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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language ALF Animal Agriculture Alliance Animal Rights Animal welfare ELF HSUS PeTA SHAC Vegan education veganism.

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Ends and Means

Animal Ethics

I hate it when someone refuses to denounce extremists. Everyone who cares about animals must emphatically denounce (as well as renounce ) the use of force, coercion, or manipulation to improve the lot of animals. Why would someone even hesitate to denounce those who use violent means, other than misplaced solidarity?

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

Animal Ethics

The word ‘extremist’ runs a close second. Extremist’ connotes a fanatical whacko incapable of being reasoned with. Their concerns can’t be legitimate if they are “fanatical extremist terrorist whackos.” If one’s opponent is irrational, it's pointless to try to engage her in a rational dialogue.