But they do need the right to be respected. I think they re living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldn t inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means? well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a human species. We ve sort of set ourselves up as gods, and we regard anyone that doesn t fit into the human species as sort of trash. I mean, as you said earlier, we might pet them, we might skin them. We decide. And yet animals are not like us, they are us. If we took elementary biology, we learned that we are one animal among many. It s a great, if you will, somebody said an orchestra of life, we each play a different instrument. That s rather romantic
In america, and faced with a candidate whos promised to turn the pages on all of this, trump is plummeting with rhetoric that is so deep and nasty. Hes raising fears over where the wannabe autocrat who attempted a coup the last time he lost is trying to take his supporters this time. Heres what he said on saturday about his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Kamala is Mentally Impaired. Joe biden became Mentally Impaired. Kamala was born that way. She was born that way. If you think about it, only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country. Anyone would know that. So he does that to shock us, to get us to say, look how reprehensible he is. Were not showing you it for those reasons. Its number 10,000 of his moral bankruptcy, as if we need proof of that. Were not showing it to you because hes crossed some new line and feels great about it, adding to his political riz may thats defined by his vile often racist attacks that he saves up and stores up fo
Welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you in the studio. Let me start by trying to establish a core principle. Is it your belief that animals should enjoy equal rights, the same rights as humans . Well, not the same rights, because, of course, they dont need the right to do some of the things we wish to do, like drive a car or vote, although they might do better than weve done sometimes. But they do need the right to be respected. I think theyre living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldnt inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means . Well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a Human Species. Weve sort of s
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. We humans have a complicated relationship with animals. Some we pet, some we skin, some we eat. We destroy their wild habitats while we agonise about the loss of species diversity. It is not an equal relationship, its exploitative, but will it ever change . And if so, how . My guest is determined that it should. Ingrid newkirk is president and Co Founder of the Campaign Group people for the ethical treatment of animals. Is she the Human Ally Animals need . Ingrid newkirk, welcome to hardtalk. Ingrid newkirk, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen. Thanks very much, stephen. Its a great pleasure its a great pleasure to have you in the studio. To have you in the studio. Let me start by trying let me start by trying to establish a core principle. To establish a core principle. Is it your belief that animals is it your belief that animals should enjoy equal rights, should enjoy equal rights, the same rights as humans . The same rights as huma
Reparations say they feel betrayed over a vote that did not happen in california. One of the authors of the legislation is here to respond and later, who is the alberta in your life according to Director Lee daniels Glenn Closest character in the deliverance is a part of the fabric of the black community. And thats not even the most viral thing coming from this movie. Were going to talk about it a lot coming up sounds riveting. Have a great show, right . Thanks so much. Lets do it well first of all, we are three days out from the harris trump debate. Its really hard to predict whats going to happen tomorrow, much less on tuesday but we will see something we have never seen before a black woman on the president ial Debate Stage as the nominee of a major party think about what you will or the politics, but a country that has never elected a black Woman Governor may soon elect a black woman president. The precedents we do have are those infamous moments from former President Trumps debate