Can’t get up until it moves, that’s the rules
they*
Can’t get up until it moves, that’s they rules
The doe is a being not an object.
They doe is a being not an object.
in the english language the pronouns it/its are used either for animals or inanimate objects
he/him/his here
but it/it/its in bed 💅
so true
The doe has no concept of pronouns. I promise calling it “it” isn’t doing anything to hurt it.
As someone who has been vegan for 25 years, I really appreciate your choices and empathize with your motivations. If, however, your goal is to make a difference, you might want to avoid alienating your audience before you’ve even said anything.
Beings are also an object :)
You wouldn’t call people “it”. It’s about showing respect.
I wouldn’t, but I am calling animals it. Only in English tho, we don’t do that in my native language.
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Touch some grass buddy.
I know a few people who use it/its pronouns. While I agree that treating animals with respect is a good thing, it pronouns are not necessarily a sign of disrespect or objectification.
Well in that case that is different but usually when we say “it” that is used to refer to physical objects like book or treat. Animals being seen as property harms them.
I absolutely would.
But you would immediately jump in to correct another adult’s use of language, as if they were a child. Despite this talk of respect.
Respect is earned :)
No it is a given.
Using “it” for an animal is perfectly reasonable. An argument can be made for using they instead but we even use it for humans occasionally (e.g. Jack checked on the baby, it was sleeping peacefully).
Animals use the article ‘it’.
If you had a Great Pyrenees (Dog pictured) - you absolutely would not be wondering. They are livestock guardian dogs and some of the most stubborn dogs you will even interact with.
I had a Border Collie/Corgi mix who lived up to the shepherd skills of both breeds. He once found a baby rabbit about a week old in our yard and brought it in to my wife carrying it without hurting it. She took it out to where she thought it came from and put it back. A few hours later, he brought it back in. So we set up an old guinea pig habitat for it. A little while later, he brought in another. We ended up taking care of them until they were old enough to release. But he would check on them multiple times a day. I’m pretty sure the only way he would ever intentionally hurt something is if it was threatening my wife or daughter.
We had a mongrel from a shelter who clearly had some border collie in him. He showed it in his behaviour too, he’d try and herd me and my brother if we went too far away on walks. If we wandered off while he was on a lead, he’d get really agitated because he couldn’t herd us. It was annoying and cute in equal measure.
I saw a video once of what was supposed to be a race between about 8 corgis. Instead of running toward the finish line, they all just started trying to herd each other.
This dog understood the assignment.
Yeah it’s getting pretty uncivil in these comments. Sorry, op, comments are getting locked.
Cute photo though, it’s an old school meme.
