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If we do get depressed by the omnivores’ lack of response to
what we’re saying, there’s no need to get judgemental about it. What a waste of
time it is to sit in front of TV, abusing the actor promoting the meat, or the
TV chef showing us how to roast a leg of lamb. They’re just earning their
dollars. Sure, they may be prostituting their culinary and thespian skills and
not questioning their pay cheque but it’s not so very different to the
un-questioning customer at the checkout; one isn’t much worse than the other.
Here, in front of the TV, we vegans can vent our spleen,
finding it easier to abuse the face on TV than attack the guys paying these
actors to sell their goods for them. But our need to go on the attack brings us
back to that unfortunate image we’ve acquired, which is aggressive and quick to
judge.
When vegans get ‘hot under the
collar’, we don’t impress or inspire anyone ... and so we’re easily dismissible
... and therefore what we say is easily forgettable. And that means we’ve
squandered any opportunity to connect with people over the central issues of
animal abuse.
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