Hardy: Hughes is sociopathic
Today Dan Hardy spoke to MMAJunkie radio to talk more in depth about his opinion on Matt Hughes and offered to debate him on the subject.
Last week Matt Hughes announced that he was filming a four part reality series of his hunting adventures in Africa. That drew the ire of Dan Hardy who tweeted that Hughes was ‘a real piece of sh*t’. Today Hardy spoke to MMAJunkie radio to talk more in depth about his opinion on Hughes and offered to debate him on the subject:
I believe there is a cycle; there is a balance to the ecosystem, and we play a part as a predator, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t hunt and we shouldn’t use animal products, as long as it’s done respectfully, Hardy said. My problem with Matt Hughes, he’s not going out there to fill his refrigerator with elk, or whatever, but he’s going out there to shoot a number of animals for a TV show that he’s making to promote his gun sponsors and his stupid (camouflage) wear and stuff.
It’s so frustrating for me to watch these people with such an unevolved operating system; to take a life for your entertainment is sociopathic. There’s no two ways about it. It’s one thing if you’re feeding your family. You can feel achievement that you’ve caught something that’s going to feed your family or your social group or your tribe. But to take photos and post them on your Twitter … yeah, OK, some smart person has seen an opportunity to donate the meat that’s shot by these people, and that is fortunate that there’s a use for the trophy meat. But his intention is what I’m talking about.
His intention is not to go over there and feed people. If he was concerned about that, he’d be out there digging wells and building schools and helping people live for themselves, instead of going over there and shooting a few animals. He doesn’t care what happens to them; he’s going over there for his own pleasure. And I don’t think we can encourage it.
