• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The difference between a white adult male and a black adult female (for example) might be considerable, but its not going to be even close to the power differential between either of those adults and a child or a pet.

    I fear more for minority children at the hands of white supremacists than an animal in the hands of a an animal abuser, and I like animals. To me there’s a deeper depravity when a human looks at another human, seeing just the color of their skin, and decides that they are lessor or worse.

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      6 months ago

      I would bet the overlap between animal abusers and bigots is significant, because there’s a consistent lack of empathy and sadism required for both.