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Partnered Twitch Streamer Alinity chucks cat over her head mid-Apex match, also spits vodka into her cat's mouth
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User Banned: (3 Days): Downplaying animal abuse
none of this is ban worthy. especially so because this bandwagon is being pushed by the "i hate women" gamers
"spitting vodka in cat's mouth" is a massive reach too. she literally just lets the cat lick it off her mouth. does that absolve her? no of course not but the former sounds like some heinous crime
is it stupid? yes. probably also needs a telling off from the SPCA
"spitting vodka in cat's mouth" is a massive reach too. she literally just lets the cat lick it off her mouth. does that absolve her? no of course not but the former sounds like some heinous crime
is it stupid? yes. probably also needs a telling off from the SPCA
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People have been using a peta hashtag which is so insane to me. We're not trying to get her (and her cat) killed, guys.
Are they not as notorious of a group as I thought?
.....wait, what? W-what do you think peta does? Have you been watching too much South Park?
Jesus christ
The streamer is fucked up in the worst way and it's horrifying to see people abuse animals as props for what they perceive as entertainment.
There's moral and legal repercussions that go way beyond "bumping the partnered status" or "banned" from Twitch. Their policies are thinly veiled threats to people that make them money.
There's moral and legal repercussions that go way beyond "bumping the partnered status" or "banned" from Twitch. Their policies are thinly veiled threats to people that make them money.
afaik peta has a history of mistreating animals, dishonest and manipulative ad campaigns and violent activism. There are much better groups to be notified and supported.
Oh ok, Twitch rules seem pretty lax.
Cats have fragile digestive systems (as I've known many times to my cost cleaning up after my own) - so yes, the Vodka is worthy of reporting.
Having lost one to poisoning, you shouldn't muck about with them like that.
Also, please don't quote that extremist organisation, they're not on the side of animals, and more likely to euthanise the pet than help it.
Having lost one to poisoning, you shouldn't muck about with them like that.
Also, please don't quote that extremist organisation, they're not on the side of animals, and more likely to euthanise the pet than help it.
I'm assuming he's confused about the "trying to get her killed" part.
Hopefully she gets banned for a long time but I doubt that will be the case.
Twitch always gives second (and third, forth ,... ) passes to streamers that bring revenue. She'll be back more likely than not.
User banned (3 days): downplaying animal abuse
Apparently cats are sensitive to alcohol, never knew that. Maybe she didn't know either. Pitchforks seem a bit extreme here.
Throwing her cat on the other hand...
Throwing her cat on the other hand...
Makes me sick. Might need to add a trigger warning in the title for animal abuse, honestly. I couldn't even fully watch the vodka clip.
Fuck her.
Fuck her.
"I shouldnt have gotten frustrated with Milo, but I dropped him on the floor behind my chair. I'm not that strong :P"
Imagine having such a temper that you could harm a companion animal like that, almost as shocking as this piss-poor attempt to downplay animal abuse.
EDIT: Oh, she's been seen kicking her dog when it was annoying one of here cats, too. This isn't some isolated incident, what a vile human being.
Imagine having such a temper that you could harm a companion animal like that, almost as shocking as this piss-poor attempt to downplay animal abuse.
EDIT: Oh, she's been seen kicking her dog when it was annoying one of here cats, too. This isn't some isolated incident, what a vile human being.
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PETA have done some real shitty things, but they aren't going to go around killing her
Twitch won't do shit about this either, they don't care. A lesser-known streamer would be kicked off of the platform completely if they had those three incidents under their belt (throwing your cat, giving your cat alcohol, saying the N word), but since it's Alinity she'll get special treatment for sure. They need to seriously look into their own policies and actually stick to them, hire completely new non-biased staff if that's what it takes. It is completely baffling to me how they are willing to spit out temporary bans for honest mistakes like a streamer clicking a link with NSFW material in it and closing the window immediately, but are totally unwilling to stick to their guts with these actual violations and overall terrible, terrible behavior. Weird how many people are subtly trying to downplay this, wonder how many cat-throwers there are in this community.
Taking and euthanising otherwise healthy family pets isn't terrible enough?
This is not the place for it, but as I understand it those stories are mostly all from a website called petakillsanimals.com, which is a website run by Richard Berman (or more accurately Berman & Co). Someone who has made an entire career lobbying aggressively against basically everything good. Including running hitpieces against workers unions, environmentalists, and a lot more.
Are there any sources of that old claim which do not come from a site he runs? Because he is not a trustworthy source.
Attempting to fact check, there seems to be a couple of incidents of stolen pets (which I fucking hate) but nothing of the level most people parrot on the internet
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From the mouth of forum favourite, theguardian, a legally settled court case...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/peta-sorry-for-taking-girls-dog-putting-it-down
What a disgusting person. Twitch should ban her immediately but they seem to constantly embrace toxic and problematic people so I doubt it.
That part was clearly hyperbole, but the part about her cat, not so much.
It's as puzzling as some of the posters defending her in this thread!
To all the people saying that she may not have known it was harmful. Ignorance is not a defense. Alcohol isn't exactly great for humans nevermind a small animal.
The defeatist attitude of "oh Twitch doesn't care" doesn't help either. Twitch can't ignore it forever. It's definitely grounds for animal abuse in the UK and I'm sure it's the same where she's from.
Other people have phrased it as a question as well, and not been banned. Obviously throwing a cat like that is not okay, but the vodka thing is even worse as it is like poison. The folks being banned are outright trying to defend how she threw the cat.
Regardless, it is animal abuse and this streamer is a repeat ToS offender, but like many larger streamers Twitch seems to not take any action (or not for long) as they are a source of money for the company.
It sucks.
Pretty gross, and very unexpected since she generally seems to take very good care of her pets.
People will surprise you with their behavior when they're upset or drunk. If this is how she is or can become, I agree she should have her pets taken away. Even if she's great with them most of the time (I'm guessing she is 99% of the time), the fact that she can take it to this level — even for an instant — means she poses a threat to her pets at all times. A momentary lapse in judgment like this is all that is required to kill or injure a pet, and she is known to love her bottles of alcohol.
She is a repeat offender who has a very long history of doing or saying REALLY stupid shit. Shit that makes you question someone's intelligence, despite appearing to be a fairly nice person. But I suppose if most of us were talking to hundreds of people for 40 hours a week maybe we'd end up saying some really dumb shit along the way too, so most of that can slide. I'd like to think, however, that most of us wouldn't throw out racial epithets or attack animals at all, ever. Am I crazy?
People will surprise you with their behavior when they're upset or drunk. If this is how she is or can become, I agree she should have her pets taken away. Even if she's great with them most of the time (I'm guessing she is 99% of the time), the fact that she can take it to this level — even for an instant — means she poses a threat to her pets at all times. A momentary lapse in judgment like this is all that is required to kill or injure a pet, and she is known to love her bottles of alcohol.
She is a repeat offender who has a very long history of doing or saying REALLY stupid shit. Shit that makes you question someone's intelligence, despite appearing to be a fairly nice person. But I suppose if most of us were talking to hundreds of people for 40 hours a week maybe we'd end up saying some really dumb shit along the way too, so most of that can slide. I'd like to think, however, that most of us wouldn't throw out racial epithets or attack animals at all, ever. Am I crazy?
Yeah, I have to agree with you there. Not sure if the mods missed that one or they're playing favourites.
Videos aren't good, the vodka video is just a pure wtf moment. Fair enough if she isn't clued up that it's poison to animals (and humans to an extent). It's obvious that the cat wouldn't have liked it though.
In my previous post, I have a fact checking article. The Maya incident is in there:
The guardian article seems to have been published after the fact check, and as far as I can tell seems to be legit, so I guess the case was re-opened at some point and they eventually agreed on an out of court settlement.
The case definitely could have been handled better, and those PETA members definitely were in the wrong and that payout is fucking pathetic, but it seems a bit disingenuous to use that as an example of how they are rounding up and killing pets.
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