PETA Wants To Sue Anonymous HuffPo Commenters

Posted by Unknown on Monday May 27, 2013 @04:05PM from the turns-out-they-were-dogs dept.

MarkWhittington writes, quoting himself: "PETA is incensed over an article in the Huffington Post that details that organization's unsettling practice of euthanizing animals in a Virginia facility that many have assumed is a no kill shelter. According to the New York Post, PETA wants to sue some of the people who have left comments on the article. The problem is that, following the practice of many on the Internet, many of the comments are under assumed names or are anonymous. PETA is attempting to discover the true identities of their critics so that it can sue them for defamation."

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Re:And with this move... by DerekLyons · 2013-05-27 18:21 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I would probably never have known anything about this if it weren't for this. I will never donate to PETA again. Streisand indeed.
Sorry, but this is yet another case where there isn't any "Streisand effect". Anyone following animal rights issues at even the most casual level should have known about the so-called "no kill" PETA shelters, as it's been an ongoing controversy for about seven years now. If you're just now hearing about it, you're a dumbass who donates to make himself feel better, but who isn't bright or caring enough to actually do any research or follow the issues.