Non-judgement

Establishing a non-judgemental space is useful before discussing specific issues of animal rights. Then we can come closer to each other, trust each other more, even though disagreeing in principle. Affection stops a disagreement turning into a quarrel. It’s not a bad idea to throw a small display of manners. It sets a standard of mutual regard, and that’s a sufficiently powerful persuasion in itself. Vegans need to be the best mannered people on earth - powerful, outrageous, daring, but always affectionate, always insisting on respect, because this is a peace movement when all is said and done. It’s up to us to introduce the whole idea that both humans and non-humans deserve respect. Vegans are in the ideal position to how peace works, on all levels.