First off, I broach this topic with great trepidation. I'm very tempted to only play the reporter and not interject my own opinion but I think I can express myself with enough sensitivity to the issue that I won't get into too much trouble.
And if this topic can't be discussed here - where can it be discussed?
BTW, as a 49er fan, I found myself supporting Kapernick and defending his actions back when they were happening and it wasn't so "popular" to do so. Although I don't think his protest was strategically sound, I still explained to lots of other fans that the protest had nothing to do with the armed forces and the flag and was only a protest against black men being killed by white cops.
As a vegan, I can "connect the dots" between animal lives matter and Black Lives Matter. I found myself wondering if PETA was going to start an Animal Lives Matter campaign. I wouldn't put it past them but I think it would be inadvisable. Those of you who are old enough or have been vegan long enough might recall the controversy when a holocaust survivor, called the slaughter of animals a Holocaust. (1) And he was just repeating the same things Issac Isaac Bashevis Singer expressed when he said, “For the animals, [life] is an eternal Treblinka.”
And PETA caught so much **** for their "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibition. I'm not sure they are ready to go wade into those waters again. (2).
So anyway, a "vegan influencer", Laura Rebecca Perez, "connected the dots" on her instagram. (3) and she got pretty slammed for it. Personally I feel like she made some good really good points. but on the other, maybe the timing could have been better. (4)
In defense of Laura, I'd like to use the words of Alex Hershaft, Holocaust survivor, and animal rights activist.
Oh!! I just discovered that PETA has asked us not to use the term All Lives Matter. I should have read that first.
Here is their viewpoint.
Please, resist detracting from the thrust of these demonstrations with an “all lives matter” perspective.
The idea comes from a compassionate heart—and the idea is true—but this phrase has been weaponized to delegitimize the Black Lives Matter movement. (5)
Animal Lives Matter is also the name of an Animal Rescue, a pet relocation center, and an ASPCA fundraising campaign. I wonder what they are going to do now.
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1 - Pigs, the Holocaust and Isaac Bashevis Singer
2 - Animal rights and the Holocaust - Wikipedia
3 - Influencer slammed for comparing Black Lives Matter to veganism
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5 - Why Vegans Should Support the 'Black Lives Matter' Movement | PETA
And if this topic can't be discussed here - where can it be discussed?
BTW, as a 49er fan, I found myself supporting Kapernick and defending his actions back when they were happening and it wasn't so "popular" to do so. Although I don't think his protest was strategically sound, I still explained to lots of other fans that the protest had nothing to do with the armed forces and the flag and was only a protest against black men being killed by white cops.
As a vegan, I can "connect the dots" between animal lives matter and Black Lives Matter. I found myself wondering if PETA was going to start an Animal Lives Matter campaign. I wouldn't put it past them but I think it would be inadvisable. Those of you who are old enough or have been vegan long enough might recall the controversy when a holocaust survivor, called the slaughter of animals a Holocaust. (1) And he was just repeating the same things Issac Isaac Bashevis Singer expressed when he said, “For the animals, [life] is an eternal Treblinka.”
And PETA caught so much **** for their "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibition. I'm not sure they are ready to go wade into those waters again. (2).
So anyway, a "vegan influencer", Laura Rebecca Perez, "connected the dots" on her instagram. (3) and she got pretty slammed for it. Personally I feel like she made some good really good points. but on the other, maybe the timing could have been better. (4)
In defense of Laura, I'd like to use the words of Alex Hershaft, Holocaust survivor, and animal rights activist.
"The negative reaction is largely due to people's mistaken perception that the comparison values their lives equally with those of pigs and cows. Nothing could be farther from the truth. What we are doing is pointing to the commonality and pervasiveness of the oppressive mindset, which enables human beings to perpetrate unspeakable atrocities on other living beings, whether they be Jews, Bosnians, Tutsis, or animals. It's the mindset that allowed German and Polish neighbors of extermination camps to go on with their lives, just as we continue to subsidize the oppression of animals at the supermarket checkout counter."
Oh!! I just discovered that PETA has asked us not to use the term All Lives Matter. I should have read that first.
Here is their viewpoint.
Please, resist detracting from the thrust of these demonstrations with an “all lives matter” perspective.
The idea comes from a compassionate heart—and the idea is true—but this phrase has been weaponized to delegitimize the Black Lives Matter movement. (5)
Animal Lives Matter is also the name of an Animal Rescue, a pet relocation center, and an ASPCA fundraising campaign. I wonder what they are going to do now.
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1 - Pigs, the Holocaust and Isaac Bashevis Singer
2 - Animal rights and the Holocaust - Wikipedia
3 - Influencer slammed for comparing Black Lives Matter to veganism
4 -