Preferring Apes to Humans Is Awful

Actors and actresses aren’t paid to be thoughtful, so perhaps we shouldn’t put too much stock in the stars of the latest Planet of the Apes movie saying that they prefer apes to humans.

But their comments are telling insofar as they reflect a fashionable worldview that is anti-human and, on top of that, apparently completely ignorant about apes.

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Actors and actresses aren’t paid to be thoughtful, so perhaps we shouldn’t put too much stock in the stars of the latest Planet of the Apes movie saying that they prefer apes to humans.

But their comments are telling insofar as they reflect a fashionable worldview that is anti-human and, on top of that, apparently completely ignorant about apes.