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So yeah, I’m really glad that you guys are against animal cruelty for pets such as dogs and cats while turning a blind eye to abused and dying farm animals on a daily basis. It’s almost like you can tell people that you are against animal abuse and still be okay with animal cruelty when it is convenient for you.

This tweet hit me hard, since I constantly have other vegans arguing with me and saying they don’t like the way I advocate for animals. Guess what that makes me wonder?

If you are taking the time to fight with other vegans about their style of advocacy…when are YOU finding the time to actually advocate for animals yourself???

“Every waking moment, I am aware of the weight of the responsibility that veganism places on the shoulders of every one of us whose eyes have been opened. It is not my place or my right to barter away and compromise the rights of even a single victim, not a single victim amongst those billions whose fundamental right to own their own selves is the first right veganism seeks to protect. And meanwhile, every single nonvegan choice causes devastating and terminal harm to one who is powerless to defend his or her self against the senseless tyranny of my species. So that’s why I care. That’s why we ALL should care.”

And shaming people for a personal decision to eat meat? We evolved from primate-like creatures, who were omnivorous, yes, but a major component of their diet was raw protein from meat? In the long run a normal diet is cheaper and much more accessible than vegetarian/vegan diets?

Sweet mother of fuck, this one again? Is there some database of ignorance that you pull this shit from? Okay, here goes, for the literal hundredth time. You are arguing for a false equivalency. You are not comparable to a lion… Lions hunt their prey with their own claws, you buy yours pre-packed from a supermarket. What’s more, lions do not have a choice what they eat, you do. Lions are obligate carnivores, they would die if they did not eat other animals. We know for a fact humans can be perfectly healthy without ever eating animals, therefore for us, eating animals is a choice.

Remember, we are ALL animals..

To all the people who are NOT vegan and who are upset with vegans CARING about animals and actually showing it…  See how ridiculous it sounds?

 It’s not US you are irritated with to begin with, it’s yourself… Because you know   deep down what the RIGHT choice is (being vegan), but selfishly refuse to even consider it…    

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“Even though Hyphy was born into an egg facility that was labeled “humane” and “free range,” the end of her beak was still seared off when she was just a tiny chick at the hatchery in preparation for a life of confinement. She spent the next year inside a huge warehouse with thousands of other hens held captive for their eggs.

Although Hyphy escaped, she remained physically tormented by the burden of egg production. Unlike her wild counterparts who only lay 10-20 eggs every year, Hyphy was compelled by genetic selection to lay an egg almost every single day. This excessive laying was such an ordeal that she would run around frantically for hours before laying.

To relieve her stress, Hyphy received a hormone implant to shut off her ovaries. Free of the burden of egg production, she can finally enjoy life, basking in the warm sun in between bites of lettuce and fruit.This is Hyphy, a survivor of the egg industry.”

You say this to someone who was the average poor person when he went vegan, how many times do I have to explain this? This is such a bullshit excuse and ignoring the lived experiences of those of us who have actually done what you keep insisting is impossible is utterly ludicrous. Every time someone sends me this bullshit (which is weekly) and I reply, the notes are always filled with vegans living in poverty asking you to stop telling them that they don’t exist.

Let’s talk about who this “average poor person” actually is, shall we? Worldwide, an estimated 2 billion people live primarily on a meat-based diet, while an estimated 4 billion live primarily on a plant-based diet. Most people in absolute poverty throughout the world subsist on a  primarily vegetarian diet. Because guess what? Meat is a luxury. It always has been, the only reason it isn’t seen as a luxury here is because we subsidise the hell out of it. Do you know how cheap fruits and vegetables would be if we subsidised them to same extent? Do you realise that every poor family in most western countries would be able to eat healthy if we did that, but we can’t, because you don’t want your burger to cost $25? A full 62% of your average American farmer’s earnings come from the United States government,  meaning you pay for less than half of the real terms cost of your meat. If full ecological costs -including fossil fuel use, groundwater depletion and agricultural-chemical pollution were factored in the price of meat would double or triple. The rest is paid for in tax dollars, and this is the case in most western countries. How much more privileged can you be than expecting someone else to pick up the tab for your meal? 

Since we’re discussing poverty here, let’s discuss what poverty actually is. 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That’s about one in nine people on earth. Meanwhile, most of the crops we raise goes straight to farmed animals, not humans.  It takes 16 pounds of grain to make one pound of beef. That’s 94% more land. And 94% more pesticides. All told, livestock eat 70% of all the grain we produce.  Farmed animals consume significantly more calories to get them to slaughter weight than they will ever produce in meat, meaning that they are literally detracting from the global food supply. If the world went vegan, we would add an addition 70% to the world’s global food supply, enough to comfortably feed everyone if it were equally distributed. Even considering the fact that global market forces and capitalism means that distribution would never be equal, and veganism consequently probably wouldn’t solve world hunger, 70% more food in the world means significantly less people hungry. 

Vegan food is cheaper. No arguments, no ifs or buts, it just is. That’s why the two top feed the world organisations both feed vegetarian food, not because they care about animals, but because they can feed 10-12 the amount of people than they could have if they served meat. If you’d stopped to actually think about this, you’d realise you already know vegetables are cheap. The lower on the food chain you eat, the less work went into the final product, and thus the less expensive it is. This is basic economics and frankly common sense. Pastas, rice, tinned vegetables, legumes and canned fruits remain the cheapest food option in any supermarket. These are the nuts and bolts of veganism, you don’t have to buy expensive fake meat (which is still comparable in price to actual meat) to be vegan. You can buy plant products in bulk, as I do. I went vegan as a poor student, and I cut my food bill by a full third. I live with two carnists who spend significantly more on groceries than I do. Don’t tell me how impossible it is to do something you have never even tried. But if you’d like to actually give it a go, here is a list of recipes for $5 dollars a day. Or how to eat vegan on food stamps. Accusing the vegan diet of being expensive because faux meats exist is like measuring the cost of an omnivorous diet by looking only at foie gras and caviar. 

So its come to my attention that there is a group of people who place animal life above that of plant life. These people are Vegans. I don’t understand what gives them the right to choose one life form over another. Especially when they preach about being against cruelty.

And i only care that people push a diet that places one life form over another. If vegans weren’t so dogmatic in their view about eating ‘ethically’, then completely ignoring the fact that science has proven that plants react to being eaten by becoming defensive. 

I think its just wrong to place the consumption of one thing over another based solely on how you view the animal. 

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/10/plants-can-tell-theyre-eaten/

It might surprise you to know that I initially became interested in veganism because of environmental reasons. The continued growth of animal agriculture is a cause of most environmental issues. It destroys environments, clears once lush land, and poisons water. It’s the leading cause of deforestation, decimates once arable land, and alters ecosystems. Livestock consume plants over their entire life until they are killed. So when you compare a pound of produce to a pound of meat, you also have to consider that the pound of meat required many more plants, water, and land than what is in front of you on your plate. While plants also require that, animal products require significantly more.

By the way, the protein thing isn’t a myth. It’s true. Not all sources of protein are created equal. You can’t get a low carb source of protein on a vegan diet, you’ll struggle to get all of your amino acids, and you can’t absorb the all the protein.

Six months is a long time. I researched my ass off, had healthy food, and I tried to eat as much of it as I could. Like I said, you’re okay as long as you’re sedentary.

Another day and the racing industry killed another horse. This one only 4 years old, a baby. This is a confirmed fatality. Source:horseracingwrongs.com Regal Soldier Dead at Parx March 8, 2016 4-year-old Regal Soldier is dead after breaking down in the 7th yesterday at Parx – another intelligent, sensitive being sacrificed for $2 bets.