Sorry if this is offensive...

[tanukisuit]

In my opinoon, PETA needs to come up with better campaigns or stop doing a few of them... Having billboards and whatnot of supermodels selling veganism and vegetarianism is just ignoring/promoting a whole other social problem. What do you think?

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[ex_ifonlyton437]

It's what PETA does best - shock tactics.
I believe these adverts are soon to be banned in the UK, seeing as all sexist adverts [ie half-naked Calvin Klein men and such] are to be banned.

[noaccident]

*le sigh*

[izzerwurst]

Fuck beauty standards, fuck objectification, fuck playboy, and fuck peta.

[tariecloth]

I really hope they realize the irony.

No, I don't, because they're even more stupid that way.

Objectifying and insulting humans, to save the lives of animals. ANIMALS! I think the priority list needs to be re-evaluated.

[misstyzek]

Objectifying and insulting humans, to save the lives of animals. ANIMALS! I think the priority list needs to be re-evaluated.

ummm...is that sarcasm?

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[tariecloth]

Read my comment to the anonymous post, i think that explains it better

an honest contention concerning

[ne_buddy]

Of course, I concede that promoting a particular body type as an ideal is problematic for many people -- mostly people without the courage to believe in their own beauty regardless of their non-normative appearance. However, unlike marketers of make-up, clothes, cars, etc., Peta isn't selling or profiting from using supermodels and not so super models by depicting them in the above ads -- they are promoting behavior changes that might very well improve the lives or stimulate the thoughts of their potentional audience members. The problems I have with most advertisements are the false notions that (1) beauty is singular, (2) beauty can be bought, (3) that the models depicted in ads are to be valued solely for their beauty & their possession of the advertised product (a notion which can be embraced only by those folks whose negative valuation of others on the basis of unattractive appearance and limited possessions necessarily preceeds their experience of the ad). As for dehumanizing portrayals, or making people seem like animals, I'm

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[tanukisuit]

I agree with you for the most part...
However.. when a human is dehumanized and brought down to the level of an animal, it sends out a subliminal messasge that the person is NOT human and therefore it is okay to treat them as such. It is easier to kill and beat that which is not human.
(yes, I know it is also wrong to kill and beat animals as well, but why encourage the dehumanizing of people?)

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[kakaka]

...when a human is dehumanized and brought down to the level of an animal...

You do realize what is HORRIBLY HORRIBLY WRONG with that statement, right?

Re: an honest contention concerning

[tanukisuit]

Yes I do, did you not see the disclaimer?