A lot of people have added my profile to their friend list over the past few years because they saw me commenting with useful information about vegan eating. Upon finding out that there are types of non-vegan diets I respect, many of these vegans remove me from their friend list immediately. My sincere opinion is that if your life revolves around hating non-vegans, then you are not a vegan, no matter what you eat or wear. Some of you are claiming to be representatives of an entire movement, and all you do is make people angry and defensive against that movement without understanding it at all. This makes me think you actually work for some large meat or dairy corporation, trying to use reverse-psychology to strengthen the resolve of non-vegans to not be vegan. I am on guard around you. If you are an ethical vegan, but you cannot get anyone to agree with your ethics, then you are not alleviating suffering. Its a lot like being a health-vegan without any health: no one will take you seriously. Education and compassion will minimize institutionalized suffering, not hatred or insults. If you think my stance is unhelpful, then you are always welcome to debate me. However, if you simply block me on Facebook after one of these sorts of posts, then Im going to assume its because you havent thought about food nearly as much as you think you have, and you dont want to. I hope that is not the case. Look into the history of Ahimsa and the philosophy behind veganism before trying to represent this ancient lifestyle which very few of us actually ever fully achieve. Respect and cheers, jam
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:07:31 +0000