Killer Daddy

"What on earth is this?" was my first reaction to seeing this comic. It's horrible looking, and when you read the text, you discover it's propaganda of the crudest sort — like some of the awful anti-Semitic stuff that came out of Hitler's regime.

But this ... this comic is aimed at kids! And it's brought to you by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It's all the evils of fishing, and it is attempting to recruit children to defy their parents.

Just. Like. Hitler. And. Stalin.

A sample of the lovely rhetoric:

Until your daddy learns that it’s not “fun” to kill,keep your doggies and kitties away from him.He’s so hooked on killing defenseless animalsthat they could be next!

And this:

Imagine that a man dangles a piece of candy in front of you. You love candy so you reach for it. But, as you grab thecandy, a huge metal hook stabs through your hand and you’re ripped off the ground. You fight to get away, but it doesn’t do any good. You are caught, and there is nothing that you can do about it. You’d feel really scared, wouldn’t you?That would be an awful trick to play on someone, wouldn’t it? But guess what? Your daddy plays that same wicked trick on fish and fish get scared too!

Every time I read anything at all about this organization — including their own mailers that they send me — I come away with the impression of madness and diabolical evil. After reading this one, I want to take a shower. Can't you just see some PETA pervert cackling to himself (or herself — can't show a gender bias here!) as they pen the propaganda and paint the lurid comic? Can you imagine a ... normal ... person doing this?

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A tip of the hat to Junkyard Blog.