I find it odd, to say the least, that you know these people harm and kill human beings (including vulnerable people) all the time, but what finally gets people vocally riled up and active is finding out they harm domesticated non-human animals.
This says something to me about how (some) people view people as somehow deserving of their own victimization.
@meganL The "only care when animals are hurt" is a strange one, but definitely see this a lot. Thus people donating a lot to help animals in a third world country while the humans living there are suffering from lack of food, sanitation, etc. as well. I don't know why that is the case, and it's sad we humans devalue other human lives--and are only concerned when animals/pets get involved.
@meganL Most certainly. The farther right someone is the more "they deserved it" is uttered, even for innocents. This is why, even though it was the leading cause of those in law enforcement during the pandemic, the reaction was really "oh, they weren't strong enough; only the strong survive" vs "let's try to protect our own with vaccination/masking"
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