The PETA Challenge to Al Gore Rolls On

It's not about the lesser of two evils it's about standing up for what you beleive. I am proud of bot Glenn Beck PETA for with all of the differences coming together on an issue thats makes sence to both. I am not a big fan of PETA for some of their methods but I applaud them because they stand up for what they truly believe. If everybody in America did that say what you mean mean what you say we would be a better place.

This is an extraordinarily bad decision by PETA. Gore is one of the few genuine environmental leaders in the country and you are playing right into the rightwing's hands. Reducing meat consumption absolutely is a good idea. But this action is simpleminded opportunism which weakens the movement as a whole.

My hope is that the takeaway message for the majority of people who see the Beck clip regardless of their dietary practices or political leanings will be this If you are at all concerned about global warning you can make a definite difference by cutting back greatly on your consumption and use of animal products and if you have already done that kudos to you!

oh shut up Jennifer...it's not going to harm Al Gore at all to simply push him into a position of untouchable. Just think once he does go vegan...not one damned conservative can trash him. He will be an icon of consistency. BTW Glenn Beck is actually capable of going vegan and has condemned foie gras and veal several times on his radio show. He has also condemned canned hunting. His radio sidekick is vegan and has been slowly bringing Beck away from the 'dark side of the force'.

lindsey said "No one is saying that we love glen beck or give him our support." I disagree. This appears at the very top of this discussion "You can thank Glenn Beck for his story by emailing at meglennbeck.com". If thanking someone is not the definition of support I don't know what is. What's happening here is this You have Person A who has made it his cause to speak out about the detriment of the enviroment due to humancaused climate change but has not EXPLICITLY mentioned vegetarianismveganism in his message. Then you have Person B who supports and cares about NEITHER cause sitting on his duff and slamming Person A calling him a hypocrit for only supporting one cause. And who are some of us thanking? Person B. I find this whole thing more highly hypocritical than Al Gore omitting animal farming from his documentary. Considering that he DID mention the plight of drowning polar bears in "An Inconvenient Truth" I would think my fellow PETA supporters would cut him SOME slack! But no. Let's consider the source and the larger issue of who has contributed more to the greater good of saving the environment which concerns people AND animals and whose only intent is to criticize and find any fault with those who do. If we are going to be that nickpicky and make vegetarianismveganism the deciding issue then PETA is going to have to start denying aid to all carnivorous animals and rescuing only herbivores. Imagine "Sorry cats dogs hawks snakes etc. we can't help you because you kill and eat other animals and we at PETA consider that a conflict of interest." "Sorry Al Gore we at PETA can't get behind you because you don't include vegetarianismvegansim in your environmental message even though the success of your work would mean the survival of thousands if not millions of species. But hey Glenn Beck thanks for invoking us in your story to attack Al even though you don't support anything ELSE we do." I hope I've made my point.