Thread by @Son_of_Space

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A Rejection of the Brutal Injustice that is Speciesism.

The line of difference fades when we acknowledge commonality, when difference is held in awe & celebrated rather than used as a justification for violent oppression.

The line becomes harder to accept when we recognise who drew it & with what vile self serving purpose. Humans draw the line & use it to prejudicially deny moral consideration to non humans. They claimed superiority over every individual who does not fit the category . .

. . . Homo sapiens & used this bigotry to violently subjugate the vulnerable & subordinate them to needless, selfish human purposes, as if being human is an automatic & preordained moral reason for abhorrent abuse of power.
But if we spend time in close proximity with . . .

. . . any animal, the commonality becomes undeniable. Other animals are like us each unique, autonomous individuals who love, feel & suffer. Each of them is a someone, a person in their own right. Just like us they want to live & have an inviolable right to . . .

. . . sole sovereignty over their own bodies. They have as much right as any of us to inhabit this shared earth. They have strong family ties, languages & cultures. They teach their young how to live in & negotiate their environments. They sing, dance & play.

They are intelligent & adaptable, changing their courses according to their experiences. Humans & non humans alike are animate & animal. Our very existence depends upon each member thriving, for life itself is interdependence.

We demand parity of moral consideration. We rightly demand the total abolition of all exploitation & violent oppression.

#EndSpeciesism
#BeVegan

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I now realise to my shame, I’ve plagiarised some of this from “Beyond Speciesism, Beyond Humanism”
Brilliant essay, far better than anything I could write. justwondering.io/beyond-species…