Which would you rather have?

And to clarify, "libertarian animal rights" mean that the pet owner can abuse and/or slaughter their own pets because it is their property.

@xianc78 Which would you rather have?

@Alex https://mises.org/mises-daily/rights-animals

@xianc78
Animal rights are a self-contradictory concept. Is it against a rat's rights to be eaten by a snake? Is it abuse to eat a hamburger? Or worse? What about the chemical warfare we use on animals to protect our crops and homes?

I am sorry, but although animal abuse is retarded, it is still a priviledge of being a supperior entity on this planet. So, this poll is offering one choice that is clearly a positive one, and one negative.

@Alex Read "The Secret Life of Plants" and you will realize that plants might be self-aware too, so there is no point in trying to not cause harm to other lifeforms besides your own kind, unless you want to die.

@Alex Humans can petition for their rights. Animals cannot.

Murray Rothbard made that distinction in The Ethics of Liberty.

@Alex They can still communicate via mouthing. They can blink their eyes in Morse code or in binary.

@Alex I don't care about the severely retarded. It's basically the same argument about pulling the plug on a brain-dead person. As for foreign language, you can communicate with hand signals that anyone can have a basic idea. That's how the European explorers were able to communicate with the natives.

@Alex @georgia I know that, but most meat eaters are more disgusted at the thought of eating bugs than going vegan or vegetarian, so I chose that as the second option instead.

@Alex @xianc78
I am so happy to see you too are against abortions.

@xianc78 @Alex Rothbard also says in that book that you can drive your kids into the woods and leave them there

@beardalaxy @xianc78 0 votes says a lot

@pepsi_man I actually got the idea for this poll from the Hasan shock collar incident. I didn't have bestiality in mind.