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nycbos

(6,034 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2020, 04:56 PM Feb 2020

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PETA Quietly Testing 'Coronavirus Is A Living Thing' Ad Spots In Few Small Markets

https://www.theonion.com/peta-quietly-testing-coronavirus-is-a-living-thing-ad-1841885393

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PETA Quietly Testing 'Coronavirus Is A Living Thing' Ad Spots In Few Small Markets (Original Post) nycbos Feb 2020 OP

and it will just go away when it gets warmer or you rake the forest or something. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #1

Clever, as always Zorro Feb 2020 #2

LOL! Thanks! nt LAS14 Feb 2020 #3

Whew, glad that is satire Amishman Feb 2020 #4

That's the point of The Onion no. nycbos Feb 2020 #5

Funny but Johnny2X2X Feb 2020 #6

PETA lost us when they decided to use this campaign: EarthFirst Feb 2020 #7

Yup, PETA is an example of a good group that lost its way Amishman Feb 2020 #8

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. and it will just go away when it gets warmer or you rake the forest or something.

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:02 PM

Feb 2020

Zorro

(15,740 posts)

2. Clever, as always

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:23 PM

Feb 2020

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

3. LOL! Thanks! nt

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:26 PM

Feb 2020

Amishman

(5,557 posts)

4. Whew, glad that is satire

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:33 PM

Feb 2020

Sometimes with PETA I can't be sure

nycbos

(6,034 posts)

5. That's the point of The Onion no.

Reply to Amishman (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:37 PM

Feb 2020

Some of their stuff seems real.

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)

6. Funny but

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:44 PM

Feb 2020

Onion is great, but hate anyone attacking PETA. PETA has done more for animals than any organization in history. The amount of reform they’ve trigged would fill a book 5000 pages thick.

EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)

7. PETA lost us when they decided to use this campaign:

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 05:54 PM

Feb 2020

Amishman

(5,557 posts)

8. Yup, PETA is an example of a good group that lost its way

Reply to EarthFirst (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 07:36 PM

Feb 2020

They aren't who they used to be. I don't appreciate their newfound love of shock value, it ruins their arguments IMO

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