: : I think PETA would better promote their beliefs if they weren't so extreme. I believe their views on having pets are extreme and they're grasping when they state that Jesus didn't eat meat and try to use scripture to back it up. Of course if I try to use scripture to back up a conservative viewpoint I would be considered a hopeless bible thumper.: PETA aren't extremists by any means; they're reformists. Of course, I don't personally agree with trying to justify behaviour using the Bible, since there are many solid scientific arguments you could use without resorting to mumbo-jumbo.
: : They're just another liberal group who have no tolerance for the differing viewpoint.
: Liberal (Lib-e-ral) adj. & n. 1 given freely, ample, abundant. 2 (often foll. by of) giving freely; generous, not sparing. 3 open-minded, not prejudiced. 4...
: (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of current English, ninth edition (printed 1995), ed. D. Thompson, printed by the Oxford University Press (OUP))
: Would you like to tell me why you equate the word "liberal" with intolerance when, by definition, it means the opposite?
: T. Roll
In the political arena it doesn't always mean the opposite and you know this. Why wouldn't the Democratic National Convention let a pro-life Democratic governor speak at its convention a few years ago? Because the liberal agenda demands a certain set of beliefs.
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McSpotlight: As does *any* mainstream political party, surely; it's called a "party line"...
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