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Tag Archives: slavery
PeTA and Slavery
This story is not exactly breaking news, but I’d like to say something about it. PeTA filed a lawsuit alleging that SeaWorld enslaves killer whales. Now I realize I’m not breaking new ground here by being a vegan that criticizes … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged anti-speciesism, circuses, genocide, language use, legal issues, murder, offensive analogies, PeTA, rodeos, SeaWorld, slavery, speciesism, zoos
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Why I Am a Speciesist (well… sort of…)
Given the title of my blog, I should probably try to explain why I am a vegan that identifies as speciesist, right? Okay, so here I go. It’s not that I actively identify as being a vegan speciesist. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in speciesism
Tagged animal exploitation, animal libertarianism, animal rights, anthropomorphism, anti-speciesism, argument by analogy, argument framing, belief, ethical dilemmas, Gary Francione, genocide, heterosexism, inviolable concepts, logical fallacies, meat is murder, moral status, obstacles to veganism, offensive vegan analogies, offensive vegan language, personhood, Peter Singer, racism, reasons for rejecting veganism, religion, sentience, sexism, slavery, species equality, speciesism, supererogation, supererogatory, theory vs. praxis, utiliitarianism
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