Also, it appears that nearly all of the thousands of comments were trolling. Of course, this is coming from the left-wing agitprop Huff Post, but maybe they don't have an agenda of making animal rights activists look like morons.

Oops..meant to embed this link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/11/steven-spielberg-dinosaur-photo-_n_5578696.html

It is a funny story, but I'm going to politely suggest this LA Times link as an alternative to the right-wing fuckhead agitprop IJ Review. No offense, but any venue that touts Rick Perry as a great and wise leader is unworthy of attention.

Sounds like something a bleeding heart lefty would say. You probably also hate Ted Cruz, prophet of our times.

Tangent: Why is "bleeding heart liberal" considered an insult by the people who use it? Why thank you, I am considerate of those around me, want to improve society as a whole, and believe in individual rights and freedoms.

There's some interesting psychology behind the phenomenon of 'liberal' becoming an effective epithet- with actual liberals compliantly shedding the label, and 'conservative' still being worn as a badge of honor by all shades of the right. It pains me to indulge in such obvious stereotypes, but it sure would be nice if the left could grow some balls -at least in respect to their own self-regard.

I'd just like to thank the huffpo's outstanding journalism for taking an extra five minutes to read enough Facebook comments to debunk the hard hitting articles from highly respected institutions like gawker and buzzfeed.

Like this?:

The most common mascot symbol for the party has been jackass or the donkey.[25] Andrew Jackson's enemies twisted his name to "jackass" as a term of ridicule regarding a stupid and stubborn animal. However the Democrats liked the common-man implications and picked it up too, so the image persisted and evolved.[26] Its most lasting impression came from the cartoons of Thomas Nast 1870 in Harper's Weekly. Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats, and the elephant to represent the Republicans.

Well I was thinking more of the psychological aspects of ideology - the timidity and shaky self-regard that come from conscience and empathy (the 'bleeding heart part'). Thing is, in Nast's time the Republicans were the party of conscience and strong central governance, the Democrats were the obstructionist racists. The animal mascots were probably more directly appropriate.

You're right. I'm sorry.

They care SO much their hearts are actually bleeding. Blood loss means a weakened state, no longer fit to run with the pack. Just like women, bleeding every month. Now suck on that while I step up in to my lifted, gas guzzelling, loud as fuck, "rollin coal" truck to further cement my own image as a strong alpha leader within the pack. Oh feeling offended? Aint my fault, I'm just a good old boy. Merican.

Actually Ted Cruz is a gift. I greatly look forward to his upcoming candidacy for President.

Yeah, because we'd never elect a completely unqualified idiot who held office in Texas. That's nuts.

Just a reminder that Perry is also a likely candidate, so really we've got two shots at forgetting history.