As media showed caged dogs being abandoned at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, celebrities who have advocated for animal rights, including Joaquin Phoenix, Betty White, Ellen Degeneres, and Alicia Silverstone, pretend like none of this is happening at all. Hollywood remains dutifully committed to their pal in the White House.
JOEL BRIZZEE: Hollywood’s credibility has had a very bad month. In trying to carry water for President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, celebrities have been exposed more than ever as partisan actors on Middle East conflicts, the plight of women and girls, and the horror facing the LGBT community. Now, as America’s longest war ended August 31st, Hollywood can add animal rights to its litany of faux causes.
The withdrawal from Afghanistan has been an unmitigated disaster by almost every metric save sticking by the timeline. Still, Hollywood remains dutifully committed to their pal in the White House. Worse, most pretend like none of this is happening at all…
A social media post went viral over the weekend showing caged dogs being abandoned at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan in front of a damaged American helicopter. USA Today noted, “In the closing days of America’s longest war, conservative activists, politicians and animal lovers raised alarms online that the U.S. was not evacuating its service dogs.” The actions by the administration have been condemned by American Humane and called out by PETA.
The Pentagon has denied the allegations that any military service animals were left in Afghanistan and says the pictures being shared were of local contracted animals that were not in the care of the U.S. military. The framing from the Pentagon is striking. They are saying that even though these animals helped the United States in their war effort, they were technically not our responsibility. Their statement negates the service these animals provided our troops and allies…
Hollywood’s response to all this? Nada. Zilch. Bubkes… Stars who have advocated seriously for animal rights include Joaquin Phoenix, Betty White, Ellen Degeneres, Alicia Silverstone, Hayden Panettiere, and Lisa Vanderpump… Joaquin Phoenix is the most notable animal rights activist in Hollywood and has seemingly endless articles attributed to his various projects and work. In fairness, the Joker does not have a social media presence in which he spouts his opinions. He is also rather private regarding giving interviews. However, he has not made any public statement on our furry friends in Afghanistan.
It’s shocking that PETA’s 2019 “Person of the Year” has remained silent as animals that could have been easily rescued were left to die. Phoenix has led National Animal Rights Day protests, given many speeches and has even dedicated himself to living as a vegan yet has not called on the Biden administration to rectify this disaster.
Alicia Silverstone, another Hollywood animal rights activist and vegan also remains quiet. She has garnered fame and notoriety for fighting for animal rights, has social media platforms to message effectively, yet chooses to withhold her activism on this cause. Where is her outrage? Does she remain Clueless that the Biden administration left animals stranded?…
Notably, the former Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, restauranteur, and star of Vanderpump Rules is the only one who has shown any support for the dogs being left in Afghanistan. She retweeted a post calling on Biden and his administration to evacuate the service animals who were assisting the U.S. military. However, Lisa has yet to make any public statement on this issue. A request for comment to Vanderpump’s manager went unanswered…
These animals in Afghanistan deserved better from this administration. Like every other issue surrounding the withdrawal, elected officials, the establishment media, Republicans and Democrats alike are criticizing Joe Biden ceaselessly… The only category of people who seem too scared or uninformed to rightly call out the inhumane treatment of our four-legged allies are celebrities. Again, they reveal themselves as committed to their causes only when it suits the purposes for elevating their reputations. SOURCE…
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