Even in left wing spaces, the rights of sentient beings to not be tortured and slaughtered by the billions annually for profit is something that is either ignored or ridiculed.
I've experienced everything; the false equivalencies (you're using a laptop made by exploited workers which is EXACTLY THE SAME as mass suffering inflicted on sentient life); the tutting; the 'hobby horse' dismissals; the 'you'll never convert anyone by being aggressive' as if people should be patted on the back and coddled instead of letting then understand they're complicit.
Now, as an autistic vegan, it's extra hard, as it's just impossible to discard my thoughts, or even come close to applying the same mental gymnastics and double standards human beings can do in order to be complicit in this. There will be nights where it'll dominste my thoughts and prevent sleep, and of course it makes establishing human relationships nigh on impossible, which obviously kills any advocacy or change dead in its tracks.
So why do we think that this is just something human animals just cannot understand? Is there something in the brain or psyche the vegan person possesses that most do not? The vegan is presumably quite varied, spanning class and culture and religion etc.
Will the left wing/liberal folk ever incorporate this ethical belief into their ideologies in the future? Will the human race even last long enough to reach a point where they'll look back on our treatment of animals with disgust?
I've experienced everything; the false equivalencies (you're using a laptop made by exploited workers which is EXACTLY THE SAME as mass suffering inflicted on sentient life); the tutting; the 'hobby horse' dismissals; the 'you'll never convert anyone by being aggressive' as if people should be patted on the back and coddled instead of letting then understand they're complicit.
Now, as an autistic vegan, it's extra hard, as it's just impossible to discard my thoughts, or even come close to applying the same mental gymnastics and double standards human beings can do in order to be complicit in this. There will be nights where it'll dominste my thoughts and prevent sleep, and of course it makes establishing human relationships nigh on impossible, which obviously kills any advocacy or change dead in its tracks.
So why do we think that this is just something human animals just cannot understand? Is there something in the brain or psyche the vegan person possesses that most do not? The vegan is presumably quite varied, spanning class and culture and religion etc.
Will the left wing/liberal folk ever incorporate this ethical belief into their ideologies in the future? Will the human race even last long enough to reach a point where they'll look back on our treatment of animals with disgust?
