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Whole Foods v vegans: Berkeley store gets restraining order against activists
The Guardian ^ | 10/05/2018 | Gabrielle Canon

Posted on 10/05/2018 3:03:56 PM PDT by DFG

For a full week, a big black banner was posted from a sidewalk in Berkeley, California. “OCCUPY WHOLE FOODS”, it declared in large, white block letters.

But the protesters who created it, a group from the animal rights activist organization Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), were not actually able to do much occupying. Just days before a weeklong protest scheduled for late September, in which the activists had planned to call attention to alleged animal welfare violations by suppliers to Whole Foods’ parent company, Amazon, the Berkeley store filed a restraining order.

“We are not allowed to even step foot in the parking lot right now,” said Cassie King, a DxE organizer. “We can’t go inside the store and ask our questions.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: antifa; astroturf; berkeley; california; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; peta; vegan; wholefoods
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To: DFG

Many people NEED to eat animal protein!!!!

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/02/13/older-adults-double-your-protein-intake-for-better-health

PHOOEY to vegans!!!! They tend to be extreme Dims, too!!!!


21 posted on 10/05/2018 4:11:19 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: j.havenfarm

Not all Whole Foods shoppers are liberals or leftists! (If they live in Berkeley, maybe the are, however!!)


22 posted on 10/05/2018 4:13:14 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: BigEdLB

I bet the popcorn is sold out.

I’d like to watch dirty hard-core leftists take on squishy metrosexuals and Jeff Bezos


23 posted on 10/05/2018 4:31:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BigEdLB

fools must not have noticed they were in the vegetable section.


24 posted on 10/05/2018 4:57:16 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (mongrel at large)
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To: BigEdLB

Whenever I hear or read “vegan”, my brain translates it to “Wiccan”. Not much difference to me.


25 posted on 10/05/2018 6:44:56 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (CNN - the most busted name in news.)
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To: DFG
Vegans = People who are miserable because they don't eat bacon. Don't ever try to eat a Vegan donut 🍩, they are horrible and overpriced. My friend is a vegan Baker (but not even a vegetarian, he limits his red meat intake), but he had me try one. The donut is $5 EACH...he asked me how I liked it and I said that I could buy a half dozen of Dunkin for $5 and it'll taste better. Some sucker is buying them, because he makes money...😀
26 posted on 10/05/2018 7:02:53 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: DFG
In season Whole Foods has the best violet heirloom tomatoes. Slice thin and serve with medium rare TOP SIRLOIN STEAK.
27 posted on 10/05/2018 8:01:54 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: DFG
“We are not allowed to even step foot in the parking lot right now,” said Cassie King, a DxE organizer. “We can’t go inside the store and ask our questions.”

We're not allowed to interfere with and try to ruin their business because we are offended by _______ , and that's not right...sniff.

28 posted on 10/06/2018 3:38:56 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: OrangeHoof

They are two different religions. Vegan believes a Chicken is holy, and the Wiccan travels on a broom


29 posted on 10/06/2018 8:58:09 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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