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Sarah Palin to PETA: 'There's nothing wrong with standing on a dog. Chill.'

 

 

Sarah Palin has one message for those tree-hugging, animal loving lefties at PETA: “Chill”.

The former Alaskan governor and one-time vice presidential candidate took aim at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on her Facebook page after the group joined the internet to express its concern over Palin’s treatment of her family pet.

Specifically, this:

 

6-year-old Trig, conquering a “stumbling block”. Image via Facebook.

Happy New Year!

May 2015 see every stumbling block turned into a stepping stone on the path forward. Trig just reminded me. He, determined to help wash dishes with an oblivious mama not acknowledging his signs for “up!”, found me and a lazy dog blocking his way. He made his stepping stone.

– Sarah Palin

Palin received a barrage of criticism after she posted this, and other images showing her 6-year-old son Trig – who suffers from down syndrome – using their family dog as a “stepping stone” to reach the sink.

Then in what can only be described as a rant, Palin accused the animal rights groups of “double standards”, listing their many indiscretions from comfy leather office chairs to giving caviare to Vladimir Putin.

Here it is:

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They weren’t the only one’s in the firing line either, Palin also targeted President Obama over an admission that he once ate dog-meat while living in Indonesia (“Did you go as crazy when your heroic Man-of-Your-Lifetime, Barack Obama, revealed he actually enjoyed eating dead dog meat?”) and Ellen Degeneres for posting a picture of a small girl standing on top of a dog.

Oh, the hypocrisy.

Noted animal-enthusiast Sarah Palin. Image via Facebook,

PETA shot back. The group’s president Ingrid Newkirk told Mashable that Palin’s understanding of their work was about as good as her grip on geography. (Bad.)

“PETA simply believes that people shouldn’t step on dogs, and judging by the reaction that we’ve seen to Sarah Palin’s Instagram photo, we’re far from alone in that belief. Palin’s Facebook response shows us that she knows PETA about as well as she knows geography. Yes, we campaign against the Iditarod because when the dogs aren’t being driven—sometimes to death—most live chained or inside cages for their entire lives. And we’re a vegan organization, so we sit on pleather couches, wear stylish vegan kicks, and consider fish friends, not food. (Also, by the way, we just sent a case of vegan caviar to Vladimir Putin—and no, you can’t see his house from yours, Ms. Palin.) We have no reason to believe that the Palin companion animals aren’t ordinarily pampered, and we wish the entire family a peaceful and humane 2015.”

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