Some nice folks were kind enough to share my tweet on the foie ban in Cali, the which Carmellini, the Spy, and Gastropoda pointed out is BS. I observed:
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it, but a few words of 140+ explanation. The Cod has been rolling his eyes at foie follies for years now.
Foie bans are bullshit. As Carmellini observes, funny french name, rich folks eat it, etc. If you want to ban an animal product is a low hanging fruit. Similarly, a sensationalistic description of what anti-choice zealots call "partial birth abortion." Any foie gras foe who thinks more than thirty seconds about the landscape of antimal welfare in the USA realizes that banning foie gras is not the issue; similarly, there is no anti-choice outfit whose interest begins in ends with what they call "partial birth abortion" (if you're playing at home, the correct term is "intact dilation and extraction"). In both cases, it's a foothold, a beachhead to make further campaigns by finding the most sympathetic facet of the cause, and making that its signature.
On the other hand, if you are a dirty Tyson/IBP style meat producer, a foie ban is your best friend. People will argue that back and forth, while you keep raising pigs and chickens in your Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation.
So, don't get it twisted. If you support a meat prohibition, then supporting a foie ban is part of that. If you don't support a meat prohibition, and you do support a foie ban, you are either a fool or a sucker.
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