DON'T INSULT ANIMALS

Don't know why or how it started but humans often use animals as insults. Expressions involving creatures like dogs, rats, mice, pigs, cows, skunks and others have been commonplace for ages.

One insult example is 'dirty rat'- which, like most other animal insults, is totally untrue because rats are NOT dirty. They ( as with mice) like being clean and are continually washing themselves - more so than cats do.  I know because I've had pet rats for several years.'

I'll have you know I wash many times a day and I'm highly intelligent

'Dirty pig' is another insult, but pigs are only dirty because we make them so by keeping them in filthy conditions and feeding them slops. If free they would roam the fields clean and fresh as a daisy.

I can be clean. I'm also clever as a dog and have a high intelligence rating 

'Dog' is used as an insult, often by Muslims, but no animal could be more noble, faithful, lovable and devoted than man's best friend.

It's true - Dogs are Adorable 

Calling someone a 'cow' is common but actually cows are beautiful, friendly, graceful and gentle creatures.

We think we're rather gorgeous

Skunks can stink but only when they are being attacked, otherwise they are cute and cuddly.

Fox might imply being sly or cunning (instead of clever) and people might be called monkeys because they are ugly or mischievous.

 Yet all of these animals and others have intelligence.and emotions. Scientists are discovering amazing facts about animal intelligence, ranging from pigs to chickens. They also have abilities that mere humans do not have such as highly tuned hearing and eye sight and a kind of telepathy and advanced intuition.

In addition they possess emotions and feelings of joy, pain, love, fear - even a sense of humour in many cases.

So let's try not use these dignified fellow beings as insults. There are 600,000 words in the English language so surely we can find more appropriate descriptions when we insult someone. 

For example, instead of  'dirty rat' you could use scumbag. Instead of  'cow' you might use arsehole and instead of dog you might use contemptible two legged non-believer.  There are endless possibilities like meat head - a stupid person.

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