-SPECIESISM-
PIC: Mother and baby orangutan
QUOTE: "Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of scales, feathers or fur, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?"
WHY?: To serve as a reminder that in the ways that truly matter, we are all the same. We are all animals. We seek pleasure and avoid pain. We can suffer. We all deserve to be free of harm and exploitation, not just humans. Humans are not superior to other animals in any way that gives us the justification to treat them as objects and use and abuse them like their lives don't matter.
The only reason we do it is because they are a different from us. A different species. Speciesism is analogous to racism and sexism. It is a prejudice against others just because they aren't part of the same group as us. Being of a different species is as meaningless as having different skin colour, when it comes to the question: is our use, abuse, and killing of this group justified?
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