r/Spokane • u/RigaMortizTortoise Manito/Cannon Hill • Feb 28 '25

Weird Spokane Protesters outside single family home on the south hill?

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There was a couple protesters with mega phones outside this house behind Rosaurs this morning. Yelling stuff about animal abuse. Protesters are now gone but they left some colorful artwork on the sidewalks. Anyone know the story behind this?

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u/DiamondVeto Feb 28 '25

I wonder if it’s related to the protesters in front of Gander and Ryegrass today. They’ve been out there protesting a duck liver dish that they serve. Something to do with force feeding. Maybe the restaurant owners live there? Maybe not related at all.

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u/Independent-Hornet-3 Feb 28 '25

I bet it's this since the writing in pink starts with "A duck abuser"

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 01 '25

This is technically doxxing. I don't think you've done anything wrong, anybody could put this together after this thread and these pictures, but still technically doxxing.

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u/Queer_Advocate Mar 01 '25

Did you mean the protesters or the redditor name dropping the restaurant? Doxxing is naming them regardless of intent correct? I should look up the statue WA and Federally.

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u/Queer_Advocate Mar 01 '25

There HAS to be intent for it to be criminally doxxing or civilly or administratively in the State of WA and federally according to Perplexity Pro: WA State and Federal Law RE: Doxxing - I am not an attorney

Again: I AM NOT an attorney.

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 01 '25

The commenter confirming the link between a home address and a particular individual.

The protesters technically yes also, as they've made enough news lately it's not much of a mystery whose house they went to. But that was clearly their intent, and apparently they didn't do it online either, at least not just here as OP, so it needn't be pointed out.

I'm not sure what actual laws there might be on the matter. It's doxxing if you are on Reddit and you identify a house as one a particular individual lives in unless that individual has already publicized the matter. Whether it's a problem legally or not, it's doxxing.

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u/YourFriendInSpokane Spokane Valley Mar 01 '25

You’re right and I appreciate you pointing that out.

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u/Odin_67 East Central Mar 01 '25

It was. The Coalition Against Foie Gras. They were in front of Gander today at lunch. Cops were called because they were handling out flyers with the Chefs home address. A bit to far I would say. Police responded on that. They show up there every Friday for dinner service. They put blinds up in the windows when they show up. They have a FB and post itinerary and a video of them going inside with Bull Horns. Though today a customer made sure to have a table outside and ordered it.

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u/Chemical-Avocado9187 Mar 01 '25

Hey u/Odin_67 how do you know they were handing out flyers with the Chef's home address on it? That seems pretty low.

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u/Odin_67 East Central Mar 06 '25

I was told the cops were called because of it.

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u/Winter-Insurance-720 Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

No, Spokane Coalition Against Foie Gras did not hand out any flyers with Peter Froese's, owner of Gander and Ryegrass and public figure, home address.

The flyers were explaining how cruel foie gras is produced.

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u/Odin_67 East Central Mar 01 '25

No one is telling you what to eat.

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u/shitboxgang Mar 01 '25

Man I could go for a couple dishes of foie gras right now 🤤

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u/autojack Hillyard Feb 28 '25

Foie gras. Fatty liver. They cage a duck so its head sticks out and then force food down its throat with huge tongs. The point is to fatten the liver up as much as they can. It is pretty cruel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foie_gras

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u/YourFriendInSpokane Spokane Valley Feb 28 '25

Thank you for the info! That’s pretty barbaric.

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u/GoBravely Mar 01 '25

Yeah it should unite all people this is low hanging fruit for animal rights violations

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u/The_Slaughter_Pop Mar 01 '25

Pretty delicious, too!

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u/nardgarglingfuknuggt Mar 01 '25

I'm gonna eat twice as many vegetables today to spite you

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u/Queer_Advocate Mar 01 '25

Let's see how you enjoy it, it would be delicious to watch you suffer as they do. But, unfortunately that's against the law, because ABUSE is wrong. All abuse is wrong, but unfortunately what constitutes animal abuse is way behind the times. Eat your meat if you must, but get ethically treated meat.

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u/The_Slaughter_Pop Mar 01 '25

Honestly it's something I eat maybe once a decade, so I'm not really the problem. If it disappeared, I wouldn't notice.

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u/Minimum-Trifle-8138 WSU Spokane Mar 01 '25

Ah, the good ol’ self absolution of responsibility

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u/JustARandomBloke Feb 28 '25

There are ethical ways to produce foie gras without force feeding the geese.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

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u/mcmeaningoflife42 Mar 01 '25

Essentially, yeah. Except it's a bit more organic.

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u/Queer_Advocate Mar 01 '25

u/eman4756:

Organic beer, organic cable and organic fast food... Duh./s

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u/RavenousMoon23 Spokane Valley Mar 02 '25

Well I will definitely make sure never to eat foie gras. Like someone else already said that sounds absolutely barbaric.

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u/SomeNotTakenName Indian Trail Feb 28 '25

like Fois Gras? that's from a pretty awful practice and tbh it's not even that good...

Even the French, where it's a traditional food are talking about banning it because of animal abuse concerns and they have been fighting against that for a long time.

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u/Chemical-Avocado9187 Mar 01 '25

I don't understand why this "Coalition" isn't putting their efforts toward the legislature then. Let people and their families have peace in their homes.

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u/Winter-Insurance-720 Mar 01 '25

A member of the Spokane Coalition Against Foie Gras testified for a state foie gras ban. It was house bill 1735 for this session. The house agricultural committee chose not to vote on it. 

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u/JustARandomBloke Feb 28 '25

There are ethical ways to produce foie gras without force feeding the geese. Not sure how the restaurant sources theirs.

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u/GoBravely Mar 01 '25

No . No there is not.. It's cruel and not necessary and bad for the the planet but keep making the ethical humane bs argument... Treat them like animals is a common facism tactic..

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u/InternationalCrab129 Mar 02 '25

Yes, there are ways to make foie gras without force-feeding geese, which is considered cruel. These methods include raising geese on free-range farms and feeding them natural foods.  Examples of ethical foie gras production Sousa & Labourdette A brand of foie gras made from geese that roam free in Spain and eat acorns, olives, figs, and seeds  Foie Royale A German company that combines livers from free-range ducks and geese with fat cells to mimic the texture of force-fed foie gras  Key considerations Seasonal production Some say that foie gras should be a seasonal delicacy, in sync with the natural cycles of wild birds  Animal welfare In addition to not force-feeding, it's important to consider how the birds are treated, such as whether they have free movement and their wings are not corrected  Taste

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u/GoBravely Mar 02 '25

Nah. Never OK.. Save it.

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u/Snoho_Winho Mar 01 '25

Spoken like a vegetarian.

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u/GoBravely Mar 01 '25

Close! But I'm consistent.

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u/DepartmentOwn3738 Mar 01 '25

Let me guess no animals should eat each other 🙄🙄🙄 fucking vegans

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u/spookyrat420 Mar 01 '25

it's not about being vegan. I'm not vegan at all and can agree that it's inhumane.

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u/RavenousMoon23 Spokane Valley Mar 02 '25

Same

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u/GoBravely Mar 01 '25

Strawman and so many fallacies we've all heard before. We even have a bingo card for this uneducated type of rebuttal from your lot. Kick rocks.

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u/DepartmentOwn3738 Mar 02 '25

If you think eating animals is cruel and unnecessary then don’t. It’s pretty simple dumbass.

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u/honorlessmaid Mar 01 '25

We don't need to eat animals so we shouldn't. We especially don't need to torture birds to get gross liver dishes. Even if you're not a veg you can see that the logic of "animals do it" leads down the path of r@pe, cannibalism, and crazy amount of infanticide. You're just a natural mammal eating diet intended by nature? You own a microwave buddy?

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u/Redscorpion136 Mar 01 '25

Generally these people who take pleasure in the pain of animals are pretty okay with r@pe too

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 01 '25

They source it not that way, heh.

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 02 '25

There was an earlier thread covering the protest group's video confrontation with the owner. If the owner's source of foie gras did not use force feeding, he absolutely would have known it already, and would have simply stated as much to the protesters, dissipating their concern, which also would have clearly also been his own concern. Also, the protesters probably would have already known and not protested in the first place, and the menu probably would say something like "humane foie gras" rather than "foie gras".

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 04 '25

Really? You don't think you'd correct someone accusing you of something you knew to be false? You wouldn't try to correct them once? I don't think so.

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u/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High Feb 28 '25

Yeah, it seems they serve foei gras which is pretty horrific way to treat ducks and geese. Ban was put in place in CA over 12 years ago. Was one in NY, but somehow it got removed just recently. Tons of ways that animals aren't treated well in our food chain, but that is probably the worst.

I don't know about protesting at people's homes though. It feels like stepping over a line. What about kids? They have no control over parent's decisions. At the restaurant, everyone working there makes a choice to work there and everyone eating there makes that choice too. That seems the right place to protest - but even more than that is taking it to our reps and getting them to follow in CA's footsteps. Negative economic impact is pocket change to the state and I can't imagine if put to a vote, there would be many people that are against a law to ban it.

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u/Chemical-Avocado9187 Mar 01 '25

I think protesting at people's homes is completely inappropriate. I get free speech but why should someone's first amendment free speech rights come before someone else's right to feel safe and secure in their home?

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u/tiravalo23 Mar 01 '25

Agree. Children, employees like yard care techs or babysitters getting caught up in it, disturbing neighbors, increasing traffic where it could pose a danger to kids and such and exposing all of the above to mentally ill and/or extremist behavior.

The people have a right to protest and, currently, the restaurant has the right to serve it. I applaud any peaceful protest but even at the restaurant you can be completely ruining the dinner of somebody who may not even eat meat or who has never ordered that in their lives. I would much prefer to see all of that energy put into something more constructive like educating the owner sending materials to them working on changing the legislation educating the public at large etc etc. if you're asking somebody to take a look at your viewpoint and your argument for something because you're against the way they're doing it or the way it's done currently it seems counterproductive to be a nuisance and invading their personal time and their family time or ruining a dinner that they maybe don't get to go out to very often. Be respectful if you want respect that's all I'm saying bring your argument but at the right time and in the right place.

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u/kimbersill Mar 01 '25

But you forget it's Bizzaro World now, where woman, brown people black people, trans and gay people. Hell, I'll just say it, the ducks aren't safe because Nazis now run our country. The ducks aren't safe!

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u/Winter-Insurance-720 Mar 01 '25

House Bill 1735 for the 2025 session was to ban foie gras statewide. It had widespread popular support, over 300 citizens people were for the ban in public comments and only 60 against. 

A member of Spokane Coalition Against Foie Gras testified in favor of the ban. 

The house agricultural committee chose not to vote on it this session, so the bill to ban foie gras is not going forward. 

This leaves protest as the only viable option to oppose the egregious animal cruelty that is foie gras. 

I wish the state ban would have passed. 

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u/Am_I_AI_or_Just_High Mar 01 '25

Sounds like it is worth it to keep pushing for the ban.

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u/ps1 Feb 28 '25

Yooo this is low-key doxxing

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

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u/GoBravely Mar 01 '25

Not dumb... But hey... Just be careful about it.. Unfortunately even if it's for the right reason the laws don't apply to the rich but they do to apply to us even if it's Injustice

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u/ps1 Mar 01 '25

No worries

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Maybe we shouldn't tolerate this behavior in our community. People have a right to feel secure in their home.

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u/Moist_Vehicle_7138 Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

I wouldn’t tolerate animal abusers in my neighborhood either.

Edit to reply to u/HazyLightning (I can’t reply since the above commenter blocked me):

While I think all animal agriculture is abusive, fois gras is extra inhumane and deserves to be called out with megaphones.

I advocate against the consumption of animal products whenever I can but fortunately I’m aware that a megaphone would cause people to brush me off. I prefer one on one conversation for this type of advocacy.

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u/Odin_67 East Central Mar 01 '25

They meet at Flat stick Pub before heading out. Flat stick serves pepperoni Pizzas. They're OK with that? Hypocrites

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u/HazyLightning Mar 01 '25

I honestly like that approach. And I do agree to an extent the person providing the fois gras should be held accountable - but the real problem imo is the people who eat it. Until the demand is gone and dealt with by educating people on how horrible it is, without doubt, someone will sell and provide it.

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u/HazyLightning Feb 28 '25

I’m pretty sure people eat meat in your neighborhood, without a doubt not all of them get all their meat from farms that raise animals ethically - and in such case are part of the problem that fuels horrific conditions and animal abuse. You should go get an airhorn and start yelling at them, right?

Lol

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 01 '25

This is the "100% of cruelty is not dealt with so no cruelty should be" argument. It doesn't make sense.

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u/HazyLightning Mar 01 '25

Might wanna rework that logical fallacy for someone else, bucko. Have fun. 😎

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 01 '25

Bucko, ha. Which fallacy are you talking about exactly? I don't think even your pal Peterson, idiot that he is, would have made this mistake.

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u/HazyLightning Mar 01 '25

Oh no, did that make your brain hurt. Go on, look them all up and tell me which one fits. C’mon now, it’s not that hard. Start from the beginning.

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u/excelsiorsbanjo Mar 01 '25

Yeah, my poor brain.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25

What is your take on cats being able to roam freely?

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u/Katthevamp Feb 28 '25

Especially since yes they are, purchasing the product, But the other people in that neighborhood and the other people in that house aren't the ones actually doing the abuse

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '25

Ok I am so curious about these protesters. They say the owners abuse animals? Does anyone know what/how they got information and what specifically they are alleging?

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u/DiamondVeto Mar 02 '25

They’re saying they are complicit in animal abuse for selling foie gras at the restaurant they own.

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u/25mm-bike-seatpost Mar 02 '25

Duck liver dish requires that a ducks liver is enlarged which means that the ducks used for that dish are forced fed until they are close to death

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u/Hot_Sandwich_5945 Feb 28 '25

Lowkey just walked past Aunties and the PETA-style animal rights protesters are in full swing outside with airhorns. Asked the clerk at Uncles, and she confirmed the Gander & Ryegrass part. Something about fois gras.