Animals are subjects, not objects.

Suffering should be prevented or minimised whenever possible.

If we can avoid exploiting or killing others then we should.

Sentient beings have the right to life and bodily autonomy.

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Said the carnist who probably

doesn’t give a shit about the lives of slaughterhouse workers: how they are usually on shitty contracts, are usually poor and people of color (PoC), how they don’t have basic working rights, and how often times they are undocumented.

doesn’t give a shit about how big, rich, Western, white countries go into other countries: usually (again) poor, underprivileged, native areas that are (again) usually inhabited by PoC. This takes land away from the people in that region or country and gives it to a) the livestock and/or b) the crops raised for that livestock.

doesn’t give a shit about the fact that animal product consumption is causing deforestation: there are undiscovered plants and other things in these areas that could help with medicine, not to mention that rain forests and other land contributes to 20% or so of the Earth’s oxygen. This effects not only non-human animals, but human animals as well.

doesn’t give a shit about the people back in their homes: in rich, white countries like the United States who live next to these factory farms. How their water quality is shit, the air quality is shit, the soil turns to shit and how they have higher rates of ailments that don’t effect people who don’t live near factory farms. This also leads to the areas being more poverty stricken.

doesn’t realize that they too (unless they fancy themselves to only live on meat, dairy, milk, honey and other animal products) eat the same exact fruits, vegetables and other plant-based foods that those same farm workers pick for a plant-based diet.

Disabled and neuro-diverse anti-vegans: Vegans are all inherently ableist I personally can’t be 100% vegan and neither can my friend because of a rare hereditary condition so therefore nobody should be

Me and literally the entire disabled vegan community: Honestly we’re getting pretty sick of people acting as if we’re less disabled because we’re vegan it’s actually really ableist and shitty to erase us because it reeks of the ‘autistic people can’t feel empathy’ myth which is really harmful to us can people please stop pretending that disabled people can’t be vegan because there are so many of us out there that are trying to tell you that we exist

Professor Mirko Bagaric, a Croatian born Australian based author and lawyer.  He has written extensively on migration and refugee law and human rights law.

Image with kind permission from Sue Coe.

http://www.artnet.com/artists/sue-coe/

https://www.facebook.com/SueCoeGSE/

“In the sow gestation crates, they cannot turn around or move, imprisoned for their entire short lives, eaten by maggots.” Painting by Sue Coe for Toronto Pig Save.

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