youre-a-fucking-human-being:

If you dont like children and/or animals, then in my view you’ve lost part of your humanity. It’s really hard for me to believe that that can be just a personal preference. It seems really dark to me, like something is deeply wrong. I totally understand if you dont want the responsibility of children or pets yourself. I can also understand being annoyed by a circumstance like a crying baby on an airplane or a dog barking when you’re trying to sleep. But if you struggle with having empathy for children or animals, something is wrong. If the presence of children or animals makes you viscerally uncomfortable, then something is wrong. If you dont love beings that are totally innocent, if you dont feel compassion for the most vulnerable people in our society who you used to be and who will be affected by your behavior their whole life, if you cant connect with animals that spent millennia evolving in tandem with us to be our partners and companions, then I sincerely think you should seek help. That should not be an acceptable dispensation in our society, it should be a warning sign. It’s one of the biggest red flags a person can demonstrate. It might be sociopathy, it might be an addiction to luxury and comfort that supersedes empathy and kindness, it might be a traumatic event that has caused a phobia, or it might just be immaturity. But if you meet someone who hates children and/or animals, find out why and if they’re worth continuing to associate with. Dont just accept it as okay.