• illi@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Can’t get up until it moves, that’s the rules

          • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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            The doe has no concept of pronouns. I promise calling it “it” isn’t doing anything to hurt it.

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            1 year ago

            As someone who has been vegan for 25 years, I really appreciate your choices and empathize with your motivations. If, however, your goal is to make a difference, you might want to avoid alienating your audience before you’ve even said anything.

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              You wouldn’t call people “it”. It’s about showing respect.

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                I wouldn’t, but I am calling animals it. Only in English tho, we don’t do that in my native language.

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                I know a few people who use it/its pronouns. While I agree that treating animals with respect is a good thing, it pronouns are not necessarily a sign of disrespect or objectification.

                • Beaver@lemmy.ca
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                  Well in that case that is different but usually when we say “it” that is used to refer to physical objects like book or treat. Animals being seen as property harms them.

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                But you would immediately jump in to correct another adult’s use of language, as if they were a child. Despite this talk of respect.

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        Using “it” for an animal is perfectly reasonable. An argument can be made for using they instead but we even use it for humans occasionally (e.g. Jack checked on the baby, it was sleeping peacefully).

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    1 year ago

    If you had a Great Pyrenees (Dog pictured) - you absolutely would not be wondering. They are livestock guardian dogs and some of the most stubborn dogs you will even interact with.

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    1 year ago

    Yeah it’s getting pretty uncivil in these comments. Sorry, op, comments are getting locked.

    Cute photo though, it’s an old school meme.