Haha! Anyway, I agree that it promotes mindkilled attitude (I’m often reading terrible arguments by animal rights people), but on the other hand, for those who agree with the arguments, it is a good way to raise awareness. And the parallels to racism or sexism are valid, I think.
Haha only serious. My brain reacts with terror to that reply, with good reason: It has been trained to. You’re implicitly threatening those who make counter-arguments with charges of every ism in the book. The number of things I’ve had to erase because one “can’t” say them without at least ending any productive debate, is large.
Haha! Anyway, I agree that it promotes mindkilled attitude (I’m often reading terrible arguments by animal rights people), but on the other hand, for those who agree with the arguments, it is a good way to raise awareness.
I don’t think that’s a “but on the other hand;” I think that’s a “it is a good way to raise awareness because it promotes mindkilled attitude.”
Actually, I think it’s precisely the parallels to racism and sexism that are invalid. Perhaps ableism? That’s closer, at any rate, if still not really the same thing.
Speciesist language, not cool!
Haha! Anyway, I agree that it promotes mindkilled attitude (I’m often reading terrible arguments by animal rights people), but on the other hand, for those who agree with the arguments, it is a good way to raise awareness. And the parallels to racism or sexism are valid, I think.
Haha only serious. My brain reacts with terror to that reply, with good reason: It has been trained to. You’re implicitly threatening those who make counter-arguments with charges of every ism in the book. The number of things I’ve had to erase because one “can’t” say them without at least ending any productive debate, is large.
I don’t think that’s a “but on the other hand;” I think that’s a “it is a good way to raise awareness because it promotes mindkilled attitude.”
Actually, I think it’s precisely the parallels to racism and sexism that are invalid. Perhaps ableism? That’s closer, at any rate, if still not really the same thing.