• spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why does it need to be consistent? I think it’s fine to say I’m emotionally attached to this animal but not that one.

    • sizzler@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      This TYPE of animal. It makes no sense. Either you are for animals or you don’t care about them.

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        6 months ago

        This comment is from the type of person who will recoil at the sheer sight of a spider

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          6 months ago

          Brown recluse maybe, your type of comment is the person who tries to eat it…

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          6 months ago

          You say I’m absurdly reductionist then follow up with an absurd reductionist statement like “all animals are not alike” Your cognitive dissonance is amazing.

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        6 months ago

        What if someone were to say “I care about all mammals” but they continued to eat fish and poultry?

        At least that’s consistent.