For starters, I'm not some crazy PETA activist, nor do I have any bizarre infatuation with snakes. I'm just against killing animals, especially when there is no reason to.
Not too long ago I was posting on a website called chazhound or something like that. It was about dogs. On a side note these people were absolutely insane when it came to dogs. They all seemed to think that owning a dog required some high degree of skill that most mortal beings cannot even hope to attain, but that's besides the point.
I came across a post that was about someone killing a snake because it was a threat to their poor dog. This person was an idiot, and I knew it, but calling them out on being an idiot wouldn't solve anything, so I respectfully explained that the black racer they killed was no threat to them, or their dog. I also explained how to identify a venomous snake, which I guess is a more justifiable thing to kill because it actually could harm the dog if the dog gets too interested. Then I asked them not to kill anymore black racers.
I was met with hatred. Among the arguments I was given included explanations of how much more valuable a dogs life is than any other animals, how people don't have time to identify a snake and it's safer to just kill the thing, and my favorite, "You actually have snakes in your house on purpose?!?! What a creep!"
I don't know if these people are just that stupid, or if they're the KKK of animals and they just replaced "white race" with "dog", which I suppose would also make them stupid.
The point is, if you're one of the people who kills snakes because "all snakes are dangerous" you're an idiot.
On the other hand, now you know better, and to continue to kill snakes indiscriminately at this point would make you an even bigger idiot.
/endrant
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