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  Objectively
  
  Guess I have to take another shot because someone used "objectively" for something subjective
context: Totally get you. I don't like pets and animals in general, but I love looking at their funny antics on videos or documentaries.  What I especially dislike about them is how unpredictable they can be and their smell. >
  
  I think the issue is when someone says they don't like pets or animals most people hear "I hate animals.  If I see one I'm going to drop kick it."
  Just like when I say I don't like children.  They act like if I see a kid across the street, I'm going to run over and punch them in the face for existing.  Which isn't realistic at all. >
  
  thing is, some people do kick animals. Many hunt them as a sport. >
  
  Are you telling me the hunters you know drop kick their deer? >
  
  No, Einstein. I'm pointing out that unlike kids, there's a good reason people assume you not liking animals means you wanna hurt them. Killing animals is a legal sport, and eating their flesh is entirely normalized. It's not like society values animal lives. >
  
  There are plenty of people that like animals even more than humans with bland justifications like 'human bad, animal innocent and good'
  I'd say they're a worse type of person than those that don't like animals >
  
  Woah. You dont have to justify one action by demonizing another. 
  Quite frankly i dont care about one or the other. I know lots of people scared of animals because they have had past traumatic experiences. 
  But ive also known alot of people who can only function around animals because of trauma and abuse they’ve received at the hands of another person. Im not going to go into a whole thing but theres been tons of studies on the benefits of animal therapy you can easily go educated yourself on.
  Only thing i take from this is you’re extremely judgemental, biased, and lack empathy. >
  
  Interesting, pick a situation that I wasn’t talking about and add my views onto it; I never mentioned trauma victims.
  I suppose from our brief online encounter I can say you’re quick to judge and maybe could do with a little more thought before commenting. Just a little feedback to show my empathetic side. >
  
  Thank you.  My mother and my husband did not like animals, so it bothers me to hear negative, offensive things about people who don't.
  Come to think of it, I might put myself in that category as well, because while I don't dislike animals, I don't actively like them either.  I'm indifferent to them. >
  
  
  My mother and my husband did not like animals
  
  If they 'did not like animals' as in they saw them as lesser and treated them poorly, then yes, they're horrible people.
  If they simly did not want animal companionship themselves, that's totally different and not a problem. >
  
  Neither one ever did or ever would have abused an animal.  I know that because when I was growing up, we  had two dogs at different times and one cat.  When I was married, we had various cats.  Mom was outvoted and our daughter loves cats.
  But both, I'm sure, saw animals as lesser, if by that you mean that their lives were not as worthy as human lives.  I see them as lesser myself. >
  
  
  But both, I'm sure, saw animals as lesser, if by that you mean that their lives were not as worthy as human lives. I see them as lesser myself.
  
  Well, objectivelly animal lives aren't lesser nor more - we are animals. We may be biased towards our own species but that's all it is, really. A species doesn't really 'deserve' to die or live any more or less than other  'deserves' it. Ecologically, we could actually use way less humans, lol.
  But if you just don't enjoy animals close that's totally fine. It's people who like, enjoy hunting as a fun activity because 'it's just animals' - that's where I get psycho vibes. If your idea of fun is shoot an innocent animal you're loco in my books.