alt Hacker NewsIt seems kind of strange that the entire meat industry exists and is tolerated, yet a few horses in Central Park are making people so angry. Surely these horses have far better lives than the cows did that everyone's tucking into over lunch?
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nkrisc • today at 10:43 AM
The meat industry at least has a useful output. Horse drawn carriages have no meaningful benefit and a long list of drawbacks.
jonnybgood • today at 9:15 AM
You think the animal rights activists who are opposing the carriages are tolerable of the meat industry? This is just low hanging fruit.
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They're in proximity to people that run on a progressive threadmill. When it became socially opportune to so i've seen city folk elsewhere shift their animal rights stance to defend halal slaughter laws deeming it to be progressive because it's tied to a group lower on the proverbial ladder.