Notices by Christopher Lemmer Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)

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@deadsuperhero I was gonna say it's a good case for vegetarianism but what do I know...

@n8 that's a good point... I'm not sure where pets fit in in that classification.

Mammal biomass left on earth: 60% livestock, 36% humans, 4% wild animals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/21/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study

@gamehawk @catonano And I guess that's why I didn't bother to be clearer about Trump's statement originally. I was called out on being imprecise by someone I respect though, and that made me question if I should have worded things differently.

@catonano yes exactly. It's paving the way for human rights abuses.

I stand by calling it out as something to be alarmed by, but I agree I could have phrased the original post better.

I should clarify, since it's pointed out elsewhere that I did a bad job summarizing this: https://twitter.com/sandhawke/status/999301442165932032

Trump didn't say all immigrants were animals, but directly called MS-13 members "animals" and "vicious animals". This comment doesn't necessarily apply to all immigrants one could say, however it's been Trump's modus operandi to paint immigrants and entire ethnic groups under the guise of criminals, and I think there was a strong implication of this.

@grainloom maybe I will murder the back pain with a painkiller (I try to avoid doing that)

my back is killing me :<

well the good news is I finished preparing the anniversary gift for @mlemweb so she has something exciting to come home to

oh nooooo I got distracted and missed the SocialCG meeting

Google fail: When you search for "veterinarians that treat rats" and the first two sponsored ads that pop up are for rodent/pest control 😡

We should all be very alarmed by the WH news posts calling immigrants "animals". This is how people get normalized into the kind of thinking that allows them to justify genocide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/21/white-house-feeds-trump-base-with-news-release-doubling-down-on-ms-13-animals/?noredirect=on

We should all be very aligned by the WH news posts calling immigrants "animals". This is how people get normalized into the kind of thinking that allows them to justify genocide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/21/white-house-feeds-trump-base-with-news-release-doubling-down-on-ms-13-animals/?noredirect=on