Isn animal rights a “terrorist” doctrine?
Of all of the very unfair distortions of truth that pervade the endless media outlets, this characterization is the most unfair. Animal rights originated with the same ancient people for whom Ahimsa, or what has been called “dynamic harmlessness,” was a central organizing principle for social, political, and religious relations. Animal rights is not a movement of violence or terrorism. It is a movement of peace. One of the central tenets linking most animal rights people (i.e. people who reject speciesism and the property status of animals on principled grounds) is their rejection of violence. Working to achieve respect-based prohibitions in the law is consistent with this rejection of violence.
