{"id":44768,"date":"2016-07-11T09:28:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=44768"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T12:00:52","slug":"benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Benny didn&#8217;t grow up thinking Mouse Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cat-miniblinds-hole-Ben.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41810\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cat-miniblinds-hole-Ben.jpg\" alt=\"cat miniblinds hole Ben\" width=\"288\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Benny is tired of hearing Lizard Lives matter, Bird Lives matter, Mouse Lives matter. Yeh, yeh he knows &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; but the hunt is in his blood. His mom was a hunter, his dad was a hunter. He saw them bring home lizards and birds and mice and so he figured that was what he was supposed to do, too. <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Nobody told him any different. It happens to us humans, too. It&#8217;s not his fault he thinks the way he does. <\/span>\u00a0But tell that to the lizard, tell that to the bird, tell that to the mouse. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-believe-the-misinformation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Don\u2019t believe the misinformation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-can-find-heaven-in-the-midst-of-hell\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">You can find heaven in the midst of hell<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/you-wonder-how-it-happens\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">You wonder how it happens?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/flag-seller-riled-up-community-instead-of-following-protocol\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flag seller riled up community instead of following protocol<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/start-being-kind-and-see-how-your-life-improves\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Start being kind and see how your life improves<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/break-the-cycle-racists-only-know-what-they-were-taught\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Break The Cycle: Racists only know what they were taught<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/when-we-hate-we-give-someone-else-the-power\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">When we hate, we give someone else the power<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/when-we-believe-all-lives-matter-well-start-acting-like-it\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">When we believe all lives matter, we\u2019ll start acting like it<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/true-americans-celebrate-racial-cultural-and-religious-diversity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">True Americans celebrate racial, cultural and religious diversity<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-the-angels-you-find-in-front-of-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Honoring the angels you find in front of you<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Benny didn&#8217;t grow up thinking Mouse Lives Matter&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Benny%20didn&#8217;t%20grow%20up%20thinking%20Mouse%20Lives%20Matter&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/benny-didnt-grow-up-thinking-mouse-lives-matter\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benny is tired of hearing Lizard Lives matter, Bird Lives matter, Mouse Lives matter. Yeh, yeh he knows &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; but the hunt is in his blood. His mom was a hunter, his dad was a hunter. He saw them bring home lizards and birds and mice and so he figured that was what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44884,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768\/revisions\/44884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}