That'll Show 'Em

It was a busy weekend in the life of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. The inseparable duo gallivanted around Paris, taking in the sights, enjoying the nightlife and being pelted by PETA-approved flour bombs. As you do.

Evidently some crazed French animal rights activist got all up in arms over a fur stole that Lindsay was sporting at a Paris nightclub, so she threw a bag of flour at the "actress" before running off down the sidewalk, Napoleon Dynamite-style. (You can watch the video here.)

Not to worry, though: Sam retaliated in the most effective way possible, by blogging about the incident on MySpace. Full rant after the jump.

Flour Power

I posted a blog last week that angered some people who didn't know how to read properly, I then wasted my own time defending myself and now I regret that.

There is a fine line that distinguishes the difference between exercising our freedom of expression and offending others, for example the debate regarding freedom of speech vs. hate speech…. i feel that this principle should apply to protestors also. It's a pity that some groups feel the need to assault people as opposed to fighting with words.

Whenever I feel the need to vent about something that feels unfair to me I reach for my computer, I don't run out of the house with abusive intentions. I don't expect everyone to react the same way, but I do expect people to respect each other. Maybe that's my first mistake? It seems lately I am learning that there are too many people who put another species before their fellow man and that's sad. I don't wear fur, but I don't think I have the right to ATTACK those who do. No one has that right.

PETA should focus their efforts on educating people on what they believe are injustices instead of seeking press via harassing those in the limelight. I received an apology too many days late from the PETA folks (the blog removal was too little too late) and today I'm pissed at the bag of flour thrown on Lindsay last night. Not because I got powdered down, but because the girl who threw it acted like an animal herself. I take that back, it's an insult to animals to group her in with them, my dog is FAR more civilized than that person. I would have more respect for them if they didn't use other people to get their point across. Lindsay, Mary Kate, Ashley Olsen, Anna Wintour and the rest of the targeted celebrities aren't the problem, I'm pretty sure they're not the only ones wearing fur, in fact, they should be appreciated by PETA for giving them a target. If it weren't for them, who would get them press?????

I know I'm probably going to get a lot of angry emails in response, but I don't really care. I got enough last week for no reason so I'm more than happy to ignore the nastiness after seeing what I saw last night. I'm not about to throw on a fur coat in retaliation, but had I had one within reach, I'm not sure I would have walked away from it.

p.s. when was the last time you saw an animal attack one of its own in defense of a human? hmmmmm….. that's one to grow on!

p.s.s. i think there are plenty of families that could have used that flour for a meal. nice job, lady.

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Nov 17, 2008 · posted by Whitney · Link · 53 Responses
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Comments (53)

No. 1 Stoney says:

That doesn't excuse the fact that your girlfriend was WEARING FUR. Geez, miss the point much?

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 10:15 am
No. 2 Caroline says:

Umm..doesn't she think that poor families could use the money she and her vapid pussy leech waste on trendy hipster clothing and traveling all over the world to "spin records at parties" (bitch..you ain't girltalk!(if you don't know who girltalk are, find out have a party and dance for 2 hours)) for a nice meal?

I'm pretty sure Peta does focus their efforts on educating people..and your bitch ass vaginal wart one hit movie skank did not pay attention at all! If your bitch thinks writing a Barack Obama opinion piece on her myspace can in some way change the election, then why the hell does she not thinking wearing fur would influence her "minions" as well.

Fuck these vapid consumer driven pieces of scum..I seriously hope the revolution comes soon and you are put in cages in museums as reminders of what can happen when you put material goods before your fellow man or ANIMAL! You turn into a spray tan coke whore fake lesbian!

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 10:27 am
No. 3 Erica says:

I really think these two are just so out of touch. Lindsey getting excited about a "colored" president just proves that, as does the fact Samantha is applauding celebs for wearing fur so that PETA gets press… geez… they have their heads so far up their asses that they have lost touch.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 10:46 am
No. 4 Stoney says:

The sheer size of her ego in this rant blows my mind.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 10:50 am
No. 5 Randa Roo says:

PETA is full of crazy ass crackpots. If they weren't so militant, maybe people would think twice about their message. They're like the Westboro Church of the animal rights world. They aren't taken seriously and their message gets lost in their shenanigans. Personally, I don't wear fur, but I don't give a shit if anyone else does either. Throwing shit at people is not the most mature, rational way to get your point across. In fact, PETA's flour bombs make me want to go out and get a dalmatian coat, Cruella style. Quite the opposite of their intent, I'm sure.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:04 am
No. 6 Holly West says:

Her points are completely valid no matter how you feel about Lindsey Lohan. Throwing flour and paint is not the answer and will most certainly not cause the victim to stop wearing fur. It reduces the validity of their message to behave in such a manner.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:06 am
No. 7 janice says:

Okay, Sam Ronson is an idiot, but I hate PETA's tactics. They're so wrongheaded.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:07 am
No. 8 oilybohunk7 says:

#5 & #6 I agree.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:14 am
No. 9 blerg says:

re. the p.s: i bet a lot of dogs would attack another dog to defend its owner. i haven't seen it, personally, but i also rarely watch people get attacked by dogs. so… there.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:23 am
No. 10 Stoney says:

She could blog all day long for 12 hours straight and it still wouldn't excuse the fact that Hohan was wearing fur, a celebrity, in Paris, and totally asking to be attacked by PETA due to those facts alone.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:28 am
No. 11 LThrace says:

Uh Stoney, I am normally on your side with most of your comments, but that last one (#10) is completely wrong. How can you say that she is asking to be attacked because of what she chooses to wear?

I choose to eat meat. Does that mean that I deserve to be attacked?

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:31 am
No. 12 sar says:

"she is asking to be attacked because of what she chooses to wear"

ooh stoney you remind me of a rapist i know.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:33 am
No. 13 Chelsea - PETA Protector says:

I'm not down with throwing flour on people–I think it's childish and certainly doesn't do anything for animal rights. But as stupid as that is, how does Samantha possibly think it's effective to go home and blog about everything that bothers you? Seriously? Seriously? If someone does something shitty to me, I'm damn sure not gonna run home and blog. Sure, the protestor ran off like a coward so it's not like Sam could have said something to her face, but blogging? God, what is this world coming to?

Oh, and fur is more fucking 80's than a Member's Only jacket.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:34 am
No. 14 Randa Roo says:

Who cares if she was wearing fur? She could have been wearing a live puppy stole and it wouldn't have mattered. It is NOT okay to physically attack a person because you don't like their clothing choice. Talk about blaming the victim here. You should be able to walk around in public in whatever clothing you choose without being assaulted. Apparently, your mileage varies.

Is a rape victim asking to be attacked because she's wearing a miniskirt and a midriff baring shirt? No, I didn't think so.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:34 am
No. 15 Randa Roo says:

Damn, sar, great minds think alike, apparently.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:35 am
No. 16 Chelsea - PETA Protector says:

Ok, getting floured and being physically attacked are two very different things here guys. She brushed the flour off and went about her evening. No police report, no scarring. It's a shaming thing, not an out and out attack. Do I think she deserved it? Hell yeah. Do I think PETA should be ashamed of being a part of it? Hell yes.

Animals on fur farms are starved, left in extreme weather conditions, and anally/vaginally electrocuted. And because that killing technique isn't always effective, some animals are skinned alive to make Lindsay a fucking coat. She shouldn't have been floured because in this day and age she shouldn't need that embarrassing reminder not to wear fur. It's not the same thing as eating meat, so I won't even get into a debate about that.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:39 am
No. 17 LThrace says:

I understand that it is your view about fur. And you have the right to feel strongly about it. But it is also my right as a human being to do whatever the hell I want to do within the law. And if I want to wear fur (which I don't), you shouldn't try to infringe on that right.

And getting floured is being attacked. It is throwing something on someone without their permission. That is assault. Plain and simple fact.

I am all for expressing your views and getting the word out, but trying to justify it by infringing on another human beings rights is the wrong way to go about it.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:47 am
No. 18 Stoney says:

Sorry, I'm gonna go ahead and side with the innocent, skinned-alive animal and not the spray-tanned Long Island piece of trash with money to burn on torture clothes. It's not the same argument as rape. It's called taking responsibility for the politically incorrect, DISGUSTING clothing you put on because all you care about is what you look like in pictures. Sorry, but if you're famous, don't run around being photographed in dead animals and you'll be spared PETA's wrath. And if you're not famous, you shouldn't be wearing fur either! Educate yourselves.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:50 am
No. 19 LThrace says:

Sorry, but this topic kinda gets under my skin.

PETA has increasingly been adopting this "ends justifies the means" mentality and it is a freaking slippery slope. Anti-abortion activists use that same mentality when they throw things at people outside of clinics or when they bomb doctors and their families. DOESNT MAKE IT OK!

OK. Off my soap box for the time being. Sorry.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:50 am
No. 20 Stoney says:

"She shouldn't have been floured because in this day and age she shouldn't need that embarrassing reminder not to wear fur."

THANK YOU!!!

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:52 am
No. 21 Stoney says:

LThrace, if allowing animals to be skinned alive in order for rich women to look good was the exact same thing as allowing Planned Parenthood to continue operating because it's vital to our society, then I would agree with that argument. There is no social benefit to wearing fur. There is no reason we have to allow people to continue killing animals for their skin, like we must continue to allow women the choice to abort their fetuses. Sorry, just not the same thing at all.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:56 am
No. 22 Chelsea - PETA Protector says:

Ok, PETA isn't killing anyone (That'd sorta defeat the purpose of their don't kill stuff mantra) so you cannot equate them with anti-abortionists. While I appreciate that no one should be attacked, I much more strongly appreciate that animals shouldn't be kept in cages so small they can't stand up or walk, be starved and dehydrated, be denied medical care, develop psychotic behavior from their confinement, and then be brutally killed so someone can wear a mink stole. Sorry, but being floured on your way into a club is just not that bad in comparison. It's just a childish tactic for someone with a good argument.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 11:56 am
No. 23 LThrace says:

I am in no way saying that bombing a clinic and flouring someone are the same thing. I am however making the point that it is a slippery slope when you begin to apply the "end justifies the mean" mentality.

Both are infringing on other human beings rights. One is much much way way worse than the other. However, that does not make it right. My point is that it is the wrong way to go about getting a message out. It is NEVER right to attack another person no matter the circumstance or if you are in the right.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:06 pm
No. 24 Chelsea - PETA Protector says:

I'm not going to argue with you on that LThrace because the argument still isn't valid. You're talking about a very steep, very well-lubed slope to get from flouring an idiotic celebrity to bombing an abortion clinic.

I will say, as I already said above, that flouring her was wrong and I would never consider doing something like that. However, fur as a fashion statement is very dated, and it's inherently cruel. There's no justification for wearing fur and I think, so long as it's non-violent, you deserve what you get when you choose to wear it.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:11 pm
No. 25 Stoney says:

I have to admit that any attack on Lindsay Lohan is justified and encouraged in my mind.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:11 pm
No. 26 Randa Roo says:

Someone could die from inhaling flour. If they have a wheat allergy, and depending on the type of flour used, it could cause anaphylaxis and trigger asthma attacks. Basically, no matter how deplorable the treatment of animals used to make fur, that doesn't make assaulting people okay. Two wrongs don't make a right.

The childish tactics negate any good of the arguments. Whether they're throwing paint or flour or kittens, it's immature and detracts from their message, however good it may be. My problem with PETA is that they are so concerned with the treatment of animals that the treatment of their fellow man doesn't even factor into it. When you cross the line from proselytization to assault to get your message out, you have a problem.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:17 pm
No. 27 LThrace says:

I agree to disagree with you then.

On with the snark I say!

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:17 pm
No. 28 Chelsea - PETA Protector says:

Ok, just to throw out an aside–Can we PLEASE end the misconception that PETA throws paint? I know it's tricky, since PETAFrance evidently condones throwing flour, but seriously. PETA doesn't throw paint. Random AR activists do. PETA doesn't for one very simple reason–paint doesn't come off and if an easily identifiable organization throws the paint, they'd have to pay to clean or replace that nasty ass fur coat they ruined. See? So puh-lease, no more 'PETA throws paint so they're worthless' arguments, ok? Just 'PETA throws flour so they're worthless' arguments.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:21 pm
No. 29 Ruth says:

PETA is retarded. But even a broken, retarded clock is right twice a day. Skinning animals alive is f-ed up. Unfortunately for the animals, throwing flour on La Lohan is not going to do them a damn bit of good.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:23 pm
No. 30 silent noodles says:

Fur Hag! now that's good stuff.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:38 pm
No. 31 Randa Roo says:

I said it didn't matter WHAT they threw, be it paint, flour or kittens. I stand by my statement. (I know they don't throw kittens, so you don't need to tell me that.)

Personally, I lost any modicum of respect for PETA I may have had when they compared the ALF with the Underground Railroad. *snerk*

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 12:39 pm
No. 32 Sarah says:

Alf eats kittens. True story.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:23 pm
No. 33 oilybohunk7 says:

Except for Fluffy.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:38 pm
No. 34 Chelsea - PETA Protector says:

Alf is PETA's solution to the overpopulation crisis. Another true story.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:41 pm
No. 35 silent noodles says:

I think I am going reserve the right to throw flour on anyone who wears crocs.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:42 pm
No. 36 oilybohunk7 says:

My mom has a bad foot and her doctor told her to wear Crocs. I'm not going to say it made me love her less when I spotted her in a pair of Disney Crocs (the holes were in the shape of Mickey Mouse) but it did unleash a torrent of inner turmoil. Mock her or don't mock her? Be seen with her in public or pretend like I don't know her?

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:48 pm
No. 37 Stoney says:

Crocs did not ask to be born ugly. we must be tolerant of all colors and types of footwear.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:53 pm
No. 38 silent noodles says:

What about the crocs with flare?! Not only are you wearing crocs but you are decorating them. It's an abomination I tell you.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:55 pm
No. 39 Sarah says:

Crocs eat kittens. True story.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:58 pm
No. 40 oilybohunk7 says:

Have you ever touched a Croc? I hadn't until Friday. It wasn't at all like I thought it would be. They are so bizarre.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 1:59 pm
No. 41 silent noodles says:

oilybohunk7 I don't think you can fault your mother for having a foot infection, but you can point and laugh at the footwear. I have never touched the elusive crocs, but from what I have heard they are like slipping your feet in a velvet vagina.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 2:07 pm
No. 42 sar says:

@silent noodles

Velvet Vagina shoes are the best idea of all time. Would you like to join me in creation and marketing of "Velvet Vagina Shoes: Ultimate Pleasure"?

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 2:54 pm
No. 43 killorn says:

Whoa you guys. Flour is like, two ingredients away from gravy. I think it's safe to say we've reached an all time terror alert status of "Hollandaise".

LOCK UP YOUR CHILDREN! (and your chinchillas)

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 3:32 pm
No. 44 Sarah says:

Velvet Vagina Shoes eat kittens. Not a true story.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 4:03 pm
No. 45 killorn says:

Croc and Ugg had a baby, and they called him Birkenstock.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 4:17 pm
No. 46 stopthemadness says:

whenever i turn on the vacuum cleaner, my dog, nate dogg aka nathaniel q. doggerson dogg, routinely barks at it and tries to place himself between me and the vacuum cleaner.

so yeah. i'm pretty sure he'd attack a dog that was threatening me. especially if that dog sounded like a vacuum cleaner.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 7:43 pm
No. 47 stopthemadness says:

"flouring" someone could very well be assault, the legal definition of which does not require an actual touching or striking or doing bodily harm to the person of another.

i learnt that in law skool. i also just looked it up in my black's law dictionary because i am an unrepentant nerd.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 7:49 pm
No. 48 stopthemadness says:

i think those who were crocs should be fed to crocs.

it'd be so meta.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 7:52 pm
No. 49 stopthemadness says:

is doc maarten the redheaded stepchild of ugg and croc and the half-brother of birkenstock? i mean, he's so punk, but he's also a doctor.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 7:53 pm
No. 50 stopthemadness says:

wear* crocs, even.

Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 7:53 pm
No. 51 .:ilnazhad:. pretending to be 18 and in Thailand says:

How clever was that, STM? Hilarious!

Posted: Nov 18, 2008 at 4:34 am
No. 52 Kate says:

I know i'm late to this post, but after seeing the treatment of those poor animals, just to wear their fur, it makes me sick to my stomach, and although i dont agree with PETA's approach, i think they have every right to be outraged that people still think fur is fashionable. I could understand if the fur came from animals being used for food, but just to have their bodies tossed so someone can wear something furry is terrible. The way those animals are treated and killed is the most upsetting thing to me.

Posted: Nov 18, 2008 at 11:46 am
No. 53 Brandon says:

ok i will throw this out there. if ur in PETA then when some jack ass pulls some retarded stun like this then u 2 take the blame. why? do you see an i in team? PETA is more or less a team. if people in this world used more commonsence there would be less bull shit like this. also even if PETA members don't want to admit to it or not they them self have gone against their beliefs at one point in thier lifes. to prove my point how many PETA meber can say that growing up they never eat meat or drank milk? look this is simple if you are in PETA fine, if you want to protest the things done to animals fine, but trying to push your beliefs on others is wrong, like someone said above someone around Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson could have had some allergy to what is in flower, and could have died. then PETA would look even worse and then people really wouldn't lissen to anything PETA says. one more thingi am guess 99% of PETA members don't eat meat but eat veggies and fruit, even think of how those plants u are killing feel? you know they are living too. and with out plants you wouldn't be here on this planet.

Posted: Jan 2, 2009 at 3:40 pm
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