Honestly this mindset shows how many quote-unquote leftists turn to right-wing tactics when people critise them for things like these.
Think about it: "Haha these people are insufferable, they must be so mad, we don't care, let's drive them off the board" is how your average 4chan chud reacts to a feminist. It's the same gut instinct.
Things don't literally have to be said to be stated. You brought up that factoid (which got debunked in by someone else in the comment section who actually has experience with pigs) to imply that pigs aren't deserving of empathy like dogs are. There is literally no reason to bring that up other than a pathetic attempt at a rebuttal.
Studies have shown that pigs are more intelligent than dogs. By your logic, eating pigs is more cruel than eating dogs.
I am not now, and never will be a vegan.
Alright, I never asked you to become vegan. I just pointed out your code of ethics, when it comes to what animals do and don't deserve empathy, is cruel and irrational. What you do with that information is up to you.
I remember when the whole Hexbeargate thing happened, one tankie accused a user here of being ableist for using a relatively (in my opinion) inoffensive word (it wasn't a slur, but considering that one of the server owners found it offensive too, I'm not going to say what word it was here). You know, while defending the leaders who executed people for being disabled.
So you're going to keep referring to me, a trans woman, with a masculine term, despite the fact that I strongly and firmly told you not to?
Let's see what the mods think about that.