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If we do get depressed by 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 being shown roasting a leg of lamb. They’re just earning their dollars.
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 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 have 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.
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