VEGAN NAZIS!
Earlier today I heard someone comparing a passionate #vegan to a Nazi because she thought eating animal products is inexcusable once you know about the suffering and abuse involved, the damage to the environment and the total un-necessity of animal products from a dietary point of view.
Of course, it's not the first time I've heard the N word used in this way by people who profess to believe in personal freedom of choice.
But is it a fair comparison? Who were the Nazis? What did they believe and what did they do?
Well, for one thing, they believed in the superiority of the white Aryan race, much as non-vegans believe in the superiority of the human race.
They believed this superiority gave them the right to kill, use and abuse non-Aryans as they saw fit, much as non-vegans believe they have a right to kill, use and abuse non-humans as they see fit.
They imprisoned non-Aryans in huge inhumane complexes where they were kept against their will in terrible conditions until they were deemed no longer useful alive, then they were killed in their thousands, much as non-humans are today.
So, who deserved the comparison to Nazis - vegans, who want to see an end to this supremacist abuse, or non-vegans who want to carry on doing or supporting pretty much exactly what the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s and '40s did?
Don't you just HATE hypocrisy?
Earlier today I heard someone comparing a passionate #vegan to a Nazi because she thought eating animal products is inexcusable once you know about the suffering and abuse involved, the damage to the environment and the total un-necessity of animal products from a dietary point of view.
Of course, it's not the first time I've heard the N word used in this way by people who profess to believe in personal freedom of choice.
But is it a fair comparison? Who were the Nazis? What did they believe and what did they do?
Well, for one thing, they believed in the superiority of the white Aryan race, much as non-vegans believe in the superiority of the human race.
They believed this superiority gave them the right to kill, use and abuse non-Aryans as they saw fit, much as non-vegans believe they have a right to kill, use and abuse non-humans as they see fit.
They imprisoned non-Aryans in huge inhumane complexes where they were kept against their will in terrible conditions until they were deemed no longer useful alive, then they were killed in their thousands, much as non-humans are today.
So, who deserved the comparison to Nazis - vegans, who want to see an end to this supremacist abuse, or non-vegans who want to carry on doing or supporting pretty much exactly what the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s and '40s did?
Don't you just HATE hypocrisy?