Reply #70: play masked avenger to defend animals when there are humans suffering

[jilln]

You're either with us or against us
We have to fight them there so we don't have to fight them here
It's stay the course or cut and run


I don't know a single person who cares about animals who doesn't also care about people. Every single "animal activist" I know also fights against racism and homophobism, for civil and human rights and for environmental causes, at the very least. Many work in women's and homeless shelters and fair trade organizations and work with Food Not Bombs groups or against corporate interests.

Yet those of you who can't figure out how to care about both humans and animals always pull out the BS you tried above, declaring that we only care about animals and it's more important to take care of humans first. As if meat consumption wasn't linked to global warming or hunger or water shortages, as if cruelty to animals wasn't linked to psychotic behavior, as if dog and cockfighting isn't linked to illegal gambling and guns, etc. etc. etc.

I don't HAVE to choose. I can care about both, and your Bush-like repetition of the "with us or against us" BS isn't going to change my mind on it or the mind of any other person who campaigns for animals. We can care about both humans and animals, and we do.