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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights
In reply to the discussion: What the fuck? [View all]Duppers
(28,246 posts)21. My apologies.
I know you were only trying to help him.
However, you know that developing such a Zen attitude takes tools, time, and psychic energy to achieve and maintain. We are not taught or given these tools but must seek them.
We cannot tell others that they should blah blah, whatever. They need deep insights in order to do so. So, in the meantime we should not make anyone feel guilty** about whatever avenues they can find to maintain their sanity.
**Yes, yes, damn it, I know we cannot make anyone feel anything. They subconsciously do that to themselves. However, until folks can learn the necessary tools, we need to get off that preachy high-horse.
Right now, my tool is just a tiny nip of a tequila sunrise.
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Are they old enough to know that meat doesn't magically appear on styrofoam trays?
LeftyMom
Jun 2017
#38
Hey kids, this is the AR/veg*n group, not the Justify Speciesism and Scold Veg*ns group
LeftyMom
Jun 2017
#39