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Antinios wrote:

Regarding the point stated above that we should ignore animal rights because we have yet to progress enough in terms of human rights, I'm not sure if this is your intention but the argument of "us not having enough so we shouldn't help others that we don't believe to be the same category as us" is often used to discriminate against others. One example of this are TERFs who try to screw over or ignore trans rights using the argument stated above. I don't see why we have to segregate ourselves into exclusionary groups when we can advance the rights of everyone together. There are many other forms of entertainment and having blood sports as one of them is unnecessary. One does not have to watch others suffer just to get enjoyment, especially when said beings that suffer don't necessarily want to partake in such activities. Just because the rights of humans are not improved doesn't mean that we have to be against the resolution.

The difference b/t TERFS and animals is that trans/enby people are just as morally considerable as women, whereas animals are indefinitely less morally considerable than humans, perhaps being almost equivalent per the most radical of views.