Comment by taneq

You see this kind of thing all the time, I believe basically it comes down to humans being wired to protect and care for their in-group while exploiting their out-group. We're really inconsistent with defining in-group vs. out-group, though, so you get things like this. Another example is people who protest horse racing as being 'barbaric' because some horses end up being butchered, but then happily chow down on a steak.