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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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 Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject: A Vegan�s Perspective on Dogfighting and Michael Vick |
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http://www.racialicious.com/2009/08/03/a-vegans-perspective-on-dogfighting-and-michael-vick/
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Holding both anti-racist and anti-speciest ideologies, I frequently find myself disagreeing with the majority of what I have heard and read regarding the Michael Vick Case. As much as I hate single issue campaigns, I do think that if people are unable to acknowledge the person-ness and worthiness of a good life of animals we have accepted as a species to be members of our families, there is little hope of breaking down the cognitive processes that allow us to forget that the cow on our plate was a sister and a daughter, who I think are as deserving of life as you or me.
My intersectional anti-oppression ideologies force me to realize that dog fighting circles are frequently located in low income communities and communities of color where the practice has provided a resource for financial survival. Taking this into consideration, I think that the real question is how those of us who are invested in ending dog fighting rings can create a campaign, or a movement, that takes these issues into consideration, a long with the larger issues of the policing of of black bodies, economic alienation, and the powerlessness that living in an oppressive world that leads violence against human and nonhuman animals alike. |
Something for all of you to think about. A teachable couple paragraphs. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Dude taking word salad lessons from the most definitely NON-vegan Sarah Palin?  |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| HoorAY FOR ANTI-SPECIASM!! kILL THE SPECIATIST!! |
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dmbfan
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Vick should not be allowed to play in the NFL every again. If Pete Rose can't be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Vick should never throw another touchdown pass in the NFL.
But, if he were to banned then the pink mafia would cry out with the race card.
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