PETA Unveils List Of Animal-Friendly Idioms To Avoid Speciesism

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Dec 5, 2018 2:00 PM EST

PETA has a gift for getting attention. Now, if it's a matter of whether or not that attention is in a positive light...that's where things get more interesting. In this case, PETA's taken upon themselves to champion the cause for fighting against the aptly and outlandishly named, "speciesism." No more bringing home the bacon and grabbing that poor 'ol damn bull by the horns, you go-getters, you. At least that's what PETA's saying, and this is clearly meant to be taken with the utmost seriousness. 

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    Text - PETA РЕТА Follow @peta Words matter, and as our understanding of social justice evolves, our language evolves along with it. Here's how to remove speciesism from your daily conversations. Stop Using Anti-Animal Language Instead of: Say: "Kill two birds with one "Feed two birds with stone." one scone." "Be the guinea pig." "Be the test tu be." "Beat a dead horse." "Feed a fed horse." "Bring home the bagels." "Bring home the bacon." "Take the bull by the "Take the flower by the thorns." hor
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    Text - t291 207 PETA PETA @peta 3h Just as it became unacceptable to use racist, homophobic, or ableist language, phrases that trivialize cruelty to animals will vanish as more people begin to appreciate animals for who they are and start 'bringing home the bagels' instead of the bacon
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    Text - fully festive gay space instrumentality t= 6 @hellsiteblues54m what
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    Text - 22 51 274 Phil Hughes @PJHughes45 21m Wouldn't feeding a fed horse be more detrimental to the animal than beating an already deceased one?
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    Text - ti lan McLaren @iancmclaren 23m Why would anyone grab a flower by its thorns?!?!
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    Text - t9 Peter Cook @_Peter_Cook 52m So what you're saying is...there's more than one way to skin a cat?
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    White - ti 1 14 Andrew R @ExcelPope 49m What a load of fallen leaves.
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    Text - Jeff Roberts @jeffjohnroberts 37m Whatever you think of PETA, this is really clever h/t @xor
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    Text - t 7 95 julia reinstein @juliareinstein 54m "feed two birds with one scone" has broken my brain i'm going to die laughing
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    Text - 25 j.r. hennessy @jrhennessy 30m Replying to @JerkVening @peta "bring home the bagels" has potential
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    Text - t3 21 Catherine Silverman @catmsilverman31m BRING HOME THE BAGELS BRING HOME THE BAGELS
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    White - Jesse Hawken @jessehawken 22m Curiosity thrilled the cat!
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    Text - ti 3 13 Vince Coglianese @TheDCVince 58m Don't put all your kale in one strainer.
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    Text - t 4 11 MarcyJMiller @MarcyJMiller 56m I can think of no better way to describe this tweet than to say PETA has jumped the shark.
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    Text - rar Kris Sims @kris_sims 31m Never change, PETA. You know very well how to get attention.
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