What a strange era this age of social media is. Any idiot can start a Facebook page on just about any sick subject under the sun. There, as humane activists have found out time and again, they can get away with saying whatever they want about what they’d like to do to non-human animals. Things they could never say about humans are fair game to say about non-human animals.
Facebook does not monitor or police any of the horrid anti-animal sites out there; even the lowest gutter-dweller can receive encouragement in the form of “likes” for the perverse and abusive statements they come up with to voice their disdain for animals such as wolves.
This blog, on the other hand, is monitored to weed out comments like this one I just received from someone identifying himself only as “Bucksmasher” (typos are his):
“Wolves are no good. They serve no usefull purpose. They are not endangered as a species ,they never have been. The ESA listing in…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Speaking for myself, I feel bad for the animals wolves prey upon. I can only imagine the terror of the chase and the pain of the killing, whether bison, moose, deer, elk or cows and sheep. However, wolves have become what they through millions of years of evolution. They have earned their place in the ecosystem. They are innocent of evil intent, and they are not the equivalent of human terrorists or serial killers. They do not deserve to be persecuted by haters.
So what is the excuse of the hunters? Don’t animals suffer from the pain of steel-jaw traps, snares, and poisons? Don’t bullets and arrows cause pain to the deer and elk they profess of worry about? Aren’t bears also terrified when being chased down by hunters and their hounds? Where is the hunters’ sense of empathy for their victims?
I’m concerned about the whole issue of freedom of speech. It seems that the rage-fueled rants from wolf haters is more acceptable than responses from pro-wolf groups. Part of the problem is the level of language itself. Hyperbole, sarcasm, or irony often are not recognized and taken literally. The language of the haters reveals a group of semiliterate, cognitively impaired violence-oriented people who hate innocent animals with an animus that is not rational. Unfortunately, they can, and often do act, on their hate-filled and irrational impulses.
We know that Religion and Law have imposed a moral and legal chasm between human beings and animals. Causing suffering and death to billions of animals is morally and legally acceptable, but any harm to human beings is wrong and deserving of punishment.
We cannot allow that chasm between the species to curtail freedom of speech. It is starting to sound as if violent (including tropes taken seriously) or unpleasant language is allowed when referring to animals by hunters but not allowed when discussing humans. Freedom of speech, even speech that is ugly, is protected by the constitution. But it should be protected by and for everyone. Animal activists should not be hampered or silenced by the same Facebook that provides a forum for the hunters and haters.
NOTE: Facebook also needs to clamp down on the posts misfits use to get attention abusing animals.
The insistence upon ignorance is astounding, isn’t it? I would say this clod has no useful purpose either – but it appears that he has a malevolent purpose. 😦
A malevolent motive, anyway.