Posted on 03/12/2024 3:57:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is urging the White House to swap chicken eggs for potatoes at their annual Easter Egg Roll this year.
The controversial organization wrote in a letter to First Lady Jill Biden that it wants to “suggest an appealing way to modernize the White House Easter Egg Roll,” which is set for April 1st on the South Lawn. […]
… PETA President Ingrid Newkirk states … a ”potato roll” would not “exploit any sentient beings and would encourage empathy and kindness to animals while supporting potato farmers in the U.S.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at oann.com ...
Well, it’s technically possible the chickens might know the eggs are going missing... but they’d forget about it in about 1.5 seconds, so does that really count?
Eggs are an Easter tradition and make good money for the egg industry. What this demand from PRTA does is peg them as anti-business and, I suspect, Marxists.
The Maoist cultural revolution will leave no stone unturned.
Any dispute, any argument is an opportunity to rule.
An opportunity to gain power.
That is why the Left continuously does this stupid stuff. Leftist groups intrude where they have no business, but they start an argument over something, anything, and the resolution of the argument is an opportunity for them to gain power.
Whether it is the White House Easter Egg roll, joining the Audubon Society to create a dispute over renaming “racist” bird names, blocking some logging road they have no connection to... or whatever,... the object is to create an argument, create a dispute, where they have the opportunity to acquire and exercise power.
By doing this, they create something (political power for them) out of nothing. It’s like magic. Or fractional reserve banking.
It only works because their nonsense is not summarily rejected.
But Of course! Didn’t think about that angle....the beauty of being a leftie continues to evade me... 😉
Excuse me while I go have a sad....
Wouldn’t it be “potatoes for eggs” (’potatoes instead of eggs’)? Who writes these headlines?
The PETA cult is a bunch of deranged people who would kill a baby while petting a puppy.
Does ANYONE actually think they use REAL eggs?
The White House Egg Roll dates back to 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes agreed to open the White House the Monday following Easter to all children who wanted to roll Easter eggs. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan hosted a hunt for wooden eggs that bore the signatures of famous people. Wooden eggs soon became the official White House Egg Roll keepsakes. The wooden eggs are designed to reflect the special theme of each year’s event and are inscribed with the signatures of the president and first lady.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/press-room/press-releases/official-2024-white-house-easter-eggs-now-available
First I would argue whether chickens are sentient and secondly chickens be laying eggs whether they are rolled on the WH lawn or not.
Obviously PETA does, but they are not considered to have the ability to think.
Dems. Really struggled today at grilling Hur
I demand PETA replace all their internal organs with rutabegas
“PETA Demands White House Officials Switch ‘Eggs For Potatoes’ At Annual Easter Egg Event”
that’s crazy talk ... potatoes have feelings too ...
Speaking on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables, this is highly unethical.
These idiots are mental.
Took me about 200 milliseconds to notice something wrong with that headline.
Glad that I'm not alone.
Regards,
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