers/

[dvdsky81]

That's the first thing I thought actually. Great message-bad messenger. Even as a veg. myself, when I see such things I think "YEA!!!!" and then see PETA and the bottom and immediately think "STFU". And it totally kills the happiness of finding a likeminded person-even if the person is actually super cool and just, also, digs the message(like the op). It just kinda makes you think "Yeaaaaah....no." I fucking hate PETA for doing that to the movement. For making others that share the same goals hate the idea of activism because they have tainted it so fucking much with their bad behavior. People are terrified of being lumped into their catagory and even HIDE the fact they are veg. for fear of being sterotyped as "one of those people". I believe PETA's crazy tendency's are exactly why so many people have stereotyped us as being flaky, nutjobs.

[kirbyish]

Honestly, I've found that people are more interested in hearing about AR if PETA isn't mentioned, and especially if I mention that I dislike them.