It 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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modo_mario an hour ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	mattmaroon 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There’s nothing more cruel about halal slaughter, as long as they stun (which most do), than the common method.

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jonnybgood an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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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NoLinkToMe 34 minutes ago | parent [-]

But the activists are not the point. Animal rights activists are a minority, things change because the majority or a significant share of people backs them.

In this case this large group that backs banning horse drawn carriages is very likely eating industrially produced meat. That’s the inconsistency, 95% of Americans eat meat and a substantial share cause far greater inhumanity on animals through their diets which are completely optional (as in, they could vote with their mouth and stop it), than these horse drawn carriages which they want to ban.

	▲	mattmaroon 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Horseshit sucks and being around those animals in a city sucks so it’s an easy sell.