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PETA sparked attention online this week after a Thanksgiving-themed post depicting a human in place of a turkey at the dinner table.
The X, formally known as Twitter, post suggested how a Thanksgiving dinner would look if the roles were swapped and suggested that turkeys would “never do this to us.” In rapid time, the post was context-checked by X, with information on the diets of turkeys, explaining that they do in fact eat other animals.
X users were up in arms over the post, with it sparking fierce debate over the morality of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. It’s not the first time however that PETS has shocked with its annual Thanksgiving campaign, and it probably isn’t the most shocking one either.
PETA shared an opinion-dividing post for Thanksgiving
On Wednesday, PETA gained over 30 million views on their post this holiday. The organization, which endorses a vegan Thanksgiving instead, showed an artful take on what a Thanksgiving scene would look like if the roles were reversed.
The artwork showed a family of turkeys sat around the dinner table, all holding hands and preparing to tuck in. In the center of the table was a human body, cooked and ready for the turkeys to eat.
“We’re lucky turkeys would never do this to us – you don’t have to do it to them either.” reads the post.
Not everyone liked the Thanksgiving post by PETA
PETA’s post received backlash on social media and even earned a box of added context from X.
“Turkeys are not vegetarian,” reads the box underneath the post. “Turkeys eat mice, lizards, frogs, and just about anything they can fit in their mouth. If turkeys were larger or had the technological means to farm and eat humans, their current diet reveals they likely would.”
X users shared their thoughts in response to the tweet. One user wrote: “Just a little FYI as someone who raises birds. They would 100% do this to you and their own.”
In a tweet shared by PETA later, they highlighted the 30 million views the tweet received when told they “really thought [they] did something.”
Not PETA’s first shocking holiday campaign
PETA is no stranger to being in the spotlight during the holidays and this viral tweet isn’t the first time they’ve upset people with a campaign.
In 2016, a PETA ad was banned for use on ABC, after showing a child going off-script during the end of a school play for the holiday. The child told the crowd how birds are forced to live in tough conditions, followed by a slow and painful death. A caption of the video posted by PETA read: “Watch the holiday video deemed too disturbing for TV.”
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