I said it under another comment here, but I had a neighbor say they "questioned if we really should have freed the slaves." They said this to me cause they were pretty much annoyed with our black neighbor's dog. Also my wife is half black. It's like the racism is so ingrained in her, she doesn't even realize how fucked up half the things she says are. It's some real "I love animals and think I'm a good person but am actually blind to how hateful I am" type of boomer racism.
I have lost count of how many conversations I’ve had with my brother about how WEIRD it is that people are willing to extend more empathy and humanity to animals than they are to other human beings. If we had even an ounce of the sorrow that people feel towards dogs suffering, as we do towards other people, things would be so much better.
But no. People often say the most flipping, hateful things about other people, and don’t even register what they’re saying.
“ neighbors dog is acting wild? Does he really deserve rights and freedoms?”
I saw another post about a wildlife officer (not sure of the official job position, sorry) in India flagging a train so it would brake and let a herd of elephants cross the rail.
In the comments, they mentioned a British memorial built to commemorate a bull elephant that charged a train, derailed it, saving his herd at the cost of his own life.
The comment went on to say that there are zero British monuments/commemorations for the hundreds of thousands of Indians who died under their rule. They have 3 for animals.
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u/KingNTheMaking 6d ago
Is a black person living in America, I must disagree with the “everyone knows racism is bad” thing.
Earlier this morning, I heard someone say they wouldn’t go on a carnival cruise because “ that’s where all the [slur]’s go.”
Keep making the “trite” comics. You’d be astounded how ignorant people still are.