Animal Rights Is Mainstream
From Newsweek:
“Many people see this movement as a logical continuation of the fight against racism and sexism, and believe that the concept of animal rights will soon be as commonplace as equal pay and opportunities for women and minorities. If that happens—and I believe it will—the effects on the food we eat, how we produce it and the place of animals in our society will be profound.”
“If this sounds radical, so did suffrage and civil rights a few decades ago. The notion that we should recognize the rights of animals living among us rests on a firm ethical foundation. A sentient being is sentient regardless of which species it happens to belong to. Pain is pain, whether it is the pain of a cat, a dog, a pig or a child.”
I LOVED this article! It says exactly what I want to say to people - that oppression of animals is so similar to oppression of women and minorities and people back then thought the suffragists and the civil rights advocates were insane. Well, call me insane then - I’m okay with that!
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