" what the fuck are you even trying to say by this quote"
that you are demonstrating how treating animals and humans differently is essential. we don’t think it’s ok to spray toxic chemicals over whole populations of people, but doing so to crop-destroying insects is widely accepted practice.
That’s not what those words in that order mean.
But if that’s the argument you are trying to have with me, then what a weird attempt at gotcha that is, what a misguided argument it is. It’s one step above from “well, potato is also alive therefore vegans are murderers hehehe I’m very smart”.
I don’t know about you, but I like to minimise pain and distress to other creatures that can feel pain and distress, that I do. And this weird chain of logic “you value your life more than a life of an insect, therefore there are different types of animals, therefore one has all the rights and the others can be tortured and exploited” doesn’t work in this framework.
"“you value your life more than a life of an insect, therefore there are different types of animals, therefore one has all the rights and the others can be tortured and exploited” "
That’s what you said. Maybe you didn’t mean that, in which case your argument is even less coherent, but if we try to distill your argument into something that we can talk about - and boy am I trying to - that’s the only argument there.
" what the fuck are you even trying to say by this quote"
that you are demonstrating how treating animals and humans differently is essential. we don’t think it’s ok to spray toxic chemicals over whole populations of people, but doing so to crop-destroying insects is widely accepted practice.
That’s not what those words in that order mean.
But if that’s the argument you are trying to have with me, then what a weird attempt at gotcha that is, what a misguided argument it is. It’s one step above from “well, potato is also alive therefore vegans are murderers hehehe I’m very smart”.
I don’t know about you, but I like to minimise pain and distress to other creatures that can feel pain and distress, that I do. And this weird chain of logic “you value your life more than a life of an insect, therefore there are different types of animals, therefore one has all the rights and the others can be tortured and exploited” doesn’t work in this framework.
"“you value your life more than a life of an insect, therefore there are different types of animals, therefore one has all the rights and the others can be tortured and exploited” "
this isn’t what i said. it’s a strawman.
That’s what you said. Maybe you didn’t mean that, in which case your argument is even less coherent, but if we try to distill your argument into something that we can talk about - and boy am I trying to - that’s the only argument there.
“That’s not what those words in that order mean.”
yea, it is.