Morrissey was 100% right.
Up until recently my position was that I didn't endorse Morrissey's statement but I understood that he made the comments in the context of his view on animal welfare. There have been plenty of other examples of Morrissey voicing contempt for humanity when it came to our treatment of animals, so it felt to me like the "sub-species" comments were taken out of context and used as a stick to beat him by rags like the NME and Guardian.
Having found myself stuck indoors, with lots of free time on my hands (thanks to Covid-19) , earlier today I finally stumbled across some examples of videos showing cruelty to animals that staggers belief. Not just people enjoying eating some animal based food, but people positively revelling in the cruelty and barbarism they are inflicting, often on still living creatures.
- biting heads, or limbs, off living animals
- barbecuing, or frying, living animals
- skinning living animals
After what I've seen today, I think "sub-species" is a f***ing understatement.