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metocin wrote

So I accidentally called an animal "it". That's something I try to avoid doing because I am vegan and support animal liberation but it's so commonplace and engrained in our collective consciousness that it's hard to avoid. Oops. Ban me.

Again, if you're assuming that your cognitive ability is no better than that of a domestic cat, cool. But don't drag the rest of us down with you. That's not to say cats are not intelligent, but I think it's pretty clear we have a higher level of sentience than them, considering what we are doing right now. It's not speciesist to say that and if you think so you do not understand speciesism.

And no, I am no ableist and please don't try to imply that. I think we all understand that urban areas specifically (which is what I was referring to) can be quite dangerous for some folks who have severely limited cognitive abilities. That's not ableist. It would be ableist to not recognize the care and companionship some folks may need in order to safely navigate our very abelist world.

I know I probably don't need to defend myself in this thread. This is the pettiest thing I've seen on raddle since I made an account a year ago. Trying to shut down nuanced conversations by claiming we are all bigots is pathetic. You're desperate to feel like you won an argument on a site with like 20 regular posters. Go touch grass or something for fucks sake.

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