Ambassadors for animals

Being vegan and going public is a bit like being on a diplomatic mission in a foreign country or working as a lawyer representing a client – by following the sort of instructions ‘the animals themselves’ would approve (if they could instruct us!). If animals could speak their feelings they would surely tell us the best way to act in their interests. They wouldn’t recommend showing hostile feelings (despite their having suffered from cruel treatment on farms or vivisection labs). Since they know humans better than humans know themselves, having seen the very worst of them for so long, they know how to survive. They would advise us to work on our fellow humans in a slow and steady way.
Although vegans, being humans themselves, aren’t under the same sort of threat from ‘the human danger’ as domesticated animals are, we are up against them all the same. We can learn a lot from animals who know not to draw attention to themselves. That’s how vegans should be when talking with the hard rump of resistant meat eaters - for a time we must wait, as animals do, and encourage dialogue by letting them have their say, if only because we need to earn enough brownie points for them to allow us in. Then we can give it our best shot and perhaps make our mark.
Why be so indulgent towards these people? Because they constitute 95% of our population most of whom we eventually need on side. Make no mistake - they aren’t compliant on this subject of ours. They love their animal foods and they love their leather shoes. Like cornered rats, they instinctively do NOT like the position we vegans have taken.