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

Animal Person

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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On "Compassion," "Nonviolence" and "Justice"

Animal Person

After all, they "love" the animals they kill. Nonviolence" is much more difficult to finesse if you're killing animals for a living. Or vegan pumpkin pie. The Nonviolent Carnivore"? I don't think so. These days, I don't use nonviolence rhetoric because there's so much to explain.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

Animal Person

There was no meaningful discussion about our inefficient use of resources (grain and water) in the feeding of animals to kill to feed people. With regard to cruelty and suffering, it's clear from the film that the human animal has been profoundly negatively affected by climate change, but there is no attention given to nonhuman animals.

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On Dominance and Animal Birth Control

Animal Person

Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority , mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I've often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance on animal birth control. Hence, it's a Gray Matter.) And this is one of them.

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On "The Wild"

Animal Person

And animal rights isn't focused on what happens in the world outside of us that we aren't directly profiting from and that isn't happening because of us (that last one is nearly impossible, as you can trace many problems other animals experience back to something human animals have done to them or their habitat or their food).

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On Nonhuman Animals and Human Babies

Animal Person

Because we planned to adopt I had been researching eco-friendly, vegan nursery items but had yet to purchase a thing. Human animals and nonhuman animals share many characteristics, but one trumps the rest: the capacity to feel pleasure and pain, boredom and frustration. She can always choose justice and respect.

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