I wonder where non-speciesits turn into speciesists --- rats in their bedroom? Insects? Bacteria? Viruses? Prions? Fungi?
The line can be drawn somewhat arbitrarily. If I fight bacteria with antibiotics, why not fight mosquitoes? Or rats?
I'm sure slave owners in the South used the same slippery logic: "If we let black people free, what's next? Women with voting rights?! I can't whip my boy when he acts up?!"
Change is hard, but if you're genuinely confused, simply follow what the great mindhacker Gautama Buddha taught: compassion for all and without judgement.
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I wonder where non-speciesits turn into speciesists --- rats in their bedroom? Insects? Bacteria? Viruses? Prions? Fungi? The line can be drawn somewhat arbitrarily. If I fight bacteria with antibiotics, why not fight mosquitoes? Or rats?
I'm sure slave owners in the South used the same slippery logic: "If we let black people free, what's next? Women with voting rights?! I can't whip my boy when he acts up?!"
Change is hard, but if you're genuinely confused, simply follow what the great mindhacker Gautama Buddha taught: compassion for all and without judgement.