Times have changed and everyone needs to understand the impact of all our
words. (approved by Stormy)
Molly
words Matter…
Posted By Elizabeth Brinkley
In Dogs & People Learn! Political Beat
The indignant people who have informed me they will call their dog what they
want, can’t see the forest for the trees. The animal rights cults have a plan
and one of the tools they use is called “incrementalism” – one step at a time,
one inch at a time, one bad law at a time. They have worked on their plan for
years. They have convinced us all breeders are bad. That professional breeders
are “puppymills”. That no one should make money raising dogs. They have
encouraged us to look on dogs as emotional substitutes for children and call
them “furbabies” and “furkids”. Sounds harmless – right? The plan is simple –
indoctrinate the public to think of dogs as “almost human” and then they push
for “rights” for the animals. They push for “better care” for the animals but
that is better care by THEIR standards and they will find ways to make sure it
is impossible to live up to those standards. They push to end the slavery of
ownership (and yes they really do talk like that). They push for laws to have
owners declared as “guardians”. There is a reason for that. The word guardian
has a well-established track record in the legal system. If the word “guardian”
is applied to you, then the state can come in and decide if your care of your
ward is adequate or not. If they decide in their infinite wisdom with all the
profound knowledge of animal husbandry that these noble bureaucrats have at
their fingertips (and yes that is sarcasm) then they will remove your animal
and under the law they would be able to take your dog and you would have NO
recourse because you weren’t a fit “guardian”.
Do I occasionally refer to myself as mom to my dogs? Yes, but I make a
conscious effort to NEVER do so in public unless I am around other dog people
who will know that I do not consider myself to be the mother of a dog (although
I know of people who think of me as a bitch). Do I think dogs are incredible?
Yes, BUT they are not “almost human”. Dogs don’t have morals or ethics. That
tongue that licks your face probably licked that dog’s butt or another dog’s
butt in the last 24 hours. Your dog will breed with a close relative because
they don’t know any better. They will eat poop. They will attack a bunny and
destroy before your eyes. THEY ARE DOGS. I honor my dogs for their intelligence
in working with humans and the unconditional love they give but I never forget
they are ANIMALS and they will react like animals in a bad situation.
‘A dog is NOT “almost human,” and I know of no greater insult to the canine
race than to describe it as such’. — John Holmes
Every time we anthropomorphize a dog and attribute human emotions to an animal
we take one more step down the slippery path, helping the animal rights cults
remove animals from our lives. That is the goal of animal “rights” – NO
animals. Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and President of PETA wrote of her vision
for the future of our pets: “As the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially
engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion
animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic
relationship — enjoyment at ‘a distance.’” “We have no ethical obligation to
preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding…
“One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic
animals. They are creations of human selective breeding” — Wayne Pacelle –
President of the Humane Society of the United States.
Animal rights” is not “cool” and it’s not “politically correct!” “Animal
rights” is a radical, extremist, and cult-like belief. It is dangerous for
humans and animals. Folks who choose this misanthropic path have the right to
make that choice, but they do not have the right to force this horribly
anti-human and dangerous belief system on the rest of society through their
campaigns of lies and misinformation. I think it is time and past to watch our
language and set folks straight about what we do and why we do it. So if you
want to go on referring to your dog as your baby, your furkid, your furbaby,
you can do that but there will be no complaints allowed when they come to take
away your baby because they don’t agree with the way you care for it. It is
time to “rescue” the language affecting our animals and people’s perception of
them. It took 30 years for animal rights to hijack our language and then seek
to steam roller us with it. It is time to take it back.Or to quote Jay
Kitchner’s kick butt article “Take back the conversation”.
Elizabeth Brinkley
Elizabeth Brinkley has been involved in the sport of dogs for 49 years starting
out as a 4-H kid with the family pet. She is a Legislative Liaison to the
American Kennel Club, a Delegate to the Virginia Federation of Dog Clubs and a
member of the NAIA. She says “I have spent most of my life raising, training
and showing dogs. I have taken enough classes, workshops, seminars and
symposiums to earn at least a Bachelor's degree and while earning my five
college degrees in other fields I have taken college classes in biology and
genetics.” She earned a national certification through NADOI as a dog obedience
instructor and has worked in vet offices, animal shelters, grooming shops and
boarding kennels.
