Fucking Cancelled Quest for the Offline Left with Wayne Hsiung: All Suffering Matters
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Jul 23, 2024 
Wayne Hsiung, animal rights lawyer and open-rescue activist who has risked arrest to free suffering animals. He recounts rescues from labs and farms, the emotional toll of witnessing trauma, links between prisons and factory farming, and why recognizing all suffering can shift politics and everyday choices.
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Decade Of Open Rescues Led To Lawsuits And Felonies
- Wayne summarized his decade of open rescues: infiltrating farms, labs and dog-meat slaughterhouses, facing beatings, lawsuits, and felony charges for rescuing animals.
- He faces nearly $400,000 in judgments and dozens of felony charges for aiding animals.
Numbers And Tattoos Strip Identity And Enable Commodification
- Objectification shows up similarly across systems: prisoners get badge numbers while farmed animals get ear tattoos and no names.
- This denial of identity enables commodification and erases individuality.
Make Compassion Socially Acceptable With Small Signals
- Normalize supportive discourse: make it socially acceptable to express concern about animals without demanding immediate conversion.
- Encourage people to openly like or share vegan content as a low-risk first step.
