The easy approach

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There’s a lot going on in the world ... so, is it any wonder, with the present high awareness of issues, that some of the most uncomfortable problems are pushed aside? We say, “No time to deal with everything” … and so, that’s it. There’s no time for contemplating ideals and as for listening to vegans … get real!!
As animal advocates vegans are supremely ignorable. What we say doesn’t cut it, while conventional attitudes sit more comfortably with people. The world of plenty, promoted by the Animal Industry, is attractive. They seem like admirable people. They don’t preach at us, in fact they seem to have a certain sense of fun about them.
It’s therefore not surprising that veganism is dismissible. We are disliked for our high moral tone. Other urgent issues will always trump animal concerns. Omnivores are happy to use a few ‘naughty products’ and not feel too guilty. They believe that, otherwise, things are fairly okay and so there’s nothing much to worry about.
However, for the thinking person this sort of acceptance of how things are doesn’t wash. It’s because the whole mess of animal abuse is kept secret, behind closed doors, that one should be very suspicious. That we are hoodwinked into believing the conditions under which animals are kept is acceptable, that we are fooled into believing animal foods are healthy - all that concerns one’s brainwashability. I’m constantly amazed that otherwise intelligent people fall for it.