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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Herzog, unsurprisingly, uses “it” to refer to animals, eats and wears them, and “[does] not feel particularly guilty about it” (P.S., He watched cockfighting and killed and skinned animals, but won’t eat veal. On page 172, when Herzog writes, “I am conflicted over many moral issues involving animals,” I respond, “No kidding!”

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Majority Rules in the Language of Animal Rights

Animal Person

The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage. On the language front, only time will tell who wins more of the time, as who's "right/correct" can change at any point. But remember that linguistically speaking, the other person isn't necessarily wrong and you're right.