12-22-2016, 02:02 PM
(12-22-2016, 01:10 PM)Diana Wrote: Could you explain a little here, or pull a quote? I am always hesitant to go to these links not knowing what I might see. Thanks in advance.
Really sorry, Diana, I'm just about managing posting links I think might be interesting/helpful to some, time- and energy-wise, so can't promise to do that all the time, but I'll try.
5 Deeply Ingrained Fictions That Desensitize Us to the Animals We Eat is an excerpt from a new book called Farm to Fable: The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture (the link goes to Amazon), by Robert Grillo (Vegan Publishers, 2016).
The five fictions the article and book are discussing, using examples like an apparently well-known US TV commercial featuring Jim Perdue talking about what good lives his chickens have, are:
1. Anthropomorphism
2. Consent
3. Objectification
4. Superiority
5. Naturalism
You get the idea. There's also a disgusting photo of a 'grilled suckling pig on a plate in banquet restaurant', in case you would find that upsetting/hurtful. But I guess you're not the audience this article and book was intended for anyway...
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