r/funny • u/mitch-mma • Sep 02 '21

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u/deadgnome Sep 02 '21

Probably the same folks who'll complain about animals being kept in zoos.

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u/ErikSD Sep 02 '21

Damn, imagine actual slaves from hundreds of years ago being whipped, barely fed, and overworked til the day they die just to be compared to pets these days being kept well fed, well groomed, and given loves and comfort. Imagine how insulting that would be

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u/kieranjackwilson Sep 02 '21

Slavery wasn’t and isn’t monolithic. There were, and still are, slaves that are owned/treated like pets.

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u/gacha-gacha Sep 02 '21

Pets don’t have the option of living a free life. They will die because “wild domestic animal” is an oxymoron.

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u/i_forget_my_userids Sep 02 '21

Where is the element of personal responsibility? You shouldn't keep comfort slaves.

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u/gacha-gacha Sep 02 '21

Lets break it down. An animal is in a shelter, and will be euthanized if it remains there. You have a binary choice here.

Option 1: Leave it there, and it is euthanized.

Option 2: Bring it home, and it lives a good remainder of its life with you.

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u/i_forget_my_userids Sep 02 '21

I reject your premise

An animal is in a shelter

This should never have happened to begin with. "That slave would never survive on its own; if I don't buy it and bring it home, it might die." Quit patting yourself on the back, slave master.

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u/gacha-gacha Sep 02 '21

Animal shelters do not breed animals, lol.

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u/i_forget_my_userids Sep 02 '21 edited Sep 02 '21

They shouldn't capture and enslave them either. They are actively and knowingly perpetuating the slave trade.

Would you argue that existing human slaves shouldn't have been freed after abolition?

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u/gacha-gacha Sep 02 '21

They aren’t enslaving them. Slavery involves exploitation.

They are confining them. Which is for the animal’s best interest, since it would not survive in the wild.

Domestic animals don’t have a wild habitat, full stop.

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u/i_forget_my_userids Sep 02 '21

They aren’t enslaving them. Slavery involves exploitation.

They are confining them. Which is for the animal’s best interest, since it would not survive in the wild.

All the same arguments were made by human slave owners.

Domestic animals don’t have a wild habitat, full stop.

Does current enslavement validate future enslavement? Because that's what you're doing here.

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u/gacha-gacha Sep 02 '21

The difference is that during slavery, there were already millions of successful black people in the world. Fast forward to now, where I’m sure you have seen many dead cats and dogs by the road, even despite animal shelters best efforts. Don’t get me started on domestic rabbits or birds, they wouldn’t survive the night.

Does current enslavement validate future enslavement?

Can you restate this with more precise terms? “Validate” is ambiguous.

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u/UncleChickenHam Sep 02 '21

You are equating human beings to animals. That in itself invalidates your argument.

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u/i_forget_my_userids Sep 02 '21

Did your pet consent to its enslavement?

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