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organicAnt  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How did you find yourself?

    Honestly comparing some of the shit I've gone through to animal discrimination is, frankly, a little insulting. And I'm also busy trying to stop the discrimination going on in the facets of my life.

Why is it insulting? No one is saying that the discrimination you experience is the same as the discrimination against animals. Recognising cruelty against other species in no way diminishes the recognition of the discrimination that you endure. If anything it's an extension of.

    Dude. DUDE. Yes, you have. It's the whole reason anyone here is ticked off in the first place.

Please show me where I have chased anyone. You make it sound like I've been targeting individuals when what I've done was posting non-offensive, non-graphic images on a couple of posts.

    It's easy for rich, wealthy White people to abide by Veganism.

You make it sound like beans, rice, potatoes, carrots, kale, onions, fruit, nuts and seeds are prohibitly expensive! Sure there are expensive specialist vegan foods, the same way that there are expensive meats but you don't need them to have a balanced diet. The staples of a vegan diet are very accessible.

    Do you think wanting to live compassionately towards all beings is elitist? Again, this is what I'm talking about. It's passive aggressive as hell. Stahp.

This was a genuine question. I honestly don't understand how you interpreted it as passive aggressive. This says more about you than me.

    ... not every White person is a racist sack of shit, not every non-Vegan is a cold-blooded reverse-Hannibal out to murder all the chickens in the world.

That is absolutely true and I completely agree. And that is why I don't feel that every meat eater is evil. I do however believe that a lot of the negative defensive reaction of meat eaters is irrational. The subject of animal cruelty is highly stigmatised because it requires a serious re-evaluation of our beliefs and even tradition. It's not an easy thing to do, it is a lot easier to chase after the person who triggered that feeling inside of you rather than having a serious introspection of why we do what we do and whether we need to do it at all.