Unlikely Allies -- Glenn Beck Sides With PETA on Al Gore
by Karin Bennett
Fox News host Glenn Beck may not be ready to sign PETA's "Pledge to Be Veg" just yet, but that didn't stop him from dishing up some choice words about Al Gore's continued, convenient omission of any mention of the meat industry's devastating impact on the environment.
"… I am siding with PETA on this one—once again asking Al Gore, 'If you really want to save the planet, put down the cheeseburgers and pick up the veggie burgers. Time for soy milk and Tofurky.' … I've said before I disagree with PETA, but I respect them because they are not hypocrites: They say what they mean and mean what they say. I just disagree with what they say—except when it calls for Al Gore to eat tofu."
Makes me wanna send Mr. Beck some vegan chocolate kisses.
Folks, trying to clean up the environment without going vegan is like trying to mask the smell of rotting garbage by hanging 100 fragrance trees from the ceiling. It doesn't work. The only way to get rid of the stink and cruelty to animals is to change what you put on your plate.
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PETA can be strident, no doubt, and even tho' I am a member and highly value their undercover operations, I find some of their positions tiresome and frankly, unrealistic.
I am neither vegan or vegetarian , tho' our diet is about 98% vegan, calorically speaking. I'm impure by PETA's lights, and that's OK.
I have found that over the past five years that I no longer have a taste for most meat or animal derived products...it's what happens when people start to eat real food again.
However, the consumer will get what the consumer demands, and as long as most Americans demand QUANITY done CHEAP that's the way it will be--one way or the other, we will all pay for those choices.
More toxic spills, more animal borne diseases are the only "hope", which is a pretty dark view, but it's what I've come to believe.
I hate to agree with Beck on anything, but Gore avoiding the subject of factory farms, particularly since he knows as well as anyone they are the single largest contributer to climate change worldwide, is pathetic, particularly in light of the recent toxic factory farm spill in his own state.
PETA teams up with Glen Beck to chastise Al Gore?
First of all, until PETA can explain how an animal that spent a million (give or take) years evolving around a diet of hunted animals and foraged fruit can achieve a sustainable diet without the meat , scientifically, they should just stick to protecting animals that don't exist purely by virture of domestication.
Second, Beck is the kiss of death for any reasonable argument, and redundant for unreasonable ones. I saw this bit, and he hardly was arguing for PETA's cause. In fact, its really hard to get any points out of it. It would be funny if it was not so sad.
Third, if we solved our ecological issues in a way that allowed for sustainable meat food industry , would environmentalists no longer get support from PETA?
Strange priorities...
It's a good point, but it would be a great deal more meaningful if Beck would embrace at least vegetarianism (if not veganism). As it is, it's a lot like pointing out the mote in your brother's eye when you've got a beam in your own.
poor peta if that is all they can get to side with them..