Debating Vegan Principle

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Why are we so keen to talk about Animal Rights, altering attitudes and changing habits?  Is it to make people feel guilty or is it a wish to implant a sense of optimism in others - “Go Vegan and Save the Planet”?

         

If, in fact, we do see this much potential in vegan principle we’ll probably be busting to talk about it.  Are we then surprised when we find no one wants to know, when we get cold-shouldered?

It seems that so fiercely do people NOT want to know, that everything is thrown at us, to either shut us up or to convince us to return to the fold.  At bottom, the majority of people are suspicious of ‘minority types’, like vegans.  They think we are deluded and perhaps less sincere than we seem.  They see us speaking about kindness to animals but being not as kind towards people. 

Whether this is true or not, the rejection vegans get often makes us try all the harder to come across as sincere people.  And ultimately that is not such a bad thing, since as vegans we may have to learn the hard way, because on this matter of being utterly sincere and not having any ulterior motives, it is central to our credibility.  And credibility is the key to effectiveness.