Re:Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
by eltondegeneres on Monday April 08, 2013 @01:27PM
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Ending chattel slavery probably didn't seem that feasible to abolitionists in 1820s United States. That doesn't mean they would have gained anything by compromising though. Advocating for welfare reforms rather than abolition sends mixed messages and suggests that there is a tolerable level of (to put it bluntly) exploitation.
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Re:Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
by redblacktree on Monday April 08, 2013 @02:12PM
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I guess we'll be forced to stick with the status quo, then. Politics requires compromise. Not everyone's moral yardstick is the same as yours. I don't think you would find a great many people who would think that the slave analogy is appropriate, so the only option I have left is to exclude you from the conversation. You're in a very small minority when you equate the rights of animals to the rights of a human.