In a desperate attempt to gain more public attention, a group of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists caused a stir at Starbucks by gluing themselves to the counter in protest.
Now they’re being charged with two felonies each, according to PETA.
Ahead of Earth Day, activists with the controversial animal rights organization staged a protest at the Starbucks location, which also houses the company’s headquarters.
Anyway, on this occasion, the activists went into a Starbucks in Seattle to protest both the price of vegan milk and the sale of non-vegan milk.
We’d like to say they’d tried to kill two birds with one stone, but – well – wouldn’t exactly be on brand for them, would it?
While they were in the coffee shop gluing themselves to the counter, the whole thing was being streamed on Facebook Live for the world to see.
Watch the now-viral video below:
Two PETA activists are facing felony charges for supergluing themselves to the counter of @Starbucks HQ in #Seattle! pic.twitter.com/PNo8GFI3yF
— PETA (@peta) April 20, 2022
The Gateway Pundit commented further:
In a move underscoring the increasingly petty and unintentionally distracted behavior of climate activists, Starbucks was targeted for apparently killing our planet by asking patrons to pay eighty cents more for a vegan milk substitute in their seven-dollar seasonal latte. Their ‘beef’ is with the cows used to produce milk which, when excreting bodily waste and flatulence, contribute a significant amount of greenhouse gases according to environmental scientists.
But at the heart of the issue, which PETA won’t admit, is that their climate activist adherents are just too weak-willed to follow the church of green energy. Seduced by just a latte, it seems, energy-conscious consumers dispense with the pretense that they really ever cared. Apparently, animal rights extremists and global warming alarmists have much work to do in the battle of winning hearts and minds. They might wish to consider foregoing plans to introduce bug-based diets to American consumers and start with getting their reverent followers to order an espresso instead.
PETA marched into the status symbol’s headquarters in Seattle, chanting “save our planet, save the cows,” while suggesting that merely making vegan options more cost-friendly would have an impact on the greenhouse emissions they’re so distraught over.
There’s just one problem. For a group of bleeding hearts who portray themselves as acting on their love for animals and trusting the science, they’re not exactly telling people what the ‘science says.’ Lead researchers have indicated that, if one truly wanted to reduce methane from the dairy industry, slaughtering—not saving—dairy calves earlier is the method to obtain the desired results.
A spokesperson for Starbucks said that they’re not planning to change the surcharge on vegan milk, which usually comes in at around 70 cents, though prices fluctuate between markets.
However, a splash is free in an Americano, Cold Brew, iced coffee or brewed coffee.
Source: TheGatewayPundit