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panasonicyouth:

Okay, I totally fucked up what I was trying to say and I went back and was like MARK WHAT ARE YOU SAYING HERE

lol OKAY SO WHAT I MEANT WAS that a lot of vegans (and people in general, but in this case I am trying to compare the single-minded nature of outspoken vegans) ignore the fact that many of the corporations they support are responsible for horrific acts of oppression, cost-cutting, encouraging dictatorships, and many other attempts at outsourcing their food or workers that cause murder, sorrow, hunger, and any number of terrible things just to increase their bottom line. I’ve met some fab vegans who are aware of this and do what they can to support companies that are local, to boycott organizations that contribute to food crises or tyrannical governments and whatnot.

What I was trying to point out is that a lot of these privileged vegans believe that veganism will just solve the problems of the transnational food crisis and of oppression in countries outside of the United States, and it’s probably because they are racist or imperialist themselves. It’s especially telling that vegans will ignore you when you bring up stuff like Monsanto’s horrific track record of repression and violence and insist that a vegan diet will solve that issue.

It won’t. At all. 

It is also something that bothers me because vegans are quick to draw parallels between specieism and racism, and seriously, take one goddamn moment to think about the dynamic at hand when you compare people of color to animals. Who does that? Right, WHITE SUPREMACISTS.

I care about being vegan and I know it’s not easy or cheap to buy ethical food, so I don’t pretend that I am any better than anyone else for trying to do so. So I will enjoy my delicious locally-made vegan peanut butter fudge cookies, and I will support your right to eat whatever the fuck you want without calling you a bloodmouth. CHRIST I CANNOT GET OVER THAT THAT TERM. my god. 

Of course, that’s getting into the vicious classism that comes along with hardline veganism, and that’s a whole separate post. My point is that if these people really, truly cared about making the world a better place, they would stop ignoring the intersection of corporate imperialism, racism, classism, and ableism that comes with issues of food consumption.

In which Mark says everything I ever wanted to say forever and ever amen when I was having my rage/anxiety attack about seeing “speciesism is just like racism” on my dash.

I had a variation on this conversation (about how veganism isn’t an end into itself) and it really made me examine what else I need to do if I decide that morality needs to dictate my diet. Like, Monsanto obviously, but also farms in the US that exploit undocumented workers, and stores that exploit their employees, and MorningStar Farms which does clearcutting to grow their soybeans. Basically the solution to all my food problems is to buy everything at Rainbow except that I can’t afford that shit right now. 

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    I had a variation on this conversation (about how veganism isn’t an end into itself) and it really made me examine what...
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    In which Mark says everything...having my rage/anxiety attack about seeing “speciesism
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  6. twolightsabovethesea said: Oh fuck. I seriously hope that you didn’t take anything in my response to the explanation you put in my ask earlier the wrong way. Now I’m worried that you might have. If so, please let me know in my ask box.
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    really good post especially since i dont know where...specific people think their
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  9. underconstellations said: thank you for clarifying because i was wondering as well. i know a lot of vegans who are conscious of this but also a lot more who turn a blind eye. also, i’ve never heard the term bloodmouth before but it keeps reminding me of mudblood
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