• mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneBanned from community
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    10 days ago

    trying to wean myself of genocide one bit at a time

    the issue here is that it frames veganism as someone trying to become better by denying themselves treats, when in reality it’s someone becoming less of a monster by not denying others the right to life.

    vegans are not good people because they’re vegans, veganism is only about not committing evil. It’s literally the absolute minimum. Carnists are evil, but it is so normalized people don’t see it that way.

    vegans are not denying themselves cheese, we simply are not denying a baby the right to live.

    The focus in veganism, like with every liberation movement, should be on the oppressed and not the treatlerites trying to be a bit less brutal. And that’s my issue with this tweet. Babystepping is for libs and people don’t get a pat on the back for no longer being part of the cow genocide. Either you have solidarity with the oppressed, in which case you’d be horrified at the thought of eating bacon, or you’re still looking at yourself and what you’re ““sacrificing””. Centering once again the humans when its about non-human animal liberation.

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      9 days ago

      Either you have solidarity with the oppressed, in which case you’d be horrified at the thought of eating bacon, or you’re still looking at yourself and what you’re ““sacrificing””. Centering once again the humans when its about non-human animal liberation.

      Oof. I want to print this out and frame it.

      After being vegan for several years, it just hit me one day. I was thinking about how when I was a carnist, I felt like I had a right to eat a cow or a pig if I wanted to. That sense of entitlement to someone else’s body is insane!

      • mathemachristian [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneBanned from community
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        8 days ago

        But you’re still the crazy one for pointing it out. And don’t you dare break the norms of civility pointing out the mass murder and enslavement that is animal ag.