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The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals: A 1950s hoax that inadvertently sparked a moral movement
TLDR The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA) was a hoax orchestrated by Alan Abel and Buck Henry in the 1950s, advocating for clothing animals over a certain size. Despite being exposed as a hoax, SINA inadvertently created a moral movement that gained over 50,000 members and lasted for several years.
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The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals was a group in the 1950s that advocated for clothing animals over a certain size to protect the morality of society.
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The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals gained over 50,000 members in the United States who believed in clothing animals and even picketed the White House and sent letters to President Kennedy advocating for clothing on horses.
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In 1962, G. Clifford Prute appeared on CBS News with Walter Cronkite, singing the "Wings of Decency" anthem and playing the ukulele, which was a significant moment for the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA) movement.
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The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (SINA) was a hoax orchestrated by Alan Abel and Buck Henry, who went on national interview shows and advocated for animals to be clothed.
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The hoax was inspired by Alan Abel's frustration with the moral majority in the 1950s and their overreactions to things like cows having sex on the highway.
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The hoax of SINA lasted for four to six years, even after it was exposed, and inadvertently created a moral movement to clothe animals.
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The hosts thank their sources and announce that there will be more episodes of Short Stuff in the future.
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