...people on the internet express outrage (and rightly so) over the cruel killing and consumption of dogs and cats in Asia, the butchering of sharks for shark fin soup, the poaching of wild animals everywhere for their body parts and/or bushmeat, bullfighting because it's cruel to the bulls, greyhound racing because it's bad for the dogs and even horse racing because it's bad for the horses...
... but when, after agreeing with them, you ALSO bring up the cruelty that goes into factory farming and slaughter of cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys, the barbarity of foie gras production, and the inhumane treatment of dairy cows and chickens for egg production, they get defensive, claim that it's not the same thing, tell you that, unlike all those "wonderful" animals they were defending a moment ago, these "dumb" animals are "meant" to be food, start babbling about how delicious bacon is, and then call you dirty names and tell you to STFU because you dared to upset their supposedly moral high ground.
Ugh.
Feel better! Is it a virus?
