Veganism, Harm Reduction, Moral Baselines, etc. | Mickey Z.

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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

June 24, 2015

“Veganism must be the baseline if we are to have any hope of shifting the paradigm away from animals as things and toward animals as nonhuman persons.”

These are the words of Gary L. Francione, renowned white middle-aged male vegan guru.

“Yes, animal agriculture is a plague upon our shared landbase, but… it’s still a symptom. To ‘save’ the planet, the disease we must address and eradicate is capitalism in all its deceptive and myriad incarnations.”

These are the words of another white middle-aged male vegan who is absolutely not a guru and would prefer no association with all the justifiable disdain the word “vegan” provokes.

Yeah, that would be me.

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1. Most meat-eaters get derisive

or defensive when I talk about my Veganism. I generally avoid eating out, as I rarely find restaurants willing to prepare Vegan fare. I think convincing omnivores to give up meat will be quite challenging.