Post by Jodi on Nov 2, 2005 16:12:47 GMT -5
September 18, 2005
The NRA Declares War on PeTA
It looks like the NRA has just declared war on PeTA:
Mr. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's Executive Vice-President, has accepted an
invitation to debate PeTA's Andrew Butler on TV, the evening of October
18th.
In a lengthy letter sent to North Carolina NRA members, which I've
transcribed below, Mr. LaPierre makes clear his reasons for doing so.
Clearly intended to rally the troops, Mr. LaPierre makes it clear that he
views PETA as a major "terrorist support group," one that threatens our way
of life.
I find several things interesting about the letter: first, he's done his
homework - and his take on PeTA is very much my own, and judging by the
revelations they've made about PeTA, that of the people at the Center for
Consumer Freedom as well.
In short, Mr. LaPierre is going on the attack, and from the sounds of
things, he's going well armed.
Second, while Mr. LaPierre certainly emphasizes issues that are directly of
interest to his constituency, viz., PeTA's threat to hunting and fishing,
his letter goes far beyond championing those activities: he views as threats
Animal Rights attacks on medical research; he is alarmed about PeTA's
successful efforts to recruit kids to the AR cause by infiltrating schools
and through their (PeTA's) websites and printed materials; he is concerned
about PeTA's assaults on the food industry; he notes PeTA's hypocrisy at
killing of animals in their shelter; he points to the arrests of two PeTA
employees for illegally killing and dumping animals in dumpsters; and he
stresses, particularly, PeTA's financial support of ALF and ELF.
Third, Mr. LaPierre notes that most people don't have a clue about what
PeTA's agenda is. And he's right - how many people know of PeTA's financial
connections to ALF and ELF?
Fourth, Mr. LaPierre wants the debate widely publicized, and he wants the
results of the debate (audio and video recordings will be available) and
transcripts (I believe) to be as widely distributed as possible.
Finally, Mr. LaPierre calls for contributions to help support the
dissemination of the debate results. I'm sure the NRA really wants all the
dough it can get, but what interests me is that the actual request is tucked
in, almost as an after-thought, at the end of the letter.
The following is a transcription of the letter - take the time to read it
and see if you don't agree that Mr. LaPierre seems to have a pretty good
grasp on things:
FBI Statements of Congressional hearings in May of 2005 make it clear
that a major terrorist support network is now actively operating in your
home state of North Carolina.
And some of your neighbors are probably contributors or even members.
This group provides major financial aid to arsonists and fire bombers.
They massacre thousands of dogs and cats each year. They conduct
psychological warfare against your values by providing hate literature to
schoolchildren. They have recruited 235,000 classroom teachers across
America to their cause. And they have left no doubt in my mind that they
will do whatever it takes to ban your hunting forever.
I have been warned not to stand in the direct path of these fanatics --
because I could become a target of their hate.
And I have been warned by a representative of a major U.S. corporation
that those who oppose this terrorist network are routinely stalked,
harassed, and intimidated.
But I believe in my heart that someone needs to draw a line in the sand.
Someone needs to break the silence. And because you've invested your trust
in me to lead the NRA and lead our cause, I believe this is a fight I can't
walk away from.
That's why I have accepted a television offer to debate one of the leaders
of this organization -- Andrew Butler -- in a nationally-televised broadcast
on October 18, 2005.
I need you to watch this debate. I need you to tell your friends about
it. Because the group I'm talking about -- whose spokesman I will debate --
has an admitted track record of supporting a movement now considered by the
FBI to be the #1 domestic terrorism threat to you, your family and your
safety.
I'm not talking about Al Qaeda. I'm not talking about Hamas or Hezbollah.
The group I'm talking about is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) -- which, along with two groups they support, the Earth Liberation
Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are the most fanatical and
most extremist anti-hunting organizations in the world.
Right now, most Americans -- including gun owners, hunters and even NRA
members -- have no idea what PETA really stands for or what they really do.
Some of your own neighbors could be among those who are sending nearly $30
million a year in tax-deductable contributions to PETA -- duped by slick ads
claiming that their money will help ind homes for stray dogs and cats.
But most are unaware that their money also helps to provide legal defense
funds for extremists who use harassment, intimidation, and even terrorist
tactics to achieve their aims.
But the more I've learned about PETA since accepting this invitation to
debate, the more strongly I believe that the American People need to know
the real truth about the growing "animal rights" movement.
And the more I believe that NRA members and hunters must step out and
become the front-line defenders against PETA -- the biggest, richest and
most powerful organization backing and supporting the "animal rights"
terrorist movement across American and around the world.
You and I need to lay bare PETA's outrageous record of hypocrisy, zealotry
and disregard of human life for all the world to see. If children must die
so that mosquitoes or lab rats can live, that's justifiable in their eyes.
Your neighbors and their nearly one million supporters of PETA need to
know that when they send their contributions, they're supporting "animal
rights" terrorists. Indoctrinating kids to hate. Shutting down medical
research. And slaughtering animals that PETA pretends to protect.
They've provided cash assistance and legal defense funds to memebers of
the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) --
organizations that are part of an eco-terrorist network that the FBI says is
America's "most serious domestic terrorism threat."
And just as Saddam Hussein once provided $25,000 cash to the families of
suicide bombers, PETA provided a similar amount to the family of Rodney
Coronado -- who was convicted of a multi-million dollar firebombing at
Michigan State University.
And they're packaging their madness and pitching it to our kids, too.
One of PETA's newest campaigns, "Your Mommy Kills Animals," is targeting
children in 20 states across the nation with a "comic book" featuring a
blood-spattered woman killing and mutilating a live rabbit -- a
psychological warfare campaign aimed at converting the next generation of
Americans to the "animal rights" cause.
Their website teaches kids how to be "animal Rights rebels," how to
ridicule kids who drink milk, and how to boycott classes.
And even PETA's so-called "animal shelters" have now become killing fields
for dogs and cats.
Between 2000 and 2004, PETA slaughtered over 10,000 dogs and cats at one
Norfolk, Virginia "shelter" alone. For the past three yeas, this "shelter"
has slaughtered more than 85% of the animals it has taken in.
In fact, two PETA employees in North Carolina were recently indicted for
dumping 18 dead dogs and cats into a dumpster -- and authorities found 13
more dead dogs and cats in their van.
Yet, the "animal rights" and "eco-terrorism" movements have no more regard
for human lives than they have for dogs and cats.
In report after report, scientists and doctors who were working on
breakthrough medical research -- cures for cancer, Alzheimer's disease,
cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and other human sufferings -- have left
their research after receiving letters containing death threats and
poison-laced razor blades, and threats to their children.
I think the above paragraph might be something of an exaggeration - at
least, I'm unfamiliar with the evidence that might support the notion that
"report after report" show scientists leaving their research due to threats.
But there is no question that death threats and threats to families form an
important arrow in the animal rights quiver.
And there's no doubt in my mind that it's only just a matter of time
before they start escalating their tactics against hunters in the field.
Would it look like an accident? Would it look like a fall from a tree
stand? Mark my words. There's a lot of things that can happen in the woods,
where nobody knows the truth but the trees.
And "animal rights" fanatics have already made it crystal clear where they
stand when it comes to hunters.
PETA compares hunters to the KKK and Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial
killer who ate his victims -- and claims that hunters are no different than
"Nazi doctors and slave traders."
You need to know the facts as well as what I believe about PETA and
their fellow "animal rights" extremists. Your fellow gun owners and hunters
across America need to know the facts. And your neighbors and friends need
to understand what really happens to theeir money when they send a
contribution to PETA.
It's abut time that somebody had the courage to stand up to these
fanatics. They are a threat to our values. They are a threat to our
children. They are a threat to our way of life. And you and I need to stand
up together and draw the line against PETA's war on our values and our
future.
That's exactly why -- despite the warning I've received -- I decided to
break silence and debate PETA spokesman Andrew Butler on October 18th.
And I hope I can count on your strong personal support for my decision.
First, I hope you'll be sure to watch this debate, premiering October 18th
at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on InDemand Pay-Per-View. Invite your friends to
join you. And invite them whether or not they hunt, or own guns - - because
your neighbors will be shocked when they find out the real truth about PETA.
Second, I hope you'll use the postcards I've enclosed to tell more of your
friends, relatives, and fellow Americans about this debate. Give them to
people at work. Put them on the bulletin board at your hunting club. Or mail
them to people you kow in other towns or states -- so that your fellow
Americans can learn the truth about PETA on October 18th.
Third, in making this decision to take on PETA -- and explose them for
what they are -- I hope I can count on your financial support to reach
America with our NRA message.
I want to make sure that by the end of this year we can put a copy of this
debate into the hands of as many Americans as we can.
According to PETA's most recent annual report, 11 million American
schoolchildren have already been subjected to PETA's "animal rights"
propaganda. 235,000 teachers have been co-opted into PETA's national
misinformation campaign. And thirtyu million Americans have visited their
website.
That's why I want every member of Congress, every legislative staff member
on Capitol Hill, and every courtroom judge to have a copy of this debate.
I want to make sure we can send a copy to every hunt club in the nation.
To every fair-minded T.V. and newspaper reporter across the country. To
every American who takes a hunter safety course. To educators in cities
where PETA is most actively propagandizing our children. And to every member
of the 4H and other youth groups that work with animals -- young people who
will soon be called on in the battle against these extremists.
I want to make sure that in the coming months, we have the resources we
need to combat PETA's ongoing efforts -- because there's no doubt in my mind
that we'll have to fight in the federal bureaucracy, in the state
legislatures and in the courts if we want to keep our public hunting lands
open, preserve hunting opportunities in our National Forests and National
Wildlife Refuges, and block efforts to shorten hunting seasons nationwide.
I want to make sure we have the resources to work with local law
enforcement agencies to demand prosecution of extremists and fanatics if
they harass and terrorize hunters in the field.
And most of all, I want to make sure that every American who cares about
the truth has the opportunity to find out what PETA really stands for and
what they really do.
Most Americans, if they know anything at all about PETA, think that
they're over-eager animal lovers, or college kids with too much time on
their hands or, at worst, annoying vandals who splash paint on fur coats.
They don't understand that, when they send a few dollars to PETA they're
also sending money to a terrorist support group that wants to shut down
hunting, take fishing poles out of children's hands, ban milk from their
breakfast, and stop medical advancements. A group that condones the use of
threats and destruction to achieve their ideological goals.
Someone needs to break the silence. And I'm asking you to help me lead the
way,
And if I can count on you to send a contribution to the NRA for our
efforts to fight back and expose the truth about PETA and the "animal
rights" thugs, I'll send you a DVD, VHS, or audio CD copy of my debate with
Andrew Butler just as soon as it's available after it airs on October 18th.
So please, support our NRA efforts. Please help me counter the $30 million
that PETA is spending each year to brainwash our children, shut down medical
research, slaughter dogs and cats, ban our hunting and end our way of
life -- by sending a special contribution of $20, $30, $50, or whatever
amount you can.
Please stand with me in this fight by watching my debate, using the
enclosed postcards to spread the word, and sending your most generous
contribution today.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Wayne LaPierre
Executive Vice President
P.S. The FBI has called the "eco-terrorism" movement the #1 domestic
terrorism threat in America today. You and I need to break the silence,
stand up to this threat, and fight for our rights. I hope you'll let me hear
from you in the next few days. Thank you again.
Well - there you have it. The NRA appears to be serious, and has wisely
focused on PETA, who are easy targets, and, in fact, are becoming useful
idiots themselves for people who oppose Animal Rights.
By focusing on PETA, the NRA can focus on the many black marks on PeTA's
records, and tie them to the underlying concepts of Animal Rights, the
premises of the ideology, if you will, to reveal AR/AL for what they are.
This is going to get very, very interesting folks - PeTA no longer has a
free ride. Stay tuned . . .
The NRA Declares War on PeTA
It looks like the NRA has just declared war on PeTA:
Mr. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's Executive Vice-President, has accepted an
invitation to debate PeTA's Andrew Butler on TV, the evening of October
18th.
In a lengthy letter sent to North Carolina NRA members, which I've
transcribed below, Mr. LaPierre makes clear his reasons for doing so.
Clearly intended to rally the troops, Mr. LaPierre makes it clear that he
views PETA as a major "terrorist support group," one that threatens our way
of life.
I find several things interesting about the letter: first, he's done his
homework - and his take on PeTA is very much my own, and judging by the
revelations they've made about PeTA, that of the people at the Center for
Consumer Freedom as well.
In short, Mr. LaPierre is going on the attack, and from the sounds of
things, he's going well armed.
Second, while Mr. LaPierre certainly emphasizes issues that are directly of
interest to his constituency, viz., PeTA's threat to hunting and fishing,
his letter goes far beyond championing those activities: he views as threats
Animal Rights attacks on medical research; he is alarmed about PeTA's
successful efforts to recruit kids to the AR cause by infiltrating schools
and through their (PeTA's) websites and printed materials; he is concerned
about PeTA's assaults on the food industry; he notes PeTA's hypocrisy at
killing of animals in their shelter; he points to the arrests of two PeTA
employees for illegally killing and dumping animals in dumpsters; and he
stresses, particularly, PeTA's financial support of ALF and ELF.
Third, Mr. LaPierre notes that most people don't have a clue about what
PeTA's agenda is. And he's right - how many people know of PeTA's financial
connections to ALF and ELF?
Fourth, Mr. LaPierre wants the debate widely publicized, and he wants the
results of the debate (audio and video recordings will be available) and
transcripts (I believe) to be as widely distributed as possible.
Finally, Mr. LaPierre calls for contributions to help support the
dissemination of the debate results. I'm sure the NRA really wants all the
dough it can get, but what interests me is that the actual request is tucked
in, almost as an after-thought, at the end of the letter.
The following is a transcription of the letter - take the time to read it
and see if you don't agree that Mr. LaPierre seems to have a pretty good
grasp on things:
FBI Statements of Congressional hearings in May of 2005 make it clear
that a major terrorist support network is now actively operating in your
home state of North Carolina.
And some of your neighbors are probably contributors or even members.
This group provides major financial aid to arsonists and fire bombers.
They massacre thousands of dogs and cats each year. They conduct
psychological warfare against your values by providing hate literature to
schoolchildren. They have recruited 235,000 classroom teachers across
America to their cause. And they have left no doubt in my mind that they
will do whatever it takes to ban your hunting forever.
I have been warned not to stand in the direct path of these fanatics --
because I could become a target of their hate.
And I have been warned by a representative of a major U.S. corporation
that those who oppose this terrorist network are routinely stalked,
harassed, and intimidated.
But I believe in my heart that someone needs to draw a line in the sand.
Someone needs to break the silence. And because you've invested your trust
in me to lead the NRA and lead our cause, I believe this is a fight I can't
walk away from.
That's why I have accepted a television offer to debate one of the leaders
of this organization -- Andrew Butler -- in a nationally-televised broadcast
on October 18, 2005.
I need you to watch this debate. I need you to tell your friends about
it. Because the group I'm talking about -- whose spokesman I will debate --
has an admitted track record of supporting a movement now considered by the
FBI to be the #1 domestic terrorism threat to you, your family and your
safety.
I'm not talking about Al Qaeda. I'm not talking about Hamas or Hezbollah.
The group I'm talking about is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) -- which, along with two groups they support, the Earth Liberation
Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are the most fanatical and
most extremist anti-hunting organizations in the world.
Right now, most Americans -- including gun owners, hunters and even NRA
members -- have no idea what PETA really stands for or what they really do.
Some of your own neighbors could be among those who are sending nearly $30
million a year in tax-deductable contributions to PETA -- duped by slick ads
claiming that their money will help ind homes for stray dogs and cats.
But most are unaware that their money also helps to provide legal defense
funds for extremists who use harassment, intimidation, and even terrorist
tactics to achieve their aims.
But the more I've learned about PETA since accepting this invitation to
debate, the more strongly I believe that the American People need to know
the real truth about the growing "animal rights" movement.
And the more I believe that NRA members and hunters must step out and
become the front-line defenders against PETA -- the biggest, richest and
most powerful organization backing and supporting the "animal rights"
terrorist movement across American and around the world.
You and I need to lay bare PETA's outrageous record of hypocrisy, zealotry
and disregard of human life for all the world to see. If children must die
so that mosquitoes or lab rats can live, that's justifiable in their eyes.
Your neighbors and their nearly one million supporters of PETA need to
know that when they send their contributions, they're supporting "animal
rights" terrorists. Indoctrinating kids to hate. Shutting down medical
research. And slaughtering animals that PETA pretends to protect.
They've provided cash assistance and legal defense funds to memebers of
the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) --
organizations that are part of an eco-terrorist network that the FBI says is
America's "most serious domestic terrorism threat."
And just as Saddam Hussein once provided $25,000 cash to the families of
suicide bombers, PETA provided a similar amount to the family of Rodney
Coronado -- who was convicted of a multi-million dollar firebombing at
Michigan State University.
And they're packaging their madness and pitching it to our kids, too.
One of PETA's newest campaigns, "Your Mommy Kills Animals," is targeting
children in 20 states across the nation with a "comic book" featuring a
blood-spattered woman killing and mutilating a live rabbit -- a
psychological warfare campaign aimed at converting the next generation of
Americans to the "animal rights" cause.
Their website teaches kids how to be "animal Rights rebels," how to
ridicule kids who drink milk, and how to boycott classes.
And even PETA's so-called "animal shelters" have now become killing fields
for dogs and cats.
Between 2000 and 2004, PETA slaughtered over 10,000 dogs and cats at one
Norfolk, Virginia "shelter" alone. For the past three yeas, this "shelter"
has slaughtered more than 85% of the animals it has taken in.
In fact, two PETA employees in North Carolina were recently indicted for
dumping 18 dead dogs and cats into a dumpster -- and authorities found 13
more dead dogs and cats in their van.
Yet, the "animal rights" and "eco-terrorism" movements have no more regard
for human lives than they have for dogs and cats.
In report after report, scientists and doctors who were working on
breakthrough medical research -- cures for cancer, Alzheimer's disease,
cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and other human sufferings -- have left
their research after receiving letters containing death threats and
poison-laced razor blades, and threats to their children.
I think the above paragraph might be something of an exaggeration - at
least, I'm unfamiliar with the evidence that might support the notion that
"report after report" show scientists leaving their research due to threats.
But there is no question that death threats and threats to families form an
important arrow in the animal rights quiver.
And there's no doubt in my mind that it's only just a matter of time
before they start escalating their tactics against hunters in the field.
Would it look like an accident? Would it look like a fall from a tree
stand? Mark my words. There's a lot of things that can happen in the woods,
where nobody knows the truth but the trees.
And "animal rights" fanatics have already made it crystal clear where they
stand when it comes to hunters.
PETA compares hunters to the KKK and Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial
killer who ate his victims -- and claims that hunters are no different than
"Nazi doctors and slave traders."
You need to know the facts as well as what I believe about PETA and
their fellow "animal rights" extremists. Your fellow gun owners and hunters
across America need to know the facts. And your neighbors and friends need
to understand what really happens to theeir money when they send a
contribution to PETA.
It's abut time that somebody had the courage to stand up to these
fanatics. They are a threat to our values. They are a threat to our
children. They are a threat to our way of life. And you and I need to stand
up together and draw the line against PETA's war on our values and our
future.
That's exactly why -- despite the warning I've received -- I decided to
break silence and debate PETA spokesman Andrew Butler on October 18th.
And I hope I can count on your strong personal support for my decision.
First, I hope you'll be sure to watch this debate, premiering October 18th
at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on InDemand Pay-Per-View. Invite your friends to
join you. And invite them whether or not they hunt, or own guns - - because
your neighbors will be shocked when they find out the real truth about PETA.
Second, I hope you'll use the postcards I've enclosed to tell more of your
friends, relatives, and fellow Americans about this debate. Give them to
people at work. Put them on the bulletin board at your hunting club. Or mail
them to people you kow in other towns or states -- so that your fellow
Americans can learn the truth about PETA on October 18th.
Third, in making this decision to take on PETA -- and explose them for
what they are -- I hope I can count on your financial support to reach
America with our NRA message.
I want to make sure that by the end of this year we can put a copy of this
debate into the hands of as many Americans as we can.
According to PETA's most recent annual report, 11 million American
schoolchildren have already been subjected to PETA's "animal rights"
propaganda. 235,000 teachers have been co-opted into PETA's national
misinformation campaign. And thirtyu million Americans have visited their
website.
That's why I want every member of Congress, every legislative staff member
on Capitol Hill, and every courtroom judge to have a copy of this debate.
I want to make sure we can send a copy to every hunt club in the nation.
To every fair-minded T.V. and newspaper reporter across the country. To
every American who takes a hunter safety course. To educators in cities
where PETA is most actively propagandizing our children. And to every member
of the 4H and other youth groups that work with animals -- young people who
will soon be called on in the battle against these extremists.
I want to make sure that in the coming months, we have the resources we
need to combat PETA's ongoing efforts -- because there's no doubt in my mind
that we'll have to fight in the federal bureaucracy, in the state
legislatures and in the courts if we want to keep our public hunting lands
open, preserve hunting opportunities in our National Forests and National
Wildlife Refuges, and block efforts to shorten hunting seasons nationwide.
I want to make sure we have the resources to work with local law
enforcement agencies to demand prosecution of extremists and fanatics if
they harass and terrorize hunters in the field.
And most of all, I want to make sure that every American who cares about
the truth has the opportunity to find out what PETA really stands for and
what they really do.
Most Americans, if they know anything at all about PETA, think that
they're over-eager animal lovers, or college kids with too much time on
their hands or, at worst, annoying vandals who splash paint on fur coats.
They don't understand that, when they send a few dollars to PETA they're
also sending money to a terrorist support group that wants to shut down
hunting, take fishing poles out of children's hands, ban milk from their
breakfast, and stop medical advancements. A group that condones the use of
threats and destruction to achieve their ideological goals.
Someone needs to break the silence. And I'm asking you to help me lead the
way,
And if I can count on you to send a contribution to the NRA for our
efforts to fight back and expose the truth about PETA and the "animal
rights" thugs, I'll send you a DVD, VHS, or audio CD copy of my debate with
Andrew Butler just as soon as it's available after it airs on October 18th.
So please, support our NRA efforts. Please help me counter the $30 million
that PETA is spending each year to brainwash our children, shut down medical
research, slaughter dogs and cats, ban our hunting and end our way of
life -- by sending a special contribution of $20, $30, $50, or whatever
amount you can.
Please stand with me in this fight by watching my debate, using the
enclosed postcards to spread the word, and sending your most generous
contribution today.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Wayne LaPierre
Executive Vice President
P.S. The FBI has called the "eco-terrorism" movement the #1 domestic
terrorism threat in America today. You and I need to break the silence,
stand up to this threat, and fight for our rights. I hope you'll let me hear
from you in the next few days. Thank you again.
Well - there you have it. The NRA appears to be serious, and has wisely
focused on PETA, who are easy targets, and, in fact, are becoming useful
idiots themselves for people who oppose Animal Rights.
By focusing on PETA, the NRA can focus on the many black marks on PeTA's
records, and tie them to the underlying concepts of Animal Rights, the
premises of the ideology, if you will, to reveal AR/AL for what they are.
This is going to get very, very interesting folks - PeTA no longer has a
free ride. Stay tuned . . .