can’t believe there are still people who need it explained to them that the reason people say “killing is wrong” is not because killing causes pain, but because it causes death

this is an important distinction

and one that I know people must understand, on some level

and yet, they still keep equating “killing bad” with “killing painful”

in so many stupid arguments

obviously in animal-rights discourse, on both sides– the debate is often wholly between two of the weakest possible arguments, “it’s okay to kill this animal because it doesn’t feel pain” and “it is not okay to kill this animal because it does feel pain”

but also in disability rights, which terrifies me so much more

because there the argument goes “if a person is in pain all the time, then obviously painless death is the best option”

and if the actual person in pain disagrees and says they want to stay alive even with the pain, they can get totally ignored, like their viewpoint doesn’t even register in a mind that’s stuck on the idea “death is only bad because it’s painful”

sometimes i feel like sending a hitman to chase these people with a 100% painless lethal injection, while repeatedly asking them in a baffled voice why they’re running away