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Activists Fail to Disrupt AgChat

Chuck Zimmerman

Last night’s AgChat topic was animal welfare. You can find some good information on animal welfare here. Apparently the animal rights activists got word of it and rallied their troops to try to disrupt the regular weekly conversation. In fact, the outreach coordinator at HSUS sent out an alert which I saw a copy of . It was pathetic to see. Very PETA-like IMO. He even sent out a form tweet for them to use. Here is one that was used. This same tweet was posted by numerous individuals who I am sure had absolutely no idea what they are doing.

Post Update: You can now see the archive of last night’s AgChat here.

Bottom line is that their tactic didn’t work. AgChat was moderated last night by founder Michele Payn-Knoper and she handled the situation professionally, calmly and in a very classy way. I say classy because it was such a contrast to the wacktivists and their tweets and complete refusal to participate in a way that allows for genuine interaction.

This effort comes right after a similar effort we’ve seen in the last week regarding our report on Ag Secretary Vilsack’s HSUS remark at the American Farm Bureau annual mtg. and attempt to disrupt our latest ZimmPoll. There is no common ground with these folks and fortunately they are a very small but vocal minority. However, the militant vegans at HSUS/PETA have conned a lot of money out of people by playing on their emotions. They are using that money to impact legislation to the detriment of farming in America. The lies they tell that I’ve seen in their online posted comments is appalling. I think these folks are becoming more active as they see farmers become more engaged in social media and adept at telling their story. They don’t like their money base to learn the truth about animal agriculture and animal welfare. Hopefully it’s hurting them where it counts, in their pocket book!

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