What? Desensitized? Can we get back to some sort of common sense and reality here? This entire group – who by the way are quietly filling their coffers with donations and lobbying congressional representatives – are spending time and money trying to stop people from fishing. Homeless people are on the streets; children are starving; crime is rampant. And they now want to “desensitize” our children. It is laughable.
But, don’t be so fast to laugh. While they are aiming for our children, they have, along with other tree huggers, made some inroads to adult thinking as well. I witnessed this just yesterday.
On the Sean Hannidy radio talk show just yesterday, he went into a tizzy about mice that had infested the temporary studio from which he was broadcasting. A nice lady named Flipper (?) called and chastised him severely for wanting the mice killed. She suggested, and she was serious folks, that they be humanely caught and (are you ready?) taken to a mouse sanctuary. A mouse sanctuary? Hannity was in as much disbelief as you and I.
How do people reach that level of “empathy” for a rodent? They are strung along by so much garbage, the same garbage that PETA puts out, garbage that is tainted and slanted to fit their own agenda. Bit-by-bit and day-by-day the “politically correct”, liberal news media slip the subtle messages into news reports.
PETA would have all of us eating no meat. They would have all of us with no pets. No hunting. No fishing. No pets. Just a simple life eating bean sprouts.
It is, in fact, laughable. We are not fooled by their efforts, and they realize that. That’s exactly why they are focused on our kids. That’s exactly why we can’t laugh at them any more. They mean business and will attempt any means, legal or not – and quite often not – to get their agenda before a believing and naïve public.
So what are we doing to counteract this effort? More specifically, what are you doing?
Take a kid fishing! If you don’t have a kid, take a neighbor’s kid – take several of them! Sponsor fishing clubs at local schools. We need now more than ever to target the younger generation to insure that the leftist, liberal, PETA types don’t get to the legislators. Remember – and believe this – legislators vote the direction of their money sources, not what their constituents want. They want re-election, not necessarily what’s right. They will bend the direction of funding, particularly if that funding is unopposed.
So call, write, and email your senators and representatives at the state and federal level. Let them know that you want to insure that our freedom and right to fish that are being threatened by a bunch of kooks are not compromised. They may just be swayed in spite of PETA's contributions if enough of us express our opinions.
PETA is backing off the public protests, not because they are folding, but because they are working inside the political arena, lobbying heavily on every environmental front. And don’t fool yourself. They are being heard, and little by little things are swinging. We have to stop that pendulum before it moves any farther in their direction. Get involved!
