Repost @vegancommunity ~ This! When you get it, you get it... everything just 'clicks'. This is how we were as vegetarians, we had some parts of the puzzle, but it wasn't complete, we weren't seeing the whole picture. ~ We went vegetarian back in 2009 for ethical reasons - we didn't want to kill animals for our food. But back in 2009 we weren't on social media and didn't know that animals are still killed for dairy and eggs. ~ Once we started using social media in 2011, we watched Gary Yourofsky's 'Best Speech You'll Ever Hear' on YouTube, and he put all the remaining pieces of the Rubik's Cube puzzle together for us. ~ Not only did we learn from watching that speech that animals are killed in dairy, egg, and honey production, we also learned about speciesism and all the many other ways we use, exploit, and abuse animals, including for our clothing, entertainment, product testing, pet industries, and more - we made the full connection. ~ Because dairy cows and egg laying hens are all ultimately killed for their flesh, dairy and egg production is more cruel than meat production given that the suffering of dairy cows and egg laying hens is prolonged compared to cattle and chickens bred for meat who are killed at much younger ages. Not to mention that male dairy calves are killed because they don't produce milk and male chicks of egg laying hens are killed because they don't produce eggs. ~ These days everyone has a vegan family member, friend, or colleague who shares vegan information and education on their social media. When we choose to turn a blind eye to their posts we are choosing to be willfully ignorant, and the blood of innocent, defenseless animals (most of whom are killed as babies) is on our hands. ~ Choose Vegan because it's the only morally consistent lifestyle, and it's the least we can do ✌💚 ~ #vegetarian #dairy #eggs #vegan #veganlife #veganlifestyle #vegancommunity #veganforlife #vegansofig #vegansofinstagram #instavegans #vegans #veganactivism #veganism #vegana #animalrights #animalliberation #untileverycageisempty #untileveryanimalisfree #animalsareherewithusnotforus #itsnotfooditsviolence #veganrevolution #itstheleastwecando #thatvegancouple
