If you’re an animal activist, chances are you’ve been asked the annoying question, “Why do you care more about animals than people?”
With over three million followers, imagine how many times a day Ricky Gervais gets asked that on his twitter account. The funny man has some answers. Feel free to use any the next time someone asks you, what could be, a question that’s even dumber than, “where do you get your protein.” (Atheists like Ricky will especially love the first response.)
I get tweets like “why do you care about animals when there are people suffering?”I let God take care of people, I do all the critters.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 18, 2012
“don’t see why I can’t care about both.”Exactly. Although actually doing something about one of them is better than just caring about both
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 18, 2012
“why care about animals when there are people being killed in Syria?”I’m not stopping you carry on your selfless work in Syria am I?
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 18, 2012
Environmentalists will also be familiar with this question. For some reason those who don’t have a soft spot for animals or the earth feel like if you are spending any time at all fighting for critters that you are in some way ignoring the pain and suffering of humans. Thankfully, Gervais and all animal activists are able to walk and chew gum at the same time. We can care about multiple causes at once. And with many issues, the two causes often overlap.
The bottom line is, we all share this beautiful blue planet together, so working for the sake of everyone is our best bet for a long and healthy future. Keep up the great work on behalf of animals, Ricky. Just like with people, they need powerful voices to speak up for them.
About Ali Berman
Ali Berman is a writer, teacher and activist. She works as a humane educator for HEART teaching kids about issues affecting people, animals and the environment. Ali is also a fiction writer. Her published work can be found on her website at aliberman.com. In early 2012 Ali co-founded flipmeover, a production company with the mission to use media to raise awareness of social issues.View all posts by Ali Berman →
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