Recently I published a post that said with regard to animal rights, we need to focus on farmingas a central issue rather than attacking individuals who carry out what is after all only one of many barbaric practices that serve nonvegan consumer demands. And you know what? There were scathing contradictions and attacks on the integrity of the page. I was astonished to hear that apparently There’s an Elephant in the Room is an ‘apologist space’ (ironically the polar opposite of the usual criticism) and that farmers arecruel *sociopaths. All of them, apparently.
There’s a predictable pattern on social media when some circumstance concerning the consequences of nonvegan actions hits the headlines, to read vitriolic, sweeping generalisations and every insult imaginable from those who identify as ‘vegans’ as well as those ‘animal lovers’ who probably aren’t vegan, but are brimming with righteous indignation. I’m sure we’ve all read…
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Exposing the Big Game 
I think there are lines that shouldnt be crossed. In my opinion people who work in slaughterhouses or other human- constructed hellholes for animals are like the guards who ” were just doing their job” in concentration camps. And are ” supporting their families”. My sympathy goes to the animals, not to the humans who are there voluntarily. We historically have always placed human inconvenience or hardship over animal suffering, torture and killing. Enough of making excuses for anthropocentric-mindsets.