I don't think such display supercedes rescue. I think that no matter how true a cause is, the court of the land, in its myriad offices and as a whole, is not going to let go its grip on denial and bestowal of favor, except after the entire system handed down by Trumps, Andrews, Ridglans &co, has undergone widespread scrutiny. This is nearer to happening, literally, now than ever since Jefferson Davis or King Charles I of England, . . . and though I know speciesism is much deeper than class or politics, the connection between human trafficking, livestocking and maintenance of élites is a display to consider. The bombing of schoolgirls in Iran is an attempt to implicate hundreds of millions of North Americans in that maintenance. The falsity of it, and of speciesism, is its own worst opponent, . . .
What I'm trying to say is, it is a measure of how astute and skilled your work has been that you have accomplished as much as you have, as I'm sure many students of King have told you. If you're looking for alternative methods when courts reserve the right to deny fact and truth, I think you should remember that is the autocracy of legalism itself and that autocracy is variably distributed around the courts of a land. That autocracy is very like the solipsism of Trump, Andrew, corporation owners etc, and it and its ancestors in several Major Cults won't dissolve until they encounter a growing number of people making another way of life known. I think rescue and refuge building are going in that direction. I don't, however, intend to detract from your hunch that attorneys, jurors and judges observe and learn from the courtroom emotions of attendees very different in persuasion from their humdrum McDonaldsland autocratic selves. And you have also told of remarkable personal breakthroughs you have instanced with opponents in court. So anyway, another interesting post . . .
I think what these guys are doing right now more aligns with Civil Disobedience ala Thoreau.
He said that under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison...I can't remember the exact quote. But it wax pure poetry.
CED primarily works for those already aligned with the group or who have a degree of sympathy for the cause or goal. For instance, a suicide bomber will attract more followers to act, but it will not get those who are opposed or ambivalent to act or be sympathetic.
Unearned suffering itself doesn't create change. It sets sentiment on fire. It pushes the envelope. It does not itself create change. It takes sentiment and sympathy and lights a fire under it. Like when Mohammad set himself on fire -- that pushed the envelope and caused the stab spring.
In and of itself unearned suffering doesn't cause change. I say this because there is not equivalent sympathy for animal rights as there was for civil rights, fighting apartheid in S Africa, the emaciation of Arabs, emancipation of those living under British colonialism.
Martyrdom or risking incarceration will absolutely attract more sympathy or involvement from animal rights activists who in the past were not as involved. It will not move the needle on the opinions of those opposed to animal liberation
Mohammad Boyazizi set himself on fire. Literally. This started the Arab Spring. But the sentiment was already there. It wax ready to pop .
Same with MLK. People of Color were already enraged.
Ghandi and passive resistance against British colonialism. To lay down and die as the British cut heads off and stick them on poles was powerful. But these are people aligned against colonialism.
Animal rights activists will absolutely get more engaged. But it will be from those already sympathetic to the cause.
It will, however, become a powerful symbolic treasure as more become aligned and sympathetic. Jesus Christ on the Cross would be a perfect example of this. He only had a small following as he was nailed to the cross. But today the image United believers as a powerful visual of sacrifice.
Mandela. He was imprisoned and he is a symbol too, thou I don't think sentiment was as strong in S Africa at that time against apartheid. But it wax quite strong.
I think the sacrifices and suffering will yield more results farther in the future.
Cmon Wayne, like the comments that this crazy bitch left. She clearly wants to feel included despite not wanting to actually do anything to save animals.
I leave many comments to draw more people to the blog. Thanks for commenting and doing likewise. And thanks for showing the public what those who support animal agriculture and animal testing are really like. Have the kind of day you deserve.
I don't think such display supercedes rescue. I think that no matter how true a cause is, the court of the land, in its myriad offices and as a whole, is not going to let go its grip on denial and bestowal of favor, except after the entire system handed down by Trumps, Andrews, Ridglans &co, has undergone widespread scrutiny. This is nearer to happening, literally, now than ever since Jefferson Davis or King Charles I of England, . . . and though I know speciesism is much deeper than class or politics, the connection between human trafficking, livestocking and maintenance of élites is a display to consider. The bombing of schoolgirls in Iran is an attempt to implicate hundreds of millions of North Americans in that maintenance. The falsity of it, and of speciesism, is its own worst opponent, . . .
What I'm trying to say is, it is a measure of how astute and skilled your work has been that you have accomplished as much as you have, as I'm sure many students of King have told you. If you're looking for alternative methods when courts reserve the right to deny fact and truth, I think you should remember that is the autocracy of legalism itself and that autocracy is variably distributed around the courts of a land. That autocracy is very like the solipsism of Trump, Andrew, corporation owners etc, and it and its ancestors in several Major Cults won't dissolve until they encounter a growing number of people making another way of life known. I think rescue and refuge building are going in that direction. I don't, however, intend to detract from your hunch that attorneys, jurors and judges observe and learn from the courtroom emotions of attendees very different in persuasion from their humdrum McDonaldsland autocratic selves. And you have also told of remarkable personal breakthroughs you have instanced with opponents in court. So anyway, another interesting post . . .
I think what these guys are doing right now more aligns with Civil Disobedience ala Thoreau.
He said that under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison...I can't remember the exact quote. But it wax pure poetry.
CED primarily works for those already aligned with the group or who have a degree of sympathy for the cause or goal. For instance, a suicide bomber will attract more followers to act, but it will not get those who are opposed or ambivalent to act or be sympathetic.
Unearned suffering itself doesn't create change. It sets sentiment on fire. It pushes the envelope. It does not itself create change. It takes sentiment and sympathy and lights a fire under it. Like when Mohammad set himself on fire -- that pushed the envelope and caused the stab spring.
In and of itself unearned suffering doesn't cause change. I say this because there is not equivalent sympathy for animal rights as there was for civil rights, fighting apartheid in S Africa, the emaciation of Arabs, emancipation of those living under British colonialism.
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Unearned suffering, ad MLK called it, is powerful. But it's most powerful when the sentiment is overwhelmingly with those taking risks.
Martyrdom or risking incarceration will absolutely attract more sympathy or involvement from animal rights activists who in the past were not as involved. It will not move the needle on the opinions of those opposed to animal liberation
Mohammad Boyazizi set himself on fire. Literally. This started the Arab Spring. But the sentiment was already there. It wax ready to pop .
Same with MLK. People of Color were already enraged.
Ghandi and passive resistance against British colonialism. To lay down and die as the British cut heads off and stick them on poles was powerful. But these are people aligned against colonialism.
Animal rights activists will absolutely get more engaged. But it will be from those already sympathetic to the cause.
It will, however, become a powerful symbolic treasure as more become aligned and sympathetic. Jesus Christ on the Cross would be a perfect example of this. He only had a small following as he was nailed to the cross. But today the image United believers as a powerful visual of sacrifice.
Mandela. He was imprisoned and he is a symbol too, thou I don't think sentiment was as strong in S Africa at that time against apartheid. But it wax quite strong.
I think the sacrifices and suffering will yield more results farther in the future.
Cmon Wayne, like the comments that this crazy bitch left. She clearly wants to feel included despite not wanting to actually do anything to save animals.
I leave many comments to draw more people to the blog. Thanks for commenting and doing likewise. And thanks for showing the public what those who support animal agriculture and animal testing are really like. Have the kind of day you deserve.
If it's about cats, speak on it. If not, you should stfu, you sound and look ridiculous. Your family knows it.
And somehow it's still us 2 🤣