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      3 months ago

      in torture, the pain is the point. while i think factory farming is too ambivalent about suffering, i also believe the suffering is only incidental, not intentional. it’s not torture.

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        3 months ago

        perhaps you could explain that subtle difference to the animals going through the system of abuse.

        Im sure it would brighten up their days no end to realise the pain they are experiencing is not the point of the system and that therefore, they are not being tortured.

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          3 months ago

          perhaps you could explain that subtle difference to the animals

          i don’t think i can, no. but propagandists can choose to stop using emotionally charged and incorrect terms.

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              3 months ago

              this is just posturing and rhetoric. i have no problem with most forms of exploitation (this is true of most people i think). my problem is unfair, or even non-consensual, exploitation of other people.

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      3 months ago

      have you ever paid anyone at a factory farm? i haven’t, and i don’t think most people have.