The phrase “loony vegan” may seem to be a tautology, but there are some vegans who are so unhinged that they make the twits padlocking themselves to moving conveyor belts seem sane.
They’re certainly doing nothing to improve the public image of vegans as deranged extremists desperately seeking attention.
Vegan protesters armed with fake blood, a megaphone and audio of chickens shrieking in agony swarmed a busy KFC as part of an animal rights protest, before being told ‘no wonder people hate vegans’ by a frustrated diner.
Vegans are nothing if not attention-seekers. Naturally, they thrive in the short-attention-span, vapid world of “social media influencers”. Queen among them is one Tash (presumably spelt with a silent “r”) Peterson, who dubs herself “Vegan Booty”. Class is obviously a priority with this protein-deprived nutcase.
Certainly, coherent arguments aren’t her strong point.
‘KFC murder six week old babies who are shackled by their feet, electrocuted in a bath of water and have their throat slit,’ she wrote on her social media pages to her army of followers.
‘The world’s longest and largest holocaust in history is happening right now in the meat, dairy and egg industries.’
She went on to say ‘non human animals’ were put in ‘concentration prisons’ where they are ‘raped, abused, tortured and mutilated’.
She’s certainly not exactly going out of her way to prove that she’s not a raving loony.
Nor is she winning heart and minds.
But her protest was not appreciated by those trying to enjoy their lunch.
‘We are just trying to eat,’ one person replied.
‘No wonder people hate vegans,’ another said.
After about 15 minutes, police officers calmly asked the protesters to leave.
‘You’ve been here long enough and you’ve made your point,’ the responding officers can be heard saying to the group.
‘It’s a business and people here are just trying to do their work.’
Perhaps KFC might want to take a leaf out of West Australia’s book, where Peterson is barred from every pub and licensed restaurant in the state.
After being served with a Barring Notice by WA Police in June banning Ms Peterson from all licensed venues across the state, including pubs and restaurants, the controversial Instagram model vowed to bring her shock-and-ore style protests to the east coast.
Ms Peterson was slapped with the penalty after ambushing diners at a seafood restaurant and publicly chastising them about the ‘fish holocaust’.
She has also dressed in bloodied aprons and stormed into many other restaurants and supermarkets like McDonald’s and Coles.
Ms Peterson even interrupted an AFLW match by running onto the field at Perth Stadium.
The serial protester ran around for about a minute before she was tackled by Fremantle midfielder Kiara Bowers long enough for security to catch up.
Ms Peterson was fined $1,800 over the incident.
In December, she stormed a fish market and Woolworths store in Perth before launching into a heated rant to stop customers from buying meat.
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Somehow, I don’t think she’s going to persuade many people.
But, let’s be honest, persuasion isn’t really the object, here. It’s all about attention.
This, folks, is just another consequence of the “Everybody Gets a Ribbon” generation.
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