Category Archives: Rebuttal Exercise

Antagonistic 2. “The First Amendment’s freedom of speech and press is blind-sighted with Ag Gag legislation. Limiting the constitutional right to photograph and record punishes those who seek free speech and press, without proof of harm. Instead of punishing the … Continue reading →

Last Chance for Animals Ag Gag is a state level legislation projected at punishing whistleblowers on farms with mass amounts of animals throughout the U.S.A. However there are many dangers with Ag Gag. For instance, the animal’s welfare is being … Continue reading →

Antagonistic 2: “1) Criminalizes unauthorized video and audio recordings by activists, employees and journalists on farm premises.” This claim found in “Last Chance for Animals – What is Ag Gag?” is crucial in the Ag Gag legislation laws. Therefore, due to the claim, … Continue reading →

Antagonistic 1: “Apart from the obvious ethical concerns, Ag-Gag laws also threaten public health and the environment, and undermine workers’ rights and free speech laws. Undercover investigations at factory farms have exposed the mishandling of meat, eggs and milk in … Continue reading →

Antagonistic 1 “Apart from the obvious ethical concerns, Ag-Gag laws also threaten public health and the environment, and undermine workers’ rights and free speech laws. Undercover investigations at factory farms have exposed the mishandling of meat, eggs and milk in … Continue reading →

Judge Strikes Down Ag-Gag Law: In the article “Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag’ Law” by Luke Runyon, an Idaho judge decided that Ag-Gag laws were unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment for freedom of speech. Runyon makes a good point about … Continue reading →

Supportive 3 (Beef article) Claim- With 98% of farms and ranches in the U.S. family owned and operated, I know that today’s food is grown by people who care about the animals, the environment and the final retail product. The author … Continue reading →

2) Antagonist to Gag law: Insert the best quote that demonstrates the authors’ failure to supply sufficient evidence. Ronnie and Katherine provide good points throughout the article on why Ag law should be put to the stop. However the authors … Continue reading →

Antagonistic #1 “ALEC’s sole purpose is to write model legislation that protects corporate profits. Industry then pushes state legislators to adapt the bills for their states and push them through. The idea behind the Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act is … Continue reading →

Antagonistic 1)  Stacking the Deck Rebuttal “In other words, these laws turn journalists and the investigators of crimes into criminals.” These laws are not meant to criminalize reporters for the sake of their career, but because the incidents with animals … Continue reading →