Picking Up On It

2066:

However much we learn about this subject, we’re always disappointed by what’s being picked up by others. In our society for all the ugly human dealings with animals, most people still won’t recognise Animal Rights. It’s as if animal-users either know nothing or care nothing about this subject.

Either way, we animal advocates are missing our target. We’re not convincing people about the need for the liberation of animals. Until vegans reach-out rather than push-away, nothing will change. By becoming more professional in our approach, we become more reliable. Then we seem safer, less volatile as people, and what we say more likely to convince. Obviously, if we simply leave it to the omnivore to find out what they will, they’ll get side-tracked by other issues.

As activists, we vie for attention-space. Every advertiser and sloganeer shouts for attention. We need to be different. We need to stand out as more responsible and professional. Until we move past the shouting stage, people will continue look away. They’ll be seduced by those who ‘do it’ better than we do (for whom it’s easier - every other main issue being easier than vegan principle because of people’s food attachments).

So, admittedly, we start with a distinct disadvantage in the first place. Unlike save-planet-save-children causes (which can appeal to both the selfish and unselfish side of us), ours at first isn’t perceived that way at all. Getting involved in the animal cause just looks like hard work. It is, after all, a tough message.

We need all our skill to help it along. We certainly don’t need to capsize it by alienating people, or by NOT addressing the worries which stop them picking-up on what we’re saying.