But then, we were also raised to be non-vegan. And the truth of the very deep contradiction this created was hidden from us until we learned how to hide it from ourselves. We learned the blindness that is necessary for people who sincerely believe all these moral things about themselves to avoid acknowledging their intimate role in perpetuating the most horrific injustice of our species’ history. This injustice is the unspeakable vileness of all our dealings with the gentle, powerless individuals who have the grave misfortune not to be human and are, therefore, our victims.

While as consumers we demand their lifeblood each year in the hell-hole feed lots and factory farms and slaughterhouss that our brutal and pitiless species creates, the reality is that these uncounted billions are like us in every single way that matters. They are sentient individuals — each and every one; caring beings just trying to live their lives in peace and clearly desperate to remain alive. Even worse (if that’s possible), everything we do to them — every single ounce of pain & suffering, is completely unnecessary.

This is a Truth that is very hard to face, and yet face it we must if we are to truly become the Good People that we think we are. We must be honest with ourselves first and foremost, and use the common sense and the inquiring mind and the compassionate heart that each of us has been taught to value. And once we are honest with ourselves in this manner, we realize that only by being vegan can we be who we think we already are …

Each & eervy one of us can start being that Good Person again any day we want to … So why not start today?” ~ inspired by There’s an Elephant in the Room