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On Fighting for "Animal Rights"

Animal Person

The rest of the animal advocacy community, which is the vast majority, who call themselves abolitionists, are abolitionists. It would be wonderfully dramatic to be able to say: I'm going to fight for animals rather than for language , but it's not that clear cut. It helps them focus on what's really being done to animals.

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On Atheism and Veganism, Part Deux

Animal Person

If we throw up our hands in disgust at the level of support for animal abuse in America’s churches and synagogues, we will set back the animals’ cause by at least a generation and probably more. But in my vegan advocacy that's the perfect place to begin (or end). They might not have a rights position, but we use what we have.

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