Posted on 12/20/2018 4:36:04 PM PST by EdnaMode
According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Popeyes is responsible for the slaughter of millions of chicken each year. PETA took aim at the popular food chain after they released an “Emotional Support Chicken” Tuesday to “provide a good-hearted laugh most need to get through stressful holiday air travel.”
Travelers at Philadelphia International Airport can purchase their meal with the special “Emotional Support Chicken” carrier in Terminal C.
“We know holiday travel can be frustrating, and there’s no better way to ease stress than with a box of delicious Popeyes fried chicken and a good laugh,” said Hope Diaz, CMO of Popeyes. “We appreciate how comforting emotional support animals are and wanted to create our own version. The good news is that our emotional support chicken is permitted to fly without any restrictions – one less worry for busy travelers!”
But PETA isn’t laughing.
“#Popeyes is selling boxes of dead ’emotional support chickens’ for the holidays, proving they’re not above mocking mental illness AND animals who died gruesome deaths. This is what the box would look like if it told the truth about what goes into their food,” the organization tweeted on Wednesday.
PETA ✔
@peta
#Popeyes is selling boxes of dead “emotional support chickens” for the holidays, proving they’re not above mocking mental illness AND animals who died gruesome deaths. This is what the box would look like if it told the truth about what goes into their food 😡 @PopeyesChicken
PETA is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 6.5 million members and supporters.
I read this to my wife, and she suggested that we buy a couple of dead support chicken lunches tomorrow.
I know I feel a lot better after a box of Popeye’s emotional support chicken.
That’s a great idea.
They’re not mocking mental illness - they’re mocking what passes for “therapeutic” these days......
Christmas Eve, I’m gonna have me a plate of Dead Emotional Support Lobsters and a Dead Emotional Support Filet of Angus...
Yeah exactly.
P.E.T.A. is a bunch of sophomore-level ‘wits’ bouncing ideas on how to get the maximum publicity by espousing outrageous claims. We succumb to them every time we repeat their latest stupidity. PLEASE STOP GIVING THEM this publicity. That will eventually close them out.
Mmm, mmm! I think I know what I’m getting for dinner tomorrow :)
Popeyes’ Chicken,,,
I turned my Back on KFC
for Popeyes!
.oh that’s good Chicken!
It’s so tasty too!!
Not for anything, but if you bring their spicy chicken and hot sauce on a crowded plane, some people might find the aroma a bit much. I wouldn’t (spent college on Harold’s Fried Chicken, a grown-up’s version of Popeye’s) but others would.
Yep, with some red beans and rice.
I don’t get there too often these days.
Great, tagged PETA and Snowflakes in one shot.
People Eating Tasty Animals
ROFL!!!!!!
HAHA! What an insensitive thing to do! LOL!
I like to name my chickens before I eat them.
You’re saying that buying
Popeyes’ is a Bad Thing?
.
It’s Go Time!
Are You a “Chicken Nazi?”
Maybe You’re Meds,
Perhaps ‘Roids are acting up?
You’ve Just Opened up a can of
“Whoopass!”
A world of Pain is coming Your way.
.
.
Sorry Friend,
It’s been Building
Up all day and
I’m Sorry I took it
out on you.
I apologize,
Are we Friends Again?
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