A Mirage of Madness

Hi, I'm Kye a 19 year old animal lover and activist. I've been a vegetarian since the age of six and went vegan slowly from there. Now I live my life as cruelty free as possible and honestly it's pretty great 😊

[veganxbrat]

Vegan is Yummy. Shout out to convenience foods for being there for tired but hungry college students like myself 👍

[veganxbrat]

Snack time 😋

[veganxbrat]

You either approve of violence or you don’t, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.

Morrisey

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

[veganxbrat]

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers.

Pete Singer

[hatever]

Bees are fuckin dying and stupid ass white gluten-free vegans are only hurting them more. Fuck off.

[veganxbrat]

You do realize that bees are in fact animals, right? The whole reason vegans do what they do is to save animals including Bees. So please enlighten me on why you think we are the problem? 🐝

[necessaryveganism]

okay but i think it's quite rude and ignorant the fact that you think people who eat meat are destroying the planet??? like, in religions such as Islam, you are encouraged to slaughter a sheep, to then eat it, so people following religious obligations are being inhumane?

I’m not necessarily blaming every individual person but if we did not eat dead animals the planet would not be fucked so you derive from that whatever you will. 

[veganxbrat]

Might I add that it’s not rude nor ignorant to state that the unnecessary consumption of meat by humans is destroying the planet. It’s actually ignorant to deny it. Animal agriculture is a leading cause of anthropocentric climate change. It is a top contributor of the methane and CO2 emissions that pollute our environment, literally cooking our planet. It’s been estimated that factory farming may account for anywhere from 15-50% of CO2 emissions which are in fact destroying our environment.

Onto the topic of “religious obligations”. The bible says that we should stone those who commit adultery, rebellious sons, and homosexuals. Are we religiously obligated to do so? Religion is far from pure, it is certainly not free of unethical, unjust, and unsustainable notions. Religious scripture should not be used an excuse to commit heinous or detrimental acts.

Veganism is a movement for the animals but it’s far from impractical. A plant based diet is better for the animals, us, and our environment. Having meat in our diet is simply not sustainable. 4/5 of rainforest deforestation can be linked to raising animals for consumption. In fact, a third of the planets land mass is used to produce food just for livestock. Same goes with a third of our planets fresh water. Basically we put a hell of a lot of resources in and get a hamburger out. Between our rapid consumption of our environments resources and the pollution, we are hitting our environment at both ends when we support animal agriculture.

[veganxbrat]

To face animal suffering is to face our responsibility in their suffering.

JoAnne McArthur

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The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong in the world.

Dr. Paul Farmer

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It almost seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.

Albert Einstein

[veganxbrat]

Animals don’t have a voice, but I do. A loud one. A big fucking mouth. My voice is for them. And I’ll never shut up while they suffer.

Ricky Gervais

[veganxbrat]

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

Jeremy Bentham

[veganxbrat]

We choose to eat meat and have therefore built slaughter houses for the animals and hospitals for us.

Akbarali Jetha

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Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who can’t understand it.

Ali Ibn Abi Taalib

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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than blacks were made for whites, or women for men.

Alice Walker

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The Gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies; they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

Plato

[veganxbrat]

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

Leonardo Da Vinci