I honestly don't think you guys realize that the country is pretty much laughing at you, not with you. And that is quite a feat considering what the vast majority of people actually think of PETA.
Everybody sees stuff like this and thinks about the backwoods Kansans that tried to stop the teaching of evolution. But you guys keep enjoying the publicity.
You take yourself way too serious. I could really care less what people on the coasts think about come college kids tossing a chicken (which mocks our rival'smascot) onto the court for one game a year. A person from Kansas could find a cure for cancer and all anyone will remember about Kansas is Dorothy and Toto.
I just think it's funny that you are celebrating the fact that most people will use this to make fun of you. But hey, whatever floats your boat.
If you see no problem with the chicken tossing, yet are afraid of the flack it will create from a fanatical group, then you lack some serious testicular fortitude.
If you do see a problem with the chicken tossing, you just lack testicles.
If I found out that Oregon State was tossing ducks on the court when they faced Oregon and Peta was protesting it, I'd laugh at Peta, as would most people with common sense.