This brings me to an innocuous little post at Feministing by Jessica Valenti about how her puppy Monty chewed her laptop power cord, which resulted in comments by those aforementioned . . . okay, I’ll say it . . . feminazis . . . who excoriated Jessica for buying a dog from a breeder because that, in their constipated world view, is so totally un-feminist.Given the choice between adopting a pet from a pound or buying one from a breeder, I'll take the pound any day of the week. In fact, we recently rescued an abandoned kitty who shows signs of being abused, but that doesn’t mean that I would disapprove of someone buying a purebred Siamese or Maine Coon Cat. What does matter is that these critters have responsible and loving owners, of which I am sure Jessica is one.
So getting on Jessica for doing what millions of us and, I daresay, even some died-in-the-wool feminists, do brings new meaning to the word asinine.
There you have it:
Pro-choice except when it comes to pets.
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