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I'll put this here:

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/peta-president-calls-pet-a-disrespectful-term-ask-owners-to-use-animal-companion-instead/ar-BBZLQkd?li=BBnbfcL

 

The disagreement started when Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), suggested that animal owners use the word “animal companion” in place of pet and “guardian” in place of “owner,” because the suggested terms show more respect.

 
“Referring to an animal as a ‘pet’ or as ‘it’ reduces a sentient being with a personality and emotions to an inanimate object—a possession to be used in any way the “owner” wishes. Contrary to some reports, we are not seeking to ban these words; we’re simply suggesting that it would be more respectful to refer to the animals in our homes as ‘animal companions’ and ourselves as their “guardians” in the same way that all social movements concerned with cultivating respect have made appeals to stop using terms that are racist or sexist or that otherwise imply that the subject is less important than the speaker,” Newkirk said in a statement to PEOPLE about her feelings on the matter.
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23 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

I love Vox. They can't help but take a shot at Trump in articles that have nothing to do with him.

 

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Nevertheless, their fate is more uncertain than ever. And cases like Virginia and Reed are even less likely to survive if President Trump gets to fill more seats on the Supreme Court.

 

The left doesn't get his Supreme Court picks, and never will.

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