Of course there are differences between Bush and Gore, but if I explained what they were, I would put myself to sleep. You ended your lecture with a story of the joy you felt watching freed and de-beaked chickens take their first steps and spread their wings. Well, I don't know if joy is possible for every living being, but every living being does their utmost to avoid suffering and pain. I will leave that to others. When I meet anyone or look at their work, I want to see and hear clearly what they are saying, the essence of what they wish to communicate.
Political definitions are a way people distance themselves from the content.
Ideologies can interfere with listening, and it is not useful to label oneself in a vacuum. As an artist, I desire that the viewer look through my eyes, see what I have seen, not look at the color of my eyes. The whole audience is laughing between tears. You have a lot of hope that the laws regarding the way animals die in slaughterhouses will change within the next ten years. The animals would still die.