In Sean Penn’s Oscar-acceptance speech for “Milk,” he said “I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me.” Don’t worry, Sean: We appreciate you. And so does Planet Earth. Just not enough to make you a better seed in the tourney.
Besides, anyone who would make a movie called “Milk” and not rewrite the script to talk about the plight of our horribly disadvantaged Holstein sisters, slaving away in the dairy-industrial complex — well, he just deserves PETA’s wrath in Round 1.
Excuse me, while I eat some cheese and wash it down with a yogurt smoothie.
As for PETA itself, How do you pick just one reason? (Or twenty?)
Forced as I am, however, to defend awarding a #1 seed to PETA, let’s just say that killing thousands of adoptable puppies and kittens while guilt-tripping the rest of us about our Italian sausages and leather belts — well, that’s just not cool.
It also just might be the biggest organized hypocrisy since the days of armies “destroying a village in order to save it.” Know what I mean?
And then there was that unbelievable quote about how PETA isn’t interested in being a part of any cynical ploy that’s just part of a PR campaign. Sure … and Hooters is angry about being called a “breasturant.”
If this region of the “Activists” bracket looks a little PETA-heavy, that’s because it is. If the Church of PETA is going to get to the Snark Sixteen, it’s probably going to have to survive challenges from at least two or three of its own acolytes. Could get nasty! (In a bloodless, humane, compassionate way, of course…)
This poll — and today’s seven other Round 1 matchups — will be open for 24 hours. Updated Brackets will be posted tomorrow.
Deceiver Madness '09 Round 1 (Activists bracket): Pick the bigger hypocrite
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (1) (79%)
- Sean Penn (16) (21%)
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At least Sean Penn seems to be aware that he’s an @sshole.
Plus for all his retarded hollywood politics, he has, on rare occasions done something that helped people (such as being down in New Orleans helping out after Katrina LONG before our government was.
Deceiver!! PeTA is so easy, it’s almost impossible to vote for them.
But I did anyway. Wearing fur. Sitting on a couch made of antlers. Drinking milk. With my foot on the head of a bearskin rug.
As much as I hate Sean Penn, I think PETA is worse.
How can one not choose PeTA?
PeTA is a lobby with 25 Millions$ a-year budget. They are a mammoth in the media circus. Sean Penn can’t match that.
PeTA, hands down.
How many times can I vote for PETA?
PeTA… ever since the incident with the interns in the meat bags on a hot summer day, I’ve realized just how evil and manipulative these people are. Also, many of the celebrities’ offenses we’ve been criticizing would be a lot less aggregious without PeTA screaming how much we should look up to them for taking the time to pose for a photo shoot.
PETA, PETA, PETA!
Peta. Because they will be around forever. Like luggage. Penn will be dead after a few years.
Sean Penn seems to be earnest in his views.
Hard choice. Sean Penn is annoying as all get out. PETA is just as annoying, but I have to go with Sean Penn who talks just to hear himself talk. He also likes to tell us how to live – all the time. I hate his acting and his personality.
PETA. I didn’t even have to put any thought into that choice. PETA is more harmful than Penn could ever hope to be, even though he is a total douche.
Oh man this is not fair. You know maybe you could call it “The Sean Penn Deceiver Award” or something. He’s gonna get his ass kicked out today and he deserves something.
I chose Penn, because I hate his face and PeTA, well, PeTA’s many faces are represented already in other match-ups.
I hate to say it, but choosing PETA is like shooting fish in a barrel with an elephant gun. Which I assume PETA would be against, unless they were like homeless fish or something. Then they’d probably shoot them, although I still couldn’t eat them because that would be exploitative and wrong. I guess they could release them instead, but they’d probably counter that such an act would be cruel due to the fish growing up in a limited and unsocalized environment and, let’s face it, therapy is expensive, even for fish. Ammo is cheap.
As much as I hate Sean, PETA is going to win this thing.
Penn – I hate him more than I hate PETA.
PeTA because…well, I hate them
PETA, PETA, PETA! I can’t believe you even matched them up with Sean Penn… seriously!
While I can’t stand Penn, he has at least done 2 things in his life that I enjoy…Spicoli and showing Madonna that not EVERYONE in the world loves her…But how do you NOT vote for PETA!? To celebrate, I am going to go eat something that once had a face, and drink it down with some milk..
If only there were some baby seals around to club…
PETA will probably win the whole thing.
I ent with PETA, but Penn should have been a higher seed.
PETA definitely. More douchebags like PETA than Penn.
Sean Penn had no chance against his opponent.
Difficult choice, but I have to go with PETA.
PeTA. No real choice here.
As a pit bull owner, I never thought I could hate PETA more than I already had, but Deceiver has shown me plenty of new ways.
PeTA all the way.
I’m voting for Penn.
Because if my boat ever springs a leak, I want him and his little red plastic cup to be right there beside me.
OMG PETA hands down! I didn’t even have to read the stuff about the other guy. I’ve lurked in Deceiver enough to know what a total wack-jobs the PETArds can be.
I’d love to see Sean Penn squeak this one out. It was my upset pick (my upset picks usually don’t work out) but I’ve got my fingers crossed. PeTA will be back next year anyway, let’s give peace Penn a chance.
Dangnabbit, why did Spicoli have to face off against PETA right out of the gate?
This is like choosing between being sodomized by Kenny G or Michael Bolton. Either way, you just want to die.
Had to go PeTA. Sean, after all, was already trounced in the Colbert “Metaphor-Off.”
I almost voted for Sean just to be different… but I can’t stand the thought. *shudder*
PETA – simply for the fact that they “employe” so many deceivers.
As much as I wanted to vote for Sean Penn at some point I just have to go with Peta.
I know Sean cheats on Princess Buttercup on a regular basis but PETA is beyond reprehensible.
Anybody who f—ed Madonna gets my vote.
PETA is a group psychos who need to be stopped. Their “campaign” has probably set back animal rights thirty years.
I am voting for PETA. This is saying something because Sean Penn really is one of my least favorite people.
Wow, coupling two top 10 hypocrites in the first bracket. Ballsy, but only one can survive.
I think Sean Penn actually believe’s he’s this decade’s Che Guevara. In reality he’s this decade’s Billy Carter.
PeTA will always be the uber-hypocrite.
Since PETA is going to win anyway, I just went with the underdog. Sean Penn seems like an entirely humorless person and that bugs me.
PeTA, but only for sheer volume of damage done. Penn is such a douche nozzle, it hurt my fingers to vote against him. I wish he were a higher seed.
PETA. Sean Penn could never dream to compare
AUGH!! I kills me to do it, but PETA got my vote. I hate Penn, but I hate PETA even more.
Who could out-hypocrite PETA?
PETA will probably win, but I gotta go with PENN. Every time I see him, I see the image of him in his little boat, frantically bailing water with his little red plastic cup, off to rescue the victims of Katrina in a leaky boat that barely holds himself and his obligatory cameraman. To capture for the ages (or for his publicist) his philanthropic, unselfish devotion to his fellow man, of course.
There is no way one man can top PETA.
PETA. Do you even have to ask?
I was coming up with something *hilarious*, but now I feel like I’d just be copying Brian.
PETA over Penn. The toolbox easily trounces the tool.
Penn enjoys appearing to be an unhappy miserable pissed off prick, and he pulls it off well. But Peta, oh where is the humanity? Peta doesn’t care about animals, like Penn, they want to appear to have the point of view that they show. Sure there are some misguided brain functioning inhibited douche bags that believe that someone’s child (no matter their age) should die before any animal. Look at your children and think about that statement for a minute.
But overall Peta is all about promoting themselves more than helping animals. That’s what they are advertising on their billboards, they are saying look at me I have a whacked-out point of view of the world and you have to listen. If you need proof just ask Peta what they spend a year on advertising “themselves” and what they spend on wildlife conservation. In Wisconsin alone over 97 million dollars was generated in 2007 from hunters and fishermen/women. Multiply that by all of the states of this country and it really hits home who loves animals and who just wants to appear to. With all of the programs to benefit wildlife, Peta’s money could be put to good use. But to Peta it is much more important to be seen and heard rather than to do something that will actually benefit the animal kingdom.
Sean acknowledges he’s a jerk. PETA get my vote for being holier (and more clueless) than thou.
Sean suffered for his low ranking. He’s a formidable hypocrite, but not in the same class as PETA.
PETA for sure!
Sean Penn is probably the biggest hypocrite of them all. It’s so sad he was seeded so low. This man just gets one break after another in life. Hope he enjoys his visits with corrupt dictators pledging hate to our fellow citizens.