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It looks like Direct Action is one of the more controversial animal rights groups out there, but they don't endorse violence or terror tactics, so I am donating to them anyway. I take it that they won't betray the trust of small donors. And they should also keep their eyes open for infiltrators (paid by these creeps) who may use violent or terrorist tactics to delegitimize the issues or attract legitimately nutty people. They want to raise awareness not cause destruction. When you walk this line, you have to make sure that it can be justified to rational people.
I have mixed feelings about anything controversial. On the one hand it is not a good strategy generally. On the other, in animal agriculture (as with surveillance capitalism), the regulations are themselves outdated and broken.
I am certain that in 3 decades tops, practices like these will be viewed as abhorrent if we progress at all as a species..These are sentient animals. Science cannot support this. Yes, technically this activist broke the law, but it highlights a problem in the system when practices this inhumane are considered legal. And no I am not violent and I am law-abiding. I just see through the bullshit of egregiously corrupt and backward large agribusinesses. And I think we are so selfish as a species that outside of religious rubbish, we have no moral framework that is meaningful in any real way. It is all about self interest and it is pretty stupid.
I do think the animal rights movement needs its own human face people can relate to. These are horrifying practices. I am old and very cranky and don't understand Twitter, celebrity culture or social drivel generally.
But it seems like that sort of stuff does raise awareness. I hope some passionate young person becomes the face of the animal rights.
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