Turkeys of the world unite

Equality for turkeys.
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
November 26, 2015 12:48am CST
Fellow turkeys, it is time that we stopped lying submissively on the plate while these selfish humans devour us for their own pleasure. We can trace our ancestry back to the dinosaurs, so we have as much right to live on this planet in peace as those recent humans. Today they will hold their annual ceremony known as Thanksgiving, which involves the ritual sacrifice of many of our brethren. Next month our British cousins will be subjected to the same appalling treatment during the festival known as Christmas. We can no longer tolerate this persecution. The time has come for us to stand united and say “No More”. We must all stand together in our noble cause and fight the aggressors. The time has come to defend our liberty and repel the chefs and butchers. The time has come for revolution, WE ARE REVOLTING!
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
26 Nov 15
Should the turkeys trust you, or are you doing the same as the cat who invited the mice to make a revolution in the tale of Trilussa???
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
Shhh! They may be listening.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@LadyDuck They are fully convinced by me and would probably not believe you.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
26 Nov 15
@Asylum I will not say a word.
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• Preston, England
26 Nov 15
you know these revolting turkeys are just going to have to get 'stuffed' don't you?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
Not if we all stand firmly together and defend our rights.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@arthurchappell Our American cousins will be here fighting alongside us after their victory in today's Thanksgiving conflict. We will have many trained fighters, albeit only Bantam Weight.
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• Preston, England
26 Nov 15
@Asylum you might gobble now but we will be gobbling you up on the 25th with cranberry sauce - spare us the poultry details
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
26 Nov 15
We need to change our diet so we taste too fowl to eat!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
Or send for the help of the Capon Crusaders, Batman and Robin.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@thea09 Is that your poultry attempt to solve the migrant crisis?
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
26 Nov 15
@Asylum I've been secretly organizing with the local turkeys to block the roads as we aren't fat enough yet to be tasty if run over.
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@marguicha (222756)
• Chile
26 Nov 15
I can understand them. There´sa reason to fight. I´d stand by them as I´m not particulary fond of eating turkey. Could I just cut off their thighs and keep them alive? I like better filled roasted thighs. I have a recipe...
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
This is horrendous, adding mutilation to the many crimes against turkeys by you barbaric humans.
@allknowing (135914)
• India
26 Nov 15
There is no cow slaughter in some parts of India and I am told those old cows are suffering waiting to die. They will just be cremated. . Would you rather be a treat to someone and make that sacrifice than suffer your old age Think again.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
We rarely get the chance to grow old so we no way of making the comparison.
@allknowing (135914)
• India
26 Nov 15
@Asylum That is because you are not kept that long. Take my advice and be ready for that sacrifice. Can you imagin a population boom of turkeys? Why would anyone want to feed you?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@allknowing We managed to feed our selves perfectly well before you savages arrived and began breeding us in captivity for your barbaric sacrifices.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
26 Nov 15
Revoting or revolting?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
I had not even noticed that typing error, which has now been corrected. It can be difficult for us turkeys to use a keyboard.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
26 Nov 15
@Asylum Well they say Turkeys wouldn't vote for Christmas so I thought you might be being clever.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@boiboing Being clever? That is not something I do very often.
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@veganbliss (3895)
• Adelaide, Australia
1 Dec 15
Well played! I'm sending you over a legion of imposters to act as body-doubles. There are far too many sheep & cattle here slaughtered for Christmas that most of this country will have no need of turkey. So I'm re-exporting Tofurky, originally from the USA - & all of them quite convincing if prepared well.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
1 Dec 15
We4 still have the Christmas sacrifice season to cope with, so we would welcome all the help that we can get.
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@gudheart (12659)
26 Nov 15
Poor turkeys!! LOL
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
We are never safe as long as this ritual sacrifice continues.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@gudheart Not this year because our revolution shall succeed and we know freedom.
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@gudheart (12659)
26 Nov 15
@Asylum Aww must be like a month of massacre for them
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
26 Nov 15
gobble, gobble, i dont think we have to worry the turkeys here in SA, gobble
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
At least your country does not practice this barbaric ritual every year.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
27 Nov 15
@Asylum thank goodness
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
27 Nov 15
Now now my fine featured friend I see your features are ruffled and you are quite in a rage. There is nothing much you can do to stop this from happening. Farmers raise you guys and fatten you up just for this beautiful occasion. I can see where you're from you don't mind eating other animals so why mind about turkey or it is just not done where you live. I do like a good turkey now and then but please do not worry we have none here on the islands. Normally we don't get a lot of them in anyhow so it would be hard to have a nice feast on your fine featured friends.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
1 Dec 15
The humans over here do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but they do consider turkey to be the traditional sacrifice for Christmas.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Dec 15
@poehere Good is for use to keep our feathers and stay away from ovens.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
2 Dec 15
@Asylum Turkey is good if it is cooked right.
• United States
26 Nov 15
I only find the gizzards and the dark meat revolting. I think the white meat is delightful, if not too dry.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
We prefer it when humans do not like any part of us.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@ElizabethWallace Heartless and cruel like most of your species.
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• United States
26 Nov 15
@Asylum I once had a neighbor who kept birds as pets, lots of varieties, even turkeys. Virginia, a female turkey, once came over to me where I was sitting and put her head in my lap hoping that I would pet her. I told her to get lost. If I made friends with poultry, how could I eat one?
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• Otis Orchards, Washington
6 Dec 15
Turkeys unite! Run from those hatchet carrying head hunters! Don't let them stretch your neck across the chopping block. If one of those mad turkey killing humans gets ahold of one of your friends, attack and peck the human's eyes out. He won't be able to chop your head off if he can't see. It's a full revolution!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
6 Dec 15
Welcome to the flock. We are grateful for all the support and new recruits that we can muster.
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@JudyEv (339431)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Nov 15
No-one's mentioned feathering their own nest yet but I think every other pun has been used. You've given me quite a few smiles here.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
Oh, typical human, finding amusement in our suffering and ritual sacrifice.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@marguicha If you want amusement to satisfy your lust for suffering, then bring back public execution and sacrifice your own species.
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@JudyEv (339431)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Nov 15
@Asylum What I really want is one of your big wing feathers. I would hollow it out with a crochet hook and insert a biro refill and voilà, I'd have a quill pen.
@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
26 Nov 15
that was wonderful...thanks for the smiles
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
It is not so wonderful for us turkeys.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Nov 15
@T_gray Of course year will be the last time because our revolution is already taking effect and success is surely ours.
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@T_gray (7774)
• Salina, Kansas
26 Nov 15
@Asylum ha...no no, poor turkeys
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
29 Nov 15
Lucky for us the turkey bretheren were slow to unite and we were able to set the oven at 350 and enjoy the roast!! Beef of course. lol
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Nov 15
You are our friend Isabelle because we love beef eaters.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Nov 15
@BelleStarr We may consider having his effigy on our banner.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
29 Nov 15
@Asylum My husband is a major beef eater so he will be a charter member of the rebellion.
@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
2 Dec 15
Who'll organise the rebellion? Are there trade unions for turkeys?
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Dec 15
I organised it of course. Sadly we have no trade unions or being cooked at such a high temperature would have been outlawed a long time ago.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
5 Dec 15
There will be no turkey eaten in this house this year or should I say any year!
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Dec 15
You are probably never in England during the Christmas period anyway.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Dec 15
@garymarsh6 So you will be planning to eat your Easter eggs in some tropical location. I hope that you realise the danger involved, the eggs may melt and ruin your clothes.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
5 Dec 15
@Asylum I will be this year ! I was for Christmas last year too but not for the New Year. Alas no leave until Easter now.
@Spella (32)
• United States
9 Dec 15
My family didn't prepare a turkey for Thanksgiving, we had Pizza. And that was a nice change and was very tasty. For Christmas though, we usually have ham. My dad's ham gravy so good!
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Dec 15
That is exactly what we want to hear. Pizza and ham are what we in the revolution always recommend. before long everyone will be eating pizza or ham because we will be free at last.