Bigotry – Acceptable arguement ?

Since when have bigoted statements been acceptable arguments against anything ?

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson called the mourners of the crew of the L’Acadien II “cigarette smoking apes“, Brigitte Bardot was convicted numerous times for her racist rants and their supporters post whatever comes to their minds, without any reservations, on blogs, message boards and media website comment boards.

I’ve also seen people being harassed on Youtube simply because they were Japanese, Inuit or Norwegian. The line has not only been crossed but this behavior is promoted by the anti-sealing organizations in order to disrupt any conversation on the subject, by reducing these to “flame wars”.

They obviously don’t want people to talk and have potential donors deterred by calm, rational discussions. It appears that “if we don’t get it, nobody will” and “the ends justify the means” are quite acceptable when it comes to the anti-sealing lobby.

Their humanity is limited to people that agree with them. They dehumanize people that don’t share their views and are at best ill mannered when these views are contested, even by moderates like yours truly.

Seriously, i’m for vegeterianism and veganism, where possible. The problem is that these lifestyles are not viable for everyone.