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‘Babe’ star James Cromwell superglues hand to Starbucks counter


Fair warning: This one gets a bit sticky.

Incensed by the “senseless upcharge” at Starbucks for nondairy milk, “Succession” and “Babe” actor James Cromwell and other members of PETA, where he serves as an honorary director, staged a protest Tuesday at a Midtown Manhattan location of the coffee chain.

If anyone wanted him to leave, they were out of luck as he — along with another protester — superglued his hand to the counter in what can best be described as a “glue-in.” PETA live-streamed the protest, which quickly began trending on social media, where the stunt was met with a menagerie of praise and (mostly “Babe”) jokes.


If God didn't want us to eat cows and drink their milk then he wouldn't have made them taste so delicious.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/05/10/james-cromwell-starbucks-glue-protest/

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Starbucks is a good place to meet goth type girls. But really half price books is the best pickup place.

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And liberals call us nuts.

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Should have just chopped his wimpy hands off and thrown his feeble ass out the door (or into the dumpster)

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The protest was really against animal cruelty.

Most people are not aware how complex animal social organizations can be or that they have emotions like fear and grief as well as intelligence. Farm animals do suffer.

From OPs link:
“Cows produce milk for the same reason humans do: to nourish their young. But in the dairy industry, they give birth and their babies are taken from them almost immediately so that their milk can be sold. Mother cows cry for their infants for days,” adds Cromwell, clad in a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Free the animals” and reading from a piece of paper held in his free hand. “They suffer no less than human mothers would.”

Cromwell wants all milk to be priced the same to help lower the demand for cows' milk.

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