Family of 16-year-old worker killed cleaning a machine at Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg files lawsuit.

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    9 months ago

    Two of those articles you linked are a 2 and 4 year old that were on the farm, not really the same thing as the 27 amputation per month of actual workers. I mean step back and look at the what aboutism you are doing. Of course people are injured in produce, but that doesn’t change the fact that working in a meat packing plant is one of the most dangerous professions for humans.

    Look, I’m not even here “as a vegan”, just as someone who has recently read The Jungle and is horrorifed to see the same problems from a century ago still present today. I’m not talking about animal rights, I’m talking about human worker rights in an industry where those people are constantly injured in staggering numbers.

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        9 months ago

        The only reason you know I’m vegan is from my username, but why would that fact somehow disqualify me from caring about workers being injured?

        Idk. Sorta seems like you just wanna insult me but not actually contribute anything meaningful.

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          9 months ago

          Oh trust me. I didn’t even see your username. I knew you were vegan because of your insufferable bad faith comment.

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            Well, I think comparing toddler accidents on a farm to century long systemic hiring of underage workers is bad faith but I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. Still not entirely sure what I said that made you mad, concern for worker safety feels pretty universal. But it doesn’t seem you want to actually talk about the issue. So whatever. You have a good one.