There’s Actually A Conservative Who Supports Animal Rights!
- Scully
Most people on the Left are not into Animal Rights.
But those who are greatly outnumber Conservatives who support Animal Rights.
I am only familiar with one Conservative political figure in the entire country who supports Animal Rights: Matthew Scully. Matthew Scully is not even a politician in his own right, but was a speechwriter for George W Bush. And Scully’s position on Animal Rights seems an extension of his opposition to abortion. I don’t know if Scully is vegan, but for the sake of argument I will assume he is.
So we have one vegan Conservative politician. In the entire country!
One.
The Left can boast it’s most prominent leader: Angela Davis. Former Congressman and twice presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is also vegan, as are hundreds of local and state Democratic officials and thousands of activists.
Animal Rights is squarely on their political agendas.
On the Right? Not so much.
Oh, except for Matthew Scully.
The one Conservative who supports Animal Rights.
ROLAND VINCENT is an animal rights and social justice activist.
In response to: https://www.greanvillepost.com/2014/04/08/rolands-tweetios-how-many-conservatives-are-animal-rights/ The issue of left/right politics is irrelevant to a discussion of animals rights. There are many progressives who also embrace the idea of benign violence to animals. However Mathew Scully is a particularly pernicious example [as he is one] who upholds dominion, and his words seem to carry weight among those desperate for compassion. They will not find it in the ideas of Mathew Scully. Describing Matthew Scully as representing animal rights is as ludicrous as calling a slavemaster an abolitionist, even one who took better care of his human property. Mathew Scully represents the worst… Read more »
Francione is on a fool’s mission. People are having children faster than we are creating vegans. Abolition of slaughter will not occur until we have the political climate to ban it. Every social movement is about politics. Animal Rights is all about politics. Particularly it is about Left wing politics. Capitalism will not allow Animal Rights. We need a Socialist society to succeed. Philosophically, Socialism is no more disposed toward animal welfare or Animal Rights than is Capitalism, Mercantilism, or any other economic system. Socialism, however, does not reward animal exploitation, cruelty or murder. Capitalism, on the other hand, does.… Read more »