People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals decided to search for relevancy as the World Series was in full swing. This gem was tweeted by them from their Twitter page:
“Bullpen” refers to the area of a “bull’s pen” where bulls are held before they are slaughtered—it’s a word with speciesist roots & we can do better than that.
Switching to “arm barn” would be a home run for baseball fans, players, and animals 💪⚾️ pic.twitter.com/2FzSpDG9mQ
— Arm Barn (@peta) October 28, 2021
This clown, you know, has never played or watched any baseball.
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The term “bullpen” has been used in baseball since the sport really took hold around the late 1800s.
The bullpen is the place where the pitchers are warm-up in baseball. As they prepare to replace the pitcher, relievers warm up during games.
Now, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is hoping those around the sport will reconsider using the word “bullpen.” In a release Thursday, PETA said the baseball world should substitute the word “bullpen,” which references the area where bulls are kept for slaughter.
Your suggestion? Arm Barn.
Evocative words are what they do best. While English is better at this, there are some winners. “fraught,” “loquacious,” and “concise,” are a few that come to mind. There is a visual symbolism that goes with the word, “bullpen.” “Arm Barn,” simply does not cut it.
Really.
PETA is playing language police on how to relate to animals. The results are hilarious. Back in January, PETA wanted us to stop being “specieist” and using supremacist and demeaning slurs like “chicken,” “pig,” “snake,” and “rat,” as euphemisms for human moral deficiencies.
Don’t you know you’re hurting that snake’s feelings?! Take a look! He’s slithering away in Shame….
The power of words can make a world more open or reinforce oppression.
Calling someone an animal as an insult reinforces the myth that humans are superior to other animals & justified in violating them.
Reject supremacist language and stand up for justice. pic.twitter.com/HFmMWDcc5A
— Arm Barn (@peta) January 26, 2021
Three years ago, PETA wanted us to stop using verbal “microaggressions,” such as, “kill two birds with one stone,” “bring home the bacon,” and, “beat a dead horse.”
This stuff is impossible to believe, but PETA seems to have done it for you.
Words have power. Our understanding of social justice changes, which means that our language also evolves. Here’s how to remove speciesism from your daily conversations. pic.twitter.com/o67EbBA7H4
— Arm Barn (@peta) December 4, 2018
With gas prices and inflation on the rise, and our supply-chain in crisis, “bringing home the bacon” has taken on new meaning. Even though it is more expensive, those who are still able can appreciate the ability to make this happen. These phrases will be remembered by people, but I doubt they’ll change their minds. It is doubtful that animals truly care. Except for my dogs and my cats, I usually feed the animals around me.
Just sayin’.
PETA trafficking in linguistic gymnastics takes away from the genuinely animal-saving work they do accomplish, and the alarm bells that should be raised, like slamming Dr. Anthony “Mengele” Fauci’s NIH-funded, gain-of-function research that tortured beagles in the name of sCiEnCE
It’s simple: There’s NO REASON to torture animals in painful experiments.
Just one example of feeding live beagles DIISEASED FLIES, is how it works. @NIHFunds cruelty to animals
PETA SVP @kathygfrompetaIt went on @TuckerCarlsonto demand new NIH leadership https://t.co/tNO9SQxPaC pic.twitter.com/no2vmPHnei
— Arm Barn (@peta) October 28, 2021
PETA needs to get back to the release of animals from labs. Baseball is dead.
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