darthfeyder:

sonictrenchcoat:

darthfeyder:

Ultimately, veganism is about stopping unnecessary animal suffering. And it’s kinda hard to understand why someone would be against it. 

Sure let’s ignore all the abuse that many of the migrant workers are conditioned to when they pick our vegetables

Yeah let’s ignore that

I’m pretty sure that the vast majority of vegans are very much against that abuse, and do their absolute best to avoid it. But if you’re so passionate about the rights of migrant workers, maybe you should look at the massive amount of human injustice happening in slaughterhouses and factory farms, right alongside the animal injustice. 

And if you really cared about the rights of underprivileged people, then you would be super pissed off about the ranching and deforestation happening in South America and other parts of the world to raise livestock that is killing and displacing millions of poor locals. 

And that’s not even mentioning the fact that animal agriculture is one of the biggest drivers of climate change. The same climate change that is going to devastate third world countries to a much more severe level than wealthier countries. 

But something tells me you’d rather use migrant workers as a scapegoat against vegans, rather than examining your own massive contribution to their suffering. 

shmegeh:

“For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.”…The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation”

— Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. — “The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog”  (via zsrmx)