sociologically speaking western culture in-groups pets as an exception to the usual status of non-humans, and even then cops will shoot your dog because they don’t care and it’s usually legal to euthanize a pet electively which would be a fucked up thing to do to grandma so it’s not exactly consistent. Children do that kind of in-grouping/callous disregard duality on toys etc as well, it’s not just an animals thing.

idk, the rpe rack* name came from chuds, the people who call it the official name i think aren’t posturing, rather they don’t think animal husbandry is r*pe, and there are probably quite a lot of people who would take great offense to the comparison. I understand the rhetorical purpose of hyperbolic language for agricultural practices (and maybe you do believe in your heart of hearts that it’s exactly the same as someone assaulting another human person; i’m not accusing vegans of lying about their own morals) but I don’t think cows or whatever are people so the framework doesn’t apply.