• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    No, you don’t get it. Or you would stop raping, enslaving, torturing and murdering animals.

    The animals we create are morally equivalent to our own children and are owed the exact same unconditional love and protection.

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        5 months ago

        ???

        Getting roaches, which invade your space, don’t contribute positively to it and, in fact, can cause disease is quite different from voluntarily raising chickens for slaughter.

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      5 months ago

      I can confidently say that I have never raped an animal.

      My housecat engages in a lot of torture, but she’s a damned good mouser. I put a stop to the torture when I catch it. I don’t allow my cats outside because they’re so bad on native wildlife, especially ground nesting birds. Cats are obligate predators. I kill cats if I find them in the woods as they are now varmints.

      I’m an omnivore, and am at peace with that. I strive to kill in a manner that I find ethical. I kill critters to eat them, varmints to restore balance. I’ll eat the varmints if I can.

      I live in the real world.