DAN GRAEBER: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was given a lesson in semantics online this week after characterizing words such as “snake” and “chicken,” commonly used as insults, as a form of discrimination against animals. PETA took to Twitter on Tuesday to suggest using animal names as insults was a form … Continue reading ‘HATE SPEECH’: Animal rights group ridiculed for condemning animal insults and speciesist slurs