PETA embraces autism pseudoscience

[Perspicuo]

PETA Embraces Autism Pseudoscience
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/peta-embraces-autism-pseudoscience/

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has a history of (as the old saying goes) using science as a drunk uses a lamppost – for support rather than illumination. In that way they are typical of ideological groups. They have an agenda, they are very open about their beliefs, and they marshal whatever arguments they can in order to promote their point of view.

PETA provides us with a nice example of how having an ideological agenda can motivate an individual or a group to embrace dubious science. In an article currently on their website, and making the rounds in social media (this is repeating a claim from at least 2008, but the current article is undated), the group warns: Got Autism? Learn About the Link Between Dairy Products and the Disease.

 

[Shadowy Man]

So, even milking a cow is unethical?

 

[Keith&Co.]

So, even milking a cow is unethical?

Yes.
That's why PETA animal shelters euthanize so many dogs. So they won't continue the shame of being domesticated.

 

[Perspicuo]

So, even milking a cow is unethical?

That's not the point.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

It is a bit sad how many cows are slaughtered for food every day when there's so many PETA members running around uneaten. It's a bit of a waste.

 

[Perspicuo]