Teenage trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference | Trans Kids Deserve Better
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“Squash them, kill them, kill the buggers!” a speaker urged the audience.
  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I agree with you, but crickets are not animals, literally. Abusing insects isnt good activism*

    • Whom@beehaw.orgEnglish
      16·
      10 months ago

      Domain: Eukaryota

      Kingdom: Animalia

      Phylum: Arthropoda

      Class: Insecta

      Order: Orthoptera

      Suborder: Ensifera

      Infraorder: Gryllidea

      Superfamily: Grylloidea

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Perhaps colloquially (or even culinarilly) speaking, in your part of the world, insects are not considered animals. But biologically, they are, as are all arthropods.