Let’s say you’re walking down the street in this leather jacket you love, and bam: you get hit by a tomato.

You look to see who did it, and there, yelling and flailing about the evils of fur and leather, a group of people wave picket signs.

Your first thought: “Who are these idiots, and what gives them the right to pelt me with fruit?”

This is PETA. And you’ve just experienced the “Revenge of the PETA Tomatoes.”

On its website, PETA rallies its troops with the threat: “Fur-wearers, be warned—vigilante vegetables are ready to paint the town red. If you still wear fur … you’d better be prepared to meet your ‘mater.”

PETA has also created a videogame of the protest for practice, and will send stickers that say “throw me at fur-wearers” upon request for plastering on produce at grocery stores.

Wow, that’s a great thought—”If screaming at people doesn’t make them listen, let’s vandalize their property!”

This is hardly surprising, considering PETA’s record. It is well-documented that PETA donates to organizations responsible for terrorist activities, according to ActivistCash.com.

ActivistCash.com is not itself an unbiased source, since one media watchdog group, the Center for Media and Democracy, says its funding comes from cigarette makers, large chain restaurants, and taverns.

Still, ActivistCash.com backs up its claim by providing public records of PETA’s annual tax returns, where it has donated to organizations, like the Earth Liberation Front.

What’s wrong with ELF?

Not much, if you don’t mind extortion, arson, stalking, and the like.

A document entitled the “Top 20 List of Illegal Actions by Animal and Eco-Terrorists 1996-2006” compiled by the University of California system includes ELF under the following entry:

In August 2003, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for setting fire to a new housing development near San Diego – to protest sprawl and development … A banner reading “If you build it, we will burn it, the ELFs are mad,” was found at the crime scene … Damage was assessed at more than $50 million.

All this reaffirms that I’ll keep donating to the ASPCA.