It all started with one innocent post on New Year’s Day, wishing people victory over their “stumbling blocks” in life. It even had a cute picture of a little boy and the family dog. But of course, nothing Sarah Palin does passes without comment, not even Happy New Year posts.

Naturally, the picture of Trig standing on a very mellow black lab caused knee-jerk Palin haters to start screaming for that absolute arbiter of animal treatment and morality, PETA.

@KemDizzle Unbelievable! I have forwarded this info to our Cruelty Investigation Department.

— PETA (@peta) January 1, 2015

Yeah, because PETA has a stellar track record when it comes to animal care. But that doesn’t matter, because it’s SARAH PALIN. Imagine, after all, if some other celebrity had posted a similar picture. Surely, everyone would have freaked out then and it would have made national news?