(12-26-2015, 09:31 PM)airwaves Wrote: Edit: And don't get me wrong. I love Monica, and I intend to be a vegan when my experience allows for me to make the change. I greatly look forward to once again nurturing my own garden and having it nurture me in return, putting my jarring and canning skills to use once again. However, I will not be judged for my current circumstances and made to feel like I'm somehow a bad person as if it is I who is singlehandedly enslaving the poor critters. I don't think other omnivores here appreciate having the finger pointed at them either. We do what we can and try not to get too worked up about that' which is outside our sphere of influence. Worrying about an other selves diet is outside my sphere of influence. Idgaf what you eat and I expect the same respect.
There is a huge difference between:
Thank you for showing me the harsh reality of the meat-dairy industry. I had No idea it was so horrible! I now understand that eating meat and dairy contributes to unnecessary suffering of sentient beings, and I am working to reduce my own contribution to it. I'm Not quite there yet, due to circumstances, but I am moving in that direction.
and
How dare you show me proof that cows are raped and chickens are scalded alive! How dare you remind me that pigs are smarter than dogs, and even chickens are very intelligent, and all animals feel pain and fear. It doesn't matter how much they suffer because animals are only 2D! Quit lashing out at me! It's more important to respect my free will to harm animals, than to answer the call of animals! Because they are only 2D! How dare you judge me for eating meat! Quit trying to control me! And anyway, I like the taste of bacon!
That is the difference. #1 is based in love, unity and compassion. #2 is based in denial and defensiveness, and attacking the messenger.
I apologize to everyone for having expectations of responses like #1, and for being disappointed and frustrated to get mostly responses like #2.
This pretty much sums it up.
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