”We asked 10 autistic people if they’d drunken milk before and 100% said yes, therefore more milk causes autism!“ - peta, probably.
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Peta actually in the 90s.
If that was statistically significantly true, Sweden would be autism central. We have since sometime in the 70's been giving our children milk with every meal.
When I was growing up through the 90s in America this was a pretty normal thing too. I drank a lot of milk as a child. Like I have a lot of anxiety now but other than liking trains I don't really seem that autistic.
We had a huge campaign for kids to drink milk in the 80s and 90s. There was the 'Milk: It does the body good' ads, which became a pop culture sensation, and then they did the "where's your mustache" ads where they had all kinds of supermodels and other celebrities drinking milk and showing a milk mustache.
Of course, the dairy industry is hugely subsidized in the U.S.
Basically, everyone in the U.S. born between about 1975 and 2005 should be autistic.
I hope the evidence is more substantial than the “link” between vaccines and autism…
Considering it's from peta, there's roughly a 100% chance it's just total bullshit.
105% with a tolerance of 5%
Potentially 110%?
This was what lead to the idea that vaccines caused autism, Peta was pushing this crap in the 90s.
I’ve never heard peta mentioned in this context. Source?
It's peta, so probably not.
I wouldn't be surprised if PETA was secretly funded by meat companies as a way to make the image of vegans look bad
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studies have shown a link
Is a phrase that could mean anything and is, therefore, meaningless
Autistic people like milk: studies show a link.
My brother is autistic and a vegan. Ball's in your court, PETA.
what can i say, it's got a good texture
Holy shit. That’s bad. There were some very poor quality studies done on whether autistic people had a worse inflammatory reaction to A1 proteins than allistic people ( https://atypicalscience.org/a1-beta-casein/ ) but they were certainly not implying that milk causes autism or that autism has a “cause” that should be avoided.
Dude aside from the wack implication that you can develop autism, this is super fuckin... Like i dont wanna say ableist cause i dont view autism as a disability. obviously it can be but literally anything severe enough can be a disability, but i digress. This ad is just super fuckin agressive to people on the spectrum for no reason. I knew peta was bad but goddamn
Well, it's a disorder, it's right in the name.
If people "liked" it, they wouldn't be taking meds to help them function.
I'm not hating, just think we should take things for what they are
Edit: sorry, thought we were talking about ADHD
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It's bigoted is what it is. Bigoted against neurodivergent people. Who, as you say, are not disabled.
A subset are disabled many because of how society has treated them.
I found a link between milk and death.
Everyone who has ever drank milk has, or will, die.
Ergo, drinking milk is deadly.
Dihydrogen Monoxide is proven to be toxic to humans when injected and kills thousands of people every year.
Our waterways are completely riddled with this dangerous substance.
If peta was a person I would like to punch them
Btw this peta campaign was from 2008.
Fuck you peta
What the fuck. And I thought 'vaccines cause autism' was stupid and offensive.
While this claim might turn out to be false, the amount of vitriol hurled towards Peta really is something else.
Even if you've never heard of any of the other terrible shit they've done, you have a live example of outrageous ableism from them, and you still jump to their defence (from 2 people who basically said "fuck peta" on the internet E: not even, they basically said "peta aren't trustworthy" which is demonstrable fact)?
We (because fuck peta) are not the fucking problem here..
Because Peta engaged in ableism & Pseudoscience that later inspired the anti vaccine movement.
A) Exploiting and fuelling fear of a vulnerable group is evil.
B) They don't get the benefit of "may turn out to be false". They get to start at "fuck these bullshit lies".
I'm vegan for a decade now and for a while I felt like I have to support peta because they fight for the right cause. But seeing all the shit they publish, I'm not that sure anymore
I guess PETA are useful for making regular vegans seem extremely tolerant and reasonable.
Do you have examples? I've been under the impression that they're the good guys in most cases
You can just look at this post and see how they try to scare people into not drinking cows milk through fear of autism, which is some ablest bullshit. This is literally no better than anti-vax rhetoric.
This inspired the anti Vax movement.
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I remember a cat adaptation campaign with the slogan "Grab them by the pussy" right after Trump said it (or when it came out) which is tasteless at best
It is pretty tasteless, I'll give you that. But it's meant to be provocative, I think, and shocking, so the slogan did accomplish its goal.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/peta-sorry-for-taking-girls-dog-putting-it-down
They kidnapped and killed someone's dog.
Not just one dog. They do it systematically
ARE YOU BLIND
Because this would absolutely be in character for them, that's why.
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