Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2019-03 to 2024-10.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Humans have a moral obligation to end all animal exploitation and recognize animals as individuals with rights.
9 people · 9 episodes
Wayne Hsiung believes animals should have rights and advocates for their protection from cruelty, asserting that they are not just property or food sources.
“There's a difference between a puppy and a dented can. Right. There's a difference between a piglet and a piece of garbage you throw in a landfill. And I think that the law should recognize that.”
Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime · Mar 2024 · 1 episode · 12K views on this topicTim Dillon objects to the use of animals in comedy promotional events, viewing the practice as cruel and unnecessary.
“why do we have to put the animal through torture like that why do I have to see somebody holding a lizard to think they're funny yeah I said to the people at Netflix I go what's the bit right because I refuse to do it”
The Tim Dillon Show · May 2019 · 3 episodes · 1.2M views on this topicSeaWorld should be closed due to the unethical treatment and confinement of marine animals.
“yeah SeaWorld should be shut down yeah that's so sad”
JUST TRISH PODCAST · Oct 2024 · 1 episode · 464K views on this topicHumans have a moral obligation to treat all sentient beings with compassion and stop exploiting them for food or other products.
“it's about extending a circle of compassion to embrace all beings”
Impaulsive · Mar 2019 · 1 episode · 389K views on this topicAnimals are individuals with the capacity to suffer, and unnecessary harm against them cannot be morally justified.
“So when I think about them as individuals, I have to think about what moral justification do I have to arbitrarily harm them and unnecessarily kill them. And you can't morally justify that, in the current context of a modern day society.”
Rich Roll · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 333K views on this topicKilling or harming small insects found within a home is a justifiable action.
2 people · 1 episode
Angie supports the use of capital punishment for spiders and other irritating insects that enter her house.
“a spider's going down spider's going down mosquito a roach all that [ __ ] a fly can't qu kill them quick enough yeah all of those are it's capital punishment right it's the death penalty you come in my house there's one penalty”
I've Had It · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 23K views on this topicSasheer believes killing spiders found in her own home is an acceptable and justifiable action.
“I've had it with people telling me to stop killing spiders in my own home it's my space and I get to decipher who stays alive and and not in my own home I think I can't stand the people that Usher bugs out of their house instead of of just killing him I'm like [ __ ] get over it kill it move on”
I've Had It · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 23K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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