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It’s easy to be gung-ho about being vegan, about taking the
right course in life and being able to answer questions about nutrition and
ethics and environment without hesitation. But if we are going to give answers
we have to do it without shooting ourselves in the foot, without losing the
listener. We’re in the advantaged position; we don’t need to exploit that. We
know we can always hold our ground, whereas non-vegans don’t feel the same sort
of confidence. And yet wanting to make some sort of response, they often speak
before they think, and get panicked into aggression. Vegans are used to the
no-brainers omnivores use to get out of a sticky argument. It’s vital that we
don’t take offence; however we’re spoken to it’s water off a duck’s back,
because:
1. We appreciate that they’re in
a tight spot and don’t necessarily mean what they say, and
2. We know we always have a solid
answer, held back sometimes, when things start getting aggressive.
Vegans have no trouble holding
their own. That is, until the knuckle dusters come out, and then it’s best to
run like hell!
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