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Q: You posted an article indicating that sexual intercourse with animals is morally permissible. You've also in the past published a book arguing for veganism. That being the case, is it your official position that eating animals is not okay but having sex with them is? A: I didn't write the article on the permissibility of zoophilia. It was published in the Journal of Controversial Ideas, a journal that pushes back against "cancel culture" by providing an outlet for controversial ideas, which authors can publish under a pseudonym. I am a founding co-editor of that journal. The fact that we judge an article worthy of publication does not indicate that I or my co-editors agree with the views contained in it. We send articles submitted to us out for peer review, and if the reviewers consider that the article contains controversial ideas that are defended by argument of a sufficiently high standard to warrant publication, we publish the article. The Journal of Controversial Ideas is free and open access, for everyone to read. We rely on donations from supporters of freedom of thought and discussion to sustain it. You asked me whether it is my view that eating animals is not okay but having sex with them is. Here is one way of thinking about this question. Imagine that you are an animal locked up all of your life in a factory farm stall too narrow for you to even turn around, let alone walk a single step, so that you have nothing to do all day except stand up and lie down on a floor consisting of bare metal slats. Then you are crammed into a truck and driven for many hours to a place where you will be slaughtered. This is what happens to millions of pigs in the US today, and the lives of billions of other factory-farmed animals are no better. Now imagine that you are an animal living with a person who cares for you and loves you in all the ways that most people love their companion animals, but in addition, this person sometimes has sexual contact with you, making sure that the contact does not hurt you, and leaving you free to move away if you don't like it. You live out your natural lifespan like this, and when you get old and terminally ill and are in distress, the person who cares for you, full of sadness, takes you gently to a veterinarian who puts you to sleep. Which animal would you rather be?

Another thought-provoking article is "Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible" by Fira Bensto (pseudonym), which is just out in the current issue of @JConIdeas. This piece challenges one of society's strongest taboos and argues for the moral permissibility of some forms of sexual contact between humans and animals. This article offers a controversial perspective that calls for a serious and open discussion on animal ethics and sex ethics. Read and ponder: journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/2/255 Art generated by Open AI’s DALL-E.

@oldcracker3 @badvgtakes I see u @Jaxawhite1 ur dick is in my mouth

@snackvampire @JoshuaPotash very true!

@JoshuaPotash lol the remarkable thing is how inaccurate most american's vision of china is. they would probably be shocked at how clean, safe and nice things are for chinese citizens. americans interact with a projection of what china is created via us propaganda

Just saw someone say the subway flooding looks like China. Just like people say empty shelves or giant food pantry lines or weird patriotic displays look like China, or North Korea. They look like the U.S. They are the U.S. When will we accept that we have major problems, here?

@jiemow2 @DestinyRaeSmith @TheFaerth NO SHOT

Can we stop with the “you’re not fat, you’re gorgeous” type comments? It insinuates that a person cannot be both. Fat =/= a person’s beauty or worth!!!

@oldcracker3 @GodlyPyroKing @Pirate101 kreygasm

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