Vegans are everywhere these day.
There is diversity in why one is vegan and and how individual vegans feel they can make change.
Go onto a local vegan Facebook page and you can see this.
I recently saw an instance, one of many recently, in which someone was asking for help/support and instead of that got a huge helping of judgment.
I get passion. My passion gets me in trouble sometimes. Passion that turns negative, especially towards folks who are trying to do the right thing, is no good in my book.
Thousands of people get some kind of information about veganism or animal rights every day. Whether it's a pamphlet, an undercover video, watching Ellen or tasting a new vegan food product, the opportunities are out there and people are coming head to head with veganism.
Many start questioning themselves and their own, very personal, ethics.
This is when we as a community can either be there to support them in any way or let our personal piousness get in the way.
This is where we can pass on our experience from when we were first considering veganism or our first weeks of being vegan or we can tell the person they need to get it right now or they are simply just a piece of shit.
These opportunities happen every day.
Each one of us has the power to be the voice for the voiceless animals who suffer.
What does your voice sound like?
Thank you for reading.
I know non-vegans can be quick to label us vegans as "judgmental" (funny, are we judgmental when we discuss other social justice issues like human cruelty?), but a large percentage of these "vegans" are actually only plant-based/strict vegetarians, who still prefer to wear and use animal products.
ReplyDeleteThere are less than 1% actual vegans in the world; the 2-3% often heard are including people who just don't eat animals--plant based people.
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