Someone called me a "plastic wearing cunt" in my asks...as if we don't all wear polyester, acrylic, and various other forms of plastic clothing.
It really cracks me up when people try and harass vegans over things like plastic clothing or unethical farming practices (avocados, quinoa, etc.) It cracks me up because vegans are such a straw-man for these issues it's pathetic. You see vegans account for 1-3% of the population globally. We didn't invent polyester and we're not the driving factor behind the unethical practices in supply chains etc.
EVERYONE is responsible for those things, everyone.
Attacking me doesn't change this, all it does is allow you to feel slightly better about yourself. And I don't blame you.
Being confronted with the fact that your lifestyle causes harm is HARD and it takes a lot of mental strength to process that, and its something every single one of us will have to do every single day of our lives.
There is no way to exist on this planet under our current global systems without causing harm to someone or something, all we can do is seek ways to reduce that harm and improve our life and the lives of those around us.
That's why I'm vegan, to reduce my harm, to eliminate some of the suffering my existence on this planet causes. I can live with that and harassing me about that choice won't change me one tiny bit.
