Greenpeace, the multi-issue extremist organization, indignantly criticized the Australian tuna brand, John West, when the company blocked posts on its Facebook page submitted by non-regional users.  “Sometimes the world seems upside down,” wrote Greenpeace in its newsletter this month, “especially when you see that self-censorship is used as a shield to resist the truth.”

We decided to put these truth-seekers to the test.  Would they censor their own Facebook page if something contrary to their carefully cultivated, yet erroneous, narrative showed up there?

We posted a link to an article from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) that shows how Greenpeace mischaracterized ISSF data to make an ill-informed case against the use of fish aggregating devices (FADs).  Read the ISSF article here.

The post didn’t last long on Greenpeace USA’s Facebook page.  It was taken down in a matter of minutes.  The same thing happened on Greenpeace International’s page when we posted the same link there.  (See before and after images below).

We respect Greenpeace’s right to police its Facebook page and delete material it believes is threatening, but it cannot have it both ways. Greenpeace feels entitled to disrupt and harass the operations of companies it dislikes such as John West.  But they will not tolerate peaceful, reasonable dissent — even if it’s simply a link to a science-based conservation organization.

We all know Greenpeace is hypocritical but spare us the sanctimony.

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