More evidence that folks who believe in animal rights are a bunch of nutjobs.

Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

But their views are the rights ones!

Activists: What useless people become in order to feel special.

Animal Rights activists - The most obvious group of terrorists wandering the streets freely you will ever encounter. The only ones that aren't are so mentally unstable and in touch with their "fluffy" side, they might as well be used for shampoo testing anyway.

/Cranks or Crooks, take your pick - no exceptions.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive Corporations and other conservative groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence actual violence to force their views upon the rest of society. 

FTFY

So someone got a taste of there own medicine and didn't much care for it.
Tiny violin please.

I have a theory about what I call "do-gooder groups." All of them, from the local animal shelter to the PTA to organized religion.

They attract crazy, narcissistic people. Any good that might come out of them is destroyed by all the people who only join them for a power trip. It's too bad, really. And the reason I never join any of them. Let society decay around me. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hanging around with a bunch of nuts ever again.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

Like churches, right? Well-known for their progressive views.

Friend of the Devil: smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive Corporations and other conservative groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence actual violence to force their views upon the rest of society. 

FTFY

Yes, because I am forced at gunpoint into buying Big Macs every day.

People are animals. If you think animals should be treated well, you shouldn't discriminate against humans.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

IT'S ONLY THE OTHER SIDE THAT DOES THAT. NOT MY SIDE.

"As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?"

What frightens me are the people who decry animal research in favor "real" research, like one of the commenters at the link. Without animal research there would be no new medicine. Sorry. That's the price of civilization.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

So "progressive" is the new term for "black"?

Sentence her to 30 days in a dog pound.

hstein3: What frightens me are the people who decry animal research in favor "real" research, like one of the commenters at the link. Without animal research there would be no new medicine. Sorry. That's the price of civilization.

lots of THIS^^^

I never see these people volunteering for clinical trials... too busy making posters likening cages full of lab rats to the concentration camps I guess.

cryinoutloud: I have a theory about what I call "do-gooder groups." All of them, from the local animal shelter to the PTA to organized religion.

They attract crazy, narcissistic people. Any good that might come out of them is destroyed by all the people who only join them for a power trip. It's too bad, really. And the reason I never join any of them. Let society decay around me. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hanging around with a bunch of nuts ever again.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

Like churches, right? Well-known for their progressive views.

You seem to have a huge narcissistic streak going right through you, buddy. You've stated the reason you don't join any groups is that you feel superior to them...how crazy and narcissistic is THAT?!

See, that's the thing about narcissism...the narcissistic are the last people who believe they are...narcissistic.

My first thought: 

Hey, how come I can't post my clever cat meme that I just took a lot of time and effort to make?

I bet it is because I'm not vegan isn't it, amirite?

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

Sort of like the freepers who are issuing a call to arms and outright revolution if the President is re-elected?

stuffy: So someone got a taste of there own medicine and didn't much care for it.
Tiny violin please.

more like tiny vicodin. mmm sleepy and confused feeling

Sure they're nuts. But scratch the surface of that guy Dario in the comments and I'll bet you find some issues as well. He's pretty aggressively angry

DaCaptain19: You seem to have a huge narcissistic streak going right through you, buddy. You've stated the reason you don't join any groups is that you feel superior to them...how crazy and narcissistic is THAT?!

I don't join them because I don't like being surrounded by people with big egos. If my ego somehow needed fortifying, I'd be all over that. Nowhere did I say that I think I'm "better than them." I'm just not like that.

You seem to have a lot invested in putting me down, some random person on the internet, to the point where you'd misrepresent my words to support your own agenda. Hmmm. So how many do-gooder groups do you belong to?

Peace activist and animal rights groups are very violent people. I don't see anything ironic about this story at all.

DaCaptain19: cryinoutloud: I have a theory about what I call "do-gooder groups." All of them, from the local animal shelter to the PTA to organized religion.

They attract crazy, narcissistic people. Any good that might come out of them is destroyed by all the people who only join them for a power trip. It's too bad, really. And the reason I never join any of them. Let society decay around me. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hanging around with a bunch of nuts ever again.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

Like churches, right? Well-known for their progressive views.

You seem to have a huge narcissistic streak going right through you, buddy. You've stated the reason you don't join any groups is that you feel superior to them...how crazy and narcissistic is THAT?!

See, that's the thing about narcissism...the narcissistic are the last people who believe they are...narcissistic.

You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you.

Don't put your dick in vegan crazy?

JohnAnnArbor: The_Original_Roxtar: hstein3: What frightens me are the people who decry animal research in favor "real" research, like one of the commenters at the link. Without animal research there would be no new medicine. Sorry. That's the price of civilization.

lots of THIS^^^

I never see these people volunteering for clinical trials... too busy making posters likening cages full of lab rats to the concentration camps I guess.

They should either volunteer for medical/clinical/pharmacological trials of new medicines/procedures that have never been tested before, or wear one of those medical alert bracelets that says "I refuse all medical care since it was all tested on animals first."

I've ignored animal rights activists since the early 80s, when I'd routinely see them waving signs protesting animal testing...while wearing 10 lbs of makeup, their hair dyed colors unknown to man and wearing more leather than a herd of buffalo. And it only got worse when I learned that the vice-president of PETA is an insulin-dependent diabetic who uses bovine-based insulin because she can't use synthetic. You know what, pro-animal people? F*ck you. You're either hypocrites or you're stupid, and I've no use for either.

JohnAnnArbor: The_Original_Roxtar: hstein3: What frightens me are the people who decry animal research in favor "real" research, like one of the commenters at the link. Without animal research there would be no new medicine. Sorry. That's the price of civilization.

lots of THIS^^^

I never see these people volunteering for clinical trials... too busy making posters likening cages full of lab rats to the concentration camps I guess.

They should either volunteer for medical/clinical/pharmacological trials of new medicines/procedures that have never been tested before, or wear one of those medical alert bracelets that says "I refuse all medical care since it was all tested on animals first."

Very hard to do. I used to do it all the time, until laws (both federal and state) banned women in their reproductive years from participating. Now, it's even hard for men in jail or death row to participate (there's actually a prisoner's lobby here to try and change that).

Operating on conscious monkeys to understand consciousness is sick. The blinded cat fetus experiment is sick. There are humans blind from birth who willingly join studies - study them. If their parents are a little reluctant to let them be studied from birth, so be it.

hstein3: What frightens me are the people who decry animal research in favor "real" research, like one of the commenters at the link. Without animal research there would be no new medicine. Sorry. That's the price of civilization.

We're civilized enough. Could stand to regress a little.

And yes, lots and lots of research goes on without using non-human animals, thankfully. You just don't know much about the subject.

MrEricSir: People are animals. If you think animals should be treated well, you shouldn't discriminate against humans.

I don't like all animals equally. Imposing equity or equality above rationality doesn't work as an ethical system for me.

foxyshadis: DaCaptain19: cryinoutloud: I have a theory about what I call "do-gooder groups." All of them, from the local animal shelter to the PTA to organized religion.

They attract crazy, narcissistic people. Any good that might come out of them is destroyed by all the people who only join them for a power trip. It's too bad, really. And the reason I never join any of them. Let society decay around me. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hanging around with a bunch of nuts ever again.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

Like churches, right? Well-known for their progressive views.

You seem to have a huge narcissistic streak going right through you, buddy. You've stated the reason you don't join any groups is that you feel superior to them...how crazy and narcissistic is THAT?!

See, that's the thing about narcissism...the narcissistic are the last people who believe they are...narcissistic.

You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you.

I would take your words to heart, but since you only exist because my brain says you do, well................................say hello to nothingness.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: hstein3: What frightens me are the people who decry animal research in favor "real" research, like one of the commenters at the link. Without animal research there would be no new medicine. Sorry. That's the price of civilization.

We're civilized enough. Could stand to regress a little.

And yes, lots and lots of research goes on without using non-human animals, thankfully. You just don't know much about the subject.

There is no system for evaluating the efficacy of a new drug or vaccine that doesn't involve animal experimentation, not without severe gaps in knowledge. Predictive software just isn't there yet, and cell-based systems never tell the full story. You want to try a new drug in a human without animal trials first?

cryinoutloud: I have a theory about what I call "do-gooder groups." All of them, from the local animal shelter to the PTA to organized religion.

They attract crazy, narcissistic people. Any good that might come out of them is destroyed by all the people who only join them for a power trip. It's too bad, really. And the reason I never join any of them. Let society decay around me. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hanging around with a bunch of nuts ever again.

smitty04: Animal activists and other members of Progressive groups feel they are entitled to the use of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence to force their views upon the rest of society.

Like churches, right? Well-known for their progressive views.

There are a few progressive churches out there that preform gay weddings help the poor ETC, No one is perfect that's what people want and that will never happen.

FTFA:
"he feared Marino could pose a physical threat to others. "I now fear that person will not be a medical researcher/vivisector she loathes so intensely, but rather me," [italics in the original]

So you had no problem with her being a violent whackbat as long as she was pointed in the direction of medical researchers (i.e., the people who actually benefit society), but now that she's aimed at you you're demanding protection. Boo farking hoo.

In other news, individuals that demonstrate extremism in a particular domain may exhibit similar extremist behaviors in other domains, as well.