If you have ever been personally hurt by anything I’ve written here, I’m sorry, but please don’t read this blog.
Even if I’ve invited you or shared a post with you in the past, please don’t read this blog.
Unless you’re seeking information about the injustices of hunting or animal exploitation in general, please don’t read this blog.
If you’re so set in your ways that the things I write about animal rights seem like a personal attack on you, please don’t read this blog. It’ll just make you feel bad.
I have never set out to hurt or attack anyone personally (that’s why I don’t tend to name names). But like people who defend human rights, those who speak in defense of the rights of non-human animals and seek to expose the ongoing atrocities committed against them by human societies, I often have a hard time playing the diplomat.
It’s not that we’re un-American, but once you know what kind of animal suffering is behind the making of an all-meat hot dog, you can’t un-know it.
This blog is not for everyone. Those who are like-minded seem to enjoy it here; those who feel out of place might do better not reading it. (That’s why I don’t spend my time reading hunters’ or cattlemen’s blogs.) I’ve been accused of preaching to the choir. Fair enough, but even a choir of angels needs a pep talk once in a while to remind them that they’re not alone in what they’re going through.
A blog can be likened to a writer’s personal diary made public. Those close to the writer sometimes recognize themselves between the pages. My advice to folks who don’t like what they read here is, simply, stop reading. Speaking for myself, I never start off writing things with the intention of hurting anyone’s feelings. The only intention I ever have is adding my voice to the call to end animal suffering and abuse of the innocents.
Writing can be cathartic and when the words are flowing, I don’t have much control over their direction. They’re often a meditation on an issue that is really important to me. I find it works better than trying to debate with people over these emotional issues, because when things get heated, I tend to get overheated. My circuits fry, and my thoughts don’t flow; they go on overload. Afterward, I end up feeling like “I should have said this,” or “I should have answered to that. “
Unless you really care to know how I think or feel, please don’t read this blog.
Exposing the Big Game 
Good commentary…
Thank you.
My response to “you’re preaching to the choir” is…. If you can help the choir sing louder and better, it matters!”
I love this! I’ve never looked at preaching to the choir quite this way but it makes me feel better that I am making a difference. It does matter that we preach to the choir because so many people throw in the towel. We cannot afford to lose one person, one soldier in our army. I love this blog! Don’t ever stop Jim.
Thanks Lane
Amen, I hope it does.
I keep reading Jim, you must keep writing and be their voice. Yours is one of my fav blogs, information is power and you’re a good source of info. Those who don’t like it can ignore it
Thanks for reading
Your blog is the BEST Jim! So inspiring! Thank you! don’t ever change it! And the Animals thank you too!
Thank you Claudine, and for all you do!
I love your words. The choir needs support, too. Deepest gratitude.
Thank you Karen
I’ve developed a very thick skin as far as protecting animals from harm and abuse is concerned, and take nothing personally – it’s all about the animals, for me. I’ve never been offended by anything here, I just hope I haven’t offended! 🙂
This certainly didn’t apply to you or to any other dedicated animal protector.
I’ve been following your blog since 2012, and the posts by Jim and other comments have not only shaped the way I look at animal liberation issues, but has set my moral values in stone.
Thanks Dywane for being a dedicated reader and voice for the animals.
I don’t comment much anymore here, but rest assured, I’m still reading your blog.
Thanks Maureen for always being out there, since day one.
Amen, Jim…I read…I agree…I shove it down others’ throats ☺..I am an animal heart vegan…I will not stop being the voice of the innocent ones..(in my “old” age) it’s the least I can do for the precious voiceless (non-human) animals…
Thanks for always being their voice
I see no reason for you to apologize or even explain your stance. I appreciate what you do and am puzzled at accusations that you hurt some people’s feelings. Perhaps they should stop engaging in the activities you criticize (torturing, killing, and consuming animals) rather than ask you to stop pointing out the suffering these animals endure. It sounds to me like these people have an internal moral conflict to resolve. Thank you for waking them up. I hope they choose compassion, and please continue advocating for such.
Amen to that. This is the single best animal-issues blog I’ve encountered on the Internet and I’ve read a lot of them. Anyone who regularly visits it will be educated and inspired to do something about the cross-species injustices that are endemic in human societies; anyone who doesn’t appreciate it is, at best, a fool and merits no further consideration. Never quit!
Your blog is the first blog I go to when I have time to catch up on all the bloggers I follow. Keep up the good fight Jim. I am a member of your army.
And a salute back to you Admiral.
Ha-Ha!
BTW, did you catch the PBS biography special on Teddy Roosevelt? I found it astounding that he was a proponent for “conservation” “conserving the country’s majestic beauty for future generations” and then schedules a safari expedition whereby he murders 1000 of animals.
(((FACE PALM)))
I don’t understand how a man can all himself a conservationist while murdering animals. WTF?
The only thing he wanted to protect is his opportunity to kill more “game.”
Yep, a rich man’s hobby.
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