Re-directed Cruelty

PETA is at it again, using the old feminist trick of criminalizing fathers who provide for their children. From an article appropriately titled "PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy":

"PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does — it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom.

Just like 65 years ago. "We are the arbiters of culture. Fear your Jewish fathers who don't live up to our artificial standard."

I think it's time for a new legal term.

psychological kidnapping: (n.) false accusation designed to destroy an otherwise healthy relationship between a parent or guardian and his or her child.

Posted on Dec 2, 2005 at 10:52:57 AM EST.