Why I am not a vegan

[Monica]

I actually read and re-read your posts multiple times, including that last one. You realize it is possible to refer to someone indirectly by expressing a statement over a group which that individual may be part of or feel part of? No, you did not say those things directly but you have implied that certain beliefs and acceptances are due to brainwashing and when I find I have some similar ideas then it would come across that I too am brainwashed.

I'm not responding in the sense of blame. I don't blame you for my own analysis, nor do I place responsibility for my interpretation upon you. I can simply only respond to the point of my experience and there are times you make blanket statements that appear to cover me even if you do not intend. I do not expect my responses to always make sense as they often come from a place that is working on very deep concepts so by the time they make their way out in to words they kind of stick together and get jumbled because there are subtle ideas I see which are very hard to put in to words.

OK thank you for the explanation. And thank you for Not blaming, being that I cannot be responsible for someone feeling offended when I generically express my views about something I personally feel is wrong.

I do wish to clarify the point about brainwashing: I did use that term, but Not in the way you seem to think I did. I was referring to religious brainwashing, when referring to 'average' people.

I don't think meat-eating is a result of brainwashing. Rather, it's a residual habit, left over from our 2D existence. I do think everyone is subject to societal conditioning, to some degree or another. Speciesism is part of societal conditioning. But Not quite the same as brainwashing, though brainwashing certainly does contribute to societal conditioning.

Even without media bias, fluoride in the water, medications, medical and government propaganda, etc. all humans have to deal with societal conditioning. One can respond according to old neuropathways formed by societal conditioning, without necessarily having been brainwashed.

Brainwashed is a much stronger state than merely being part of the collective, which is what societal conditioning is.

A subtle but important distinction.

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