I am about the most animal friendly guy in the world (no fur, no hunting, dont eat any meat..), but no one deserves to be harassed like that just because they are a celeb IMO.
The post from Lindsey's girl friend is stupid, however, and I can only assume she was being symbolic in her comparison of Californians voting against gay marriage and for animal rights. As other posters have picked up on, these two things are not in the same category and animals cannot defend themselves so people with a conscious have to. That doesnt mean animals are more or less important than people.
We dog owners (and maybe even more so precious yorkie owners) may be more attune to animal rights issues, and we know these animals are intelligent and have feelings, but lets not forget that our pets eat meat and PETA would probably be against us not feed our dogs vegetarian diets, even if that endangered their health. There is a fine line between libertarianism and amorality. That is, dont restrict the rights of others to make their own decisions about what is moral and what isnt, but there is a line that society shouldn't cross. |