I went and looked this up because of this comment. I had never heard of “it” being used like that.
I’ve only ever heard it being used to specify something specifically as a non-person, or more generally a “being”. So I thought it was literally defining it as a non-being.
So TIL. I wasn’t trying to be prejudiced, I have literally never heard of “it” being anything other than specifically a non-living object.
So thanks for the chance to learn something interesting today.
I just don’t consider “it” to be depriving animals of “being” status.
You know what…
I went and looked this up because of this comment. I had never heard of “it” being used like that.
I’ve only ever heard it being used to specify something specifically as a non-person, or more generally a “being”. So I thought it was literally defining it as a non-being.
So TIL. I wasn’t trying to be prejudiced, I have literally never heard of “it” being anything other than specifically a non-living object.
So thanks for the chance to learn something interesting today.