(04-01-2015, 01:54 PM)Jade Wrote: I find it amazingly humorous that you have it in you to deride me for being a vegan for "only three years". What exactly do you want from people? Do you want everyone here screaming in perpetual agony and outrage over the existence of factory farms? Do you want us all to fawn at your feet because your service is so much nobler than the rest of ours? I'm really, officially, at a loss. Thanks for the giant laugh though.
OMG Jade, you have completely misunderstood!!!! groan
I wasn't deriding you AT ALL for being vegan 'only 3 years'!! Not at all. Gosh, I would hope that you'd know I commend you for being vegan!!!
You chastised me for being 'too aggressive' and I was simply making the point that I have been participating in these discussions, consistently, despite people being extremely rude to me, even in the early days when I was walking on eggshells and going out of my way to be considerate and non-judgmental, even when being called outright nasty names, for longer than you've been vegan. I simply stated a fact. If you thought that was derisive, then you read something into it that wasn't there. Please reread my previous post and you'll see that it's not there. My point was NOT to deride you for not being vegan as long as I have! That would be absurd!
My point was simply to suggest that you walk a mile in my shoes before judging me. Hang in there for a few years, speak up for the animals, and let's see how you respond when they call you nasty names. If you can do better, please do. I would welcome you with open arms, if you can show me how to raise awareness and answer the call of the billions of oppressed, sentient beings, without offending the oppressors. Please show me the way!
But popping in every now and then...well anyone can do that. Hang around for a few years, and then let's talk.
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