Why not just use the term animal rights and include human beings in with our fellow animal individuals, all deserving of kindness, consideration and respect.
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Although lately the media (including the “liberal” New York Times) has been busily trying to drag us back to the Stone Age by promoting hunting, I still have to believe we’re gradually evolving overall as a species.
Therefore, it’s time to suggest we stop using the term “human
rights,” when talking about things that should be considered basic
rights for all species.
The human race doesn’t need anything else singling it out to stroke
its over-inflated, collective ego. Differentiating between human and
non-human rights just encourages those who sneer or scoff at the
idea of animal rights. Call it fairness, justice or common decency;
or call them natural rights or individual rights.
Better yet, why not just use the term animal rights and include
human beings in with our fellow animal individuals, all deserving of
kindness, consideration and respect.
This notion of human superiority is for the birds.