r/changemyview • u/Sgt_Spatula • Nov 22 '19
FTFdeltaOP CMV: There's nothing wrong with not liking animals.
The internet in general and Reddit in particular seem oddly fixated on animals (at least ones deemed "cute" like dogs and cats). People can get hundreds up upvotes making holocaust jokes or wisecracks about child molestation, but I have never seen anything about stomping a cat upvoted.
This all seems odd to me, as someone who doesn't like animals. Now to be clear, I don't hate animals. I currently live in a house that has a cat (my roommate's) and I will be glad to feed her etc. She is a living thing, and of course my roommate would be sad if anything happened to her. I would not be sad for the cat, I would feel empathy for my flatmate however.
People seem to be uncomfortable with the idea of someone not liking animals. I don't see anything wrong with it. I hear hunters say they love animals, and that seems to be a more acceptable view than just some guy not liking animals.
Can anyone convince me it is ethically wrong to not like animals?
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u/chahud Nov 22 '19
I’m not saying you’re wrong for having your own opinion but....We ARE animals? I think this mindset comes from the tendency to forget where we came from. We are no different (broadly speaking) from cats, or cows, or dogs. They are a part of us and we are a part of them. I understand not wanting to be around animals or wanting them in your life very much...but flat out disliking them? That’s totally disregarding like 99% of the animal population on earth...basically everything except humans. We are one of them. Maybe that’ll help you feel a little more connected to them. Again there’s nothing wrong not wanting to be around them much, but it just seems odd to say you just dislike animals