PETA Is Taking Heat For Asking People To Stop Using Certain Insults
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is taking heat on Twitter following a recent post about using animal names as insults.
The organization called for people to stop using animal names as insults, as they claim it perpetuates "speciesism," which is defined as a "misguided belief that one species is more important than another."
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Calling someone an animal as an insult reinforces the myth that humans are superior to other animals & justified in violating them.
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PETA offered alternative language to some examples of animal name insults, such as "Chicken" and "Sloth."
The tweet received much criticism from those who don't believe using the language is a big deal.
While some agreed with the organization's claim.
Some vegans even asked PETA to ease up.