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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      6/ of eating meat when I first met a cow, f2f, and decided "yes, this animal seems really stupid and while I wouldn't want it to suffer pain, I also do not have any intuition that it's life is sacrosanct." I poked at the idea for decades, and eventually decided that my own

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      7/ ethics prevented eating dogs because dogs are part of the human community. They have co-evolved with humans for tens of thousands of years, are fellow omnivores, are hunting partners, can read our expressions, can track our eyes, and they like us, and we like them.

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      8/ I've raised chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, goats, and pigs. None of them are loyal (like a dog), intelligent (like a dog), read our emotions (like a dog), follow my gaze (like a dog), help me with chores (like a dog) or seem to care about my existence (like a dog).

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      9/ So, my question to you, @NHpilled , is: please use science and/or logic to show me that my ethical claim that loyalty-and-team-work is the correct metric to divide edible-outgroup from inedible-ingroup is false.

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs

      10/ I'm not philosophy PhD (I'm more of a believe-in-giants guy myself)https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1447359999341178889 …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockP
      My Twitter mutuals are equal parts "I studied philosophy for 20 years and now I have a degree that lets me earn $7.25 an hour" and "giants are real, but the secret Council of Ravens doesn't want you to know". Honestly, the giants/ravens kids are making better life choices.
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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      11/ ...but I've poked at these kind of questions enough (i.e. more than 5 minutes) to understand that logic and science can't define an ethical basis for ANYTHING bc ethical bases are axiomatic and not subject to being proven or disproven

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      12/ (obviously some ethical claims are derived from other axiomatic claims)

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Move to NH  🦔

      13/ You've got it inverted. It's not the presence of a trait that ALLOWS us to eat animals; is the presence of a trait that DISALLOWS us to eat [ certain ] animals. That trait is a mix of intelligence, loyalty, and membership in the human community.https://twitter.com/NHpilled/status/1497975817908854786 …

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      Move to NH  🦔 @NHpilled
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      Name the trait in farmed animals that if present in dogs would allow us to treat dogs the way we treat farmed animals.
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      14/ I see that trait present in dogs, great apes, dolphins (many stories of dolphins helping people) and - perhaps - whales.

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      15/ Aside from those few examples, I'm ok with people [ humanely ] killing and eating just about any creature.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Move to NH  🦔

      16/ I'm speaking of species as a whole having this membership or non membership. A particular dog can be disloyal, and I still won't eat it.https://twitter.com/NHpilled/status/1497979643533697031 …

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      There are plenty of humans that do not correspond with this metric either but that does not provide justification to kill and eat those humans.
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

          17/ so, I've answered your question [ even if you don't love my answer ]. Now it's time for you to answer my question: show me, using logic and science, why it's immoral to eat mutton and beef.

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

          18/ https://twitter.com/zulubravomike2/status/1498011382587006978 …pic.twitter.com/KW2lFea1xv

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Feb 27

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dedicating Ruckus

          19/ permissible to kill? absolutely permissible to eat? less clear - have to consult a priesthttps://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1498021365630136322 …

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          Dedicating Ruckus @ded_ruckus
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          my question is posit a species that was human-intelligent, but innately averse and hostile to humans, actively attacked them given the opportunity, and was generally always-chaotic-evil permissible to eat, or not
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        1. Sly Tea Jar‏ @JayGSlater Feb 27
          Replying to @MorlockP

          Dolphins are a good test case this way too. There are plenty of stories about individual dolphins being massive jerks, but that doesn't disqualify the species (in your framing).

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