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DEBBIE DONAHUE-ZIA's avatar

Dear Wayne,

This really landed for me. Framing moral community around protecting the vulnerable rather than moral purity or infighting, feels badly needed right now.

The idea that animal rights as the next expansion of our moral circle makes a lot of sense.

Volunteering at three different animal shelters has shown me that care isn’t theoretical or performative. It’s messy, practical, and about showing up for beings who fully depend on us. There’s no moral purity there, just responsibility.

I also appreciate the reminder that this isn’t only about animals, but about who we choose to be. In humanity.

Choosing care over domination feels deeply lacking in humanity.

Sarah Jane's avatar

Weren't you the one that brought lawsuits against vulnerable people that spoke out against abuses from your group and its members? Didn't you slander others? Who tf do you think you are? Does your narcissism blind you to the point that you forget yourself?

You may be able to con a bunch of old religious folks that are too kind to call you on your bs but the rest of the world sees you clearly (INCLUDING the author that did the piece on you this week). He knows this is just your next con. Trying to usurp churches and you don't even believe in a God. You are a clown 🤡

Hermes Grant's avatar

This explains why he refuses to atone for his sins against not only others but people fighting the same fight as him. Wayne, YOU, have been the nastiest at infighting and set animal rights back 30 years.

Joan DeMartin's avatar

Congratulations, Wayne! I'll look forward to reading the full article via my New Yorker subscription.

Holly's avatar

You and Animal Rights are on the online front page of the New Yorker!  You'll certainly have a large audience.  Well done!   

James Greene's avatar

You pose 'the vulnerable' in a 'moral community' finding protection at the hands of the strong in that community as a founding principle of religion. The Hollywood scriptwriters in 2005 War of the Worlds maybe see things differently, showing us as 'those refugees' coming out of the attack on the ferry boat and finding hope at the end when as survivors they are let be by all other survivors to go find where they might belong-- https://archive.org/details/the-coca-cola-kid-1985_202411 .