We should let horses go
Summary
A straphanger's hot take: we should let horses go. Free them. The rider argues that humans have given horses way too many jobs, from physical labor to racing to horse therapy, which apparently counts as emotional labor. Kareem's fully on board, pointing out that we barely even use horses anymore except for fun, like those Central Park carriage rides, when they should be grazing the plains in Montana. The conversation escalates quickly. The guest reveals that breaking a horse is literally what we call taming them, which sounds pretty dark compared to how a cat just sticks around for tuna. Soon they're advocating for freeing all pets, citing Turkey's street cats as citizens with passports. The wildest proposal? Horses should vote. That's what the left needs: the horse coalition.
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So, what's your take? We should let horses go. We should let horses go.
Yeah. Why do we still do that? Like, free them.
Yeah. Why are we still racing? 100% agree? Why aren't there? They should be freed. We as a species have too much access to Nissan Ultimas to justify the continued subjugation of the species. We give them so many jobs. Free the horses. Like physical labor. We race them. People do horse therapy now. So there's like emotional labor, too. At least we jerk them off. That's nice.
Wait, that part I don't know what you're talking about. We jerk them off.
What do you mean we jerk off horses?
How? That's how we breed them. There's no machine for that. They just, they just do it.
Why don't we just let them have— Well, you got to get them ready, you know?
Why don't they just do it naturally? If like after a long day at work, my boss was just like, "Come on, get in here." I think I'd really appreciate it.
I want to free the horses, too. Look, I think that the fact that we have any horses in captivity, we barely even use them. We only use them for fun. But you go to Central Park and you ride around on a horse, but that horse should be grazing the plains in Montana. I told a friend this taken. She grew up riding horses and she was like, "Oh, it's like having any pet like a cat or a dog." Like, no, it's not. You know it's called when you tame a horse. It's called breaking it.
That's not good. I didn't break my cat. I gave it tuna and now it won't leave. We should free the dogs, too.
And the cats. Free the dogs and the cats.
Free all pets. I can get on board with that.
You go to Turkey, guess what's all over the streets? Cats. And you know who takes care of them? Everyone.
They're citizens. They're citizens of the country. They all have passports. You know what? I think horses should vote. This is what the left needs is the horse coalition.
I don't think horses can vote. Okay. I thought you were woke, dude.