{"id":1470787,"date":"2022-05-10T20:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470787"},"modified":"2022-05-10T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:29:40","slug":"like-driving-a-gas-guzzler-peta-is-mad-at-elon-musk-for-liking-chocolate-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-driving-a-gas-guzzler-peta-is-mad-at-elon-musk-for-liking-chocolate-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like Driving A Gas Guzzler\u2019: PETA Is Mad At Elon Musk For Liking Chocolate Milk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flike-driving-a-gas-guzzler-peta-is-mad-at-elon-musk-for-liking-chocolate-milk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1395371342-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lashed out at billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk for saying that he enjoyed chocolate milk, telling him that supporting the dairy industry was not good for the climate and was just as bad as driving a \u201cgas-guzzler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange began with a tweet from Musk simply stating that he had enjoyed drinking some chocolate milk. \u201cChocolate milk is insanely good. Just had some,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chocolate milk is insanely good. Just had some.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1523658010241155073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDrinking cow\u2019s milk is like driving a gas guzzler. The dairy industry is one of the worst contributors to the climate catastrophe. What happened to caring about the environment? Now chocolate oat milk we can get behind,\u201d the official PETA Twitter account responded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drinking cow\u2019s milk is like driving a gas guzzler. The dairy industry is one of the worst contributors to the climate catastrophe. What happened to caring about the environment?<\/p>\n<p>Now chocolate oat milk we can get behind \ud83d\ude0b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XOUFmRb0R\">https:\/\/t.co\/9XOUFmRb0R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PETA (@peta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peta\/status\/1523818989876441088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>PETA also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/oscar-nominee-superglued-himself-to-starbucks-counter-because-they-charged-him-extra-for-plant-based-milk\/\">made headlines<\/a> for a protest involving Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell \u2014 who has often spoken up on climate-related issues. The \u201cL.A. Confidential\u201d actor superglued himself to a New York City Starbucks counter on Tuesday morning, claiming that it was discriminatory and bad for the environment for the company to charge extra for plant-based milk options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSave the planet, save the cows. Stop the vegan upcharge now!\u201d Cromwell and others chanted after the actor spoke about the fact that Starbucks was charging extra for plant-based milks.<\/p>\n<p>Cromwell argued that the surcharge was discriminatory because lactose intolerance is more prevalent in minority communities than it is among white Americans. He also argued that for people who chose vegan options because they believed the dairy industry was cruel to animals, Starbucks was effectively charging people more for making moral choices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how you get an animal rights message to STICK!\u201d PETA tweeted. \u201cJames Cromwell joined PETA\u2019s campaign and glued himself to a @Starbucks counter to call on the company to stop charging extra for animal and earth-friendly vegan milks!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how you get an animal rights message to STICK!<\/p>\n<p>James Cromwell joined PETA\u2019s campaign and glued himself to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starbucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Starbucks<\/a> counter to call on the company to stop charging extra for animal and earth-friendly vegan milks! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N9aitSQHSm\">pic.twitter.com\/N9aitSQHSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PETA (@peta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peta\/status\/1524109377115987969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The organization later bragged in a follow-up tweet, \u201cJames Cromwell single-handedly\u00a0SHUT DOWN a #NYC\u00a0@Starbucks\u00a0during rush hour. Watch him confront shoppers and face down the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cromwell remained glued to the counter for around 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I keep coming back to actor James Cromwell, age 82 going on FOUR, gluing his hand to a counter at Starbucks over plant milk,\u201d Newsbusters Executive Editor Tim Graham, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/1524178406547542016\">commented<\/a>. \u201cMy answer? Leave him there. For days. That punishment might work for a pre-schooler. It should work for this guy. And every other <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">PETA<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> brat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">All this super-gluing makes me want to organize a Big Mac Eating Sit-In at <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">PETA<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> headquarters,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/1524178978361298946\">added<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lashed out at billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk for saying that he enjoyed chocolate milk, telling him that supporting the dairy industry was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1482457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}