Overly sentimental animal lovers annoy me
By "overly sentimental animal lovers", I don't mean people who love animals to death, animal activists and organizations like HSUS and SPCA, or pet lovers whose lives revolve around their pets. I'm okay with those people. I'm talking about those people whose sentimentality about certain animals clouds their logical and moral thinking and turn them into emotional nuts. For example, the people who say "OMGG that animal is so majestic and cute how dare you eat them why can't you just eat an ugly smelly cow instead I hope you die!". For example, those people who whine about people eating octopus because "they're so smart and mysterious" and rabbits because "they're sooo cute". Okay, I can understand people who oppose eating animals that are viewed as pets in many cultures (like dogs, cats, horses), protected species, or perhaps if there is near-ubiquitous animal abuse in the industry, but those who start opposing consumption of certain animals just because it conflicts with their personal sentimentality (like "they're too cute/smart/beautiful/etc.) are one of my greatest pet peeves. Or those people who protest spaying/neutering their pets because for being "cruel": Yeah, would you rather have them abused, abandoned, turn into rabid stray dogs on the street and finally put down at a shelter instead? Or those activists who get so emotional by breaking into a lab/slaughterhouse/farm/etc. and "liberating" the captive animals into the wild, often ignoring the warnings that they can't handle the wild and will most likely die of exposure or perhaps ravage local wildlife. And don't get me started on those who get outraged about wild animals eating each other and then go off onto tangents like "why didn't you help that poor innocent gazelle from being by that lion eaten I hope you die" and "I hate [predator animal] they're so cruel I hope they go extinct".
Granted, I agree that it is wrong to abuse any sentient being, and I do agree that we need to reduce pain inflicted upon animals. I also don't have a problem with vegans, level-headed and logical animal activists, or even those who like animals more than people. The above I am okay with. I am also quite concerned and upset about animal abuse as well. I am referring to those animal lovers who have little to no knowledge of animals or nature in general and judge every moral action involving animals by Disneyfied gushy sentimentality with no logical basis.
Is it normal to be annoyed by those people?