Dillweeds of the Day: Amanda Beard and PETA

6th August 2008 Charles J. Brown
04:55 pm

Dillweeds of the Day: Amanda Beard and PETA

I got excited when I read that American Olympic swimmer (and past gold medalist) Amanda Beard had helped organize a demonstration in Beijing. I mean, how cool is that? Take that, ChiComs!

Turns out that her protest involved posing naked.

For PETA.

To oppose the wearing of fur.

Photo after the jump.

From the Telegraph (UK):

Glamorous US swimmer Amanda Beard became the first athlete to cross the boundary between sport and politics at the Beijing Olympics today when she took part in a naked protest against the international fur trade.

Ms Beard, a double Olympic Champion, posed for a nude picture as part of a publicity campaign run by the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The swimmer, who is no stranger to showing a little skin - she posed naked for a centerfold in Playboy Magazine last year - said she was determined to use the Olympic platform as a stage for her views.

“What happens with animals when their skin is ripped from their bodies when they are still alive, it’s heartbreaking for me,” she told reporters.

Okay, let me get this straight. The ChiComs are torturing people, detaining dissidents, pounding on minorities, censoring the press, displacing migrants and the homeless, tearing down people’s homes, destroying the environment, repressing religious freedom. . . and she’s worried about fur?????

Wait, there’s more:

Ms Beard, 26, said she had no intention of upsetting the Chinese authorities, but wanted to convey her anti-fur message in China[,] which is the world’s leading fur exporter.

“I’m not trying to be in everybody’s face and be harsh or negative. I want to be calm and yet get my voice out there. I’m doing it for all those animals who don’t have a voice,” she said.

Or a pelt for that matter. Like, wow, ChiCom dudes, you’re totally harshing my mellow.

Excuse me Mandy, last I checked, the Chinese people don’t have a voice either. Sadly, however, they are not furry and cute. Well, some of them are cute (the Dalai Lama, for example), but apparently not cuddly enough for you and your idiot friends at PETA.

But here’s the kicker: the Chinese tried to prevent even this innocuous pile of poo posing as a demonstration.

The Chinese authorities did their best to limit the impact of her protest, shutting down a press conference which PETA had planned on the terrace of a hotel overlooking the ‘Water Cube’ Olympic swimming venue.

After police turned organisers away from the hotel citing ’safety concerns’, Ms Beard was forced to present her message from the side of the main road outside the Athlete’s Village.

So much for zones of dissent.

Of course PETA, those brave and bold crusaders, were willing to stand up to this outrage, no matter what the cost to them or their cause:

“It was very disappointing,” said Jason Baker, PETA’s Asia-Pacific director, “We weren’t making a political attack on the Chinese government and had sent our press release in advance to the Beijing Committee, but apparently that was not enough.”

What a craven bunch of twits.

I’ll tell you what, PETA. I’ll start supporting you when a) you start at least acknowledging the existence of human rights abuses, and b) you stop using sexist and misogynistic imagery to sell your product promote your cause.

In conclusion, I’d like to paraphrase that great philosopher and sage, Barry Manilow:

Oh Mandy. You gave and gave without taking, but the ChiComs sent you away,
Oh Mandy. You got naked and I stopped caring, I don’t need you today,
Oh Mandy. You and PETA are my dillweeds of the day, oh Mandy.

Yes, I promised a photo, but I didn’t say it was going to be her. If you need to see Mandy naked, go find it yourself, you pervs.

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1 On August 7th, 2008, Brat Zinsmaster said:
I like your style. You have pegged PETA to a tee. Only don’t expect Mandy to be wearing that tee.

Just like other PETA girls that were recently spotted showering in Fresno and San Francisco. Anyone impressed? It takes a lot more than two programmed post-pubescent girls to get my attention.

How about this? Imagine thinking you are surrendering your dog or cat to a shelter to learn later than Fluffy or Fido got a quick trip to a dumpster behind Piggly Wiggly. PETA did make you a promise, however, that your dog or cat would be adopted into new homes. Remember?

PETA “killed” 97% of the dogs and cats in their shelter last year. The group put to death over 90% of the animals it took in during the last five years. And its angel-of-death pattern shows no mercy … and … no sign of changing.

Perhaps if they try really, really hard these young women can wash off the BLOOD from all of the animals that are victims of PETA’s killing.

There is nothing “ethical” about PETA. They are a lobbying organization that has given tens of thousands of dollars to support animal rights terrorists more accurately certified by the FBI as “domestic terrorists.”

One such person is Rodney Coronado of Animal Liberation Front (ALF) infamy. Coronado’s current home address is a federal prison ever since he was convicted of burning down a Michigan State University research laboratory. And just a few days ago, UC Santa Cruz got a taste of “animal liberation” firsthand … two firebombings. Someone’s home (with two young sleeping children inside) and someone’s car.

PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has described her group’s overall goal as “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no leather, no hunting, no fishing, and no pets (not even seeing-eye dogs). PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals.

They have repeatedly attacked research foundations like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, because they support animal-based research that might uncover cures for birth defects and life-threatening diseases. Newkirk has said that “Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we would be against it.”

PETA activists regularly target children as young as six years old with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda often waiting outside their schools. Do you want these animal rights activists visiting your child? They intentionally gear many of their campaigns toward children with “young impressionable minds.”

And these bathing beauties shrouded themselves in a banner that reads “Clean Your Conscience.”

Gimme a break.

Firebombs. Death threats. Programs targeting young children. Medical research at jeopardy.

Have I gotten your attention yet? And I didn’t even have to get naked and stand on a street corner or pull some other press-slut trick. (Although I have been known to dance on a few bars!)

Please visit http://petakillsanimals.com to learn the truth about PETA!