I'm Lily, and I use they/them pronouns. I'm young, but not extremely so (please stop asking about my age!) and my icon is the closest to a face reveal you’ll ever get (it does look like me though!). I post about veganism, veterninary medicine, and a bunch of other random shit. :) General rule: if you have an anti-vegan argument you think I haven’t heard, I’ve heard it. Please don’t send it in! We’ll just end up fighting because TBH you probably don’t actually care about my response
I don’t have a specific DNI list but just please don’t be mean to me or my mutuals! Icon: Bebinator
Governments around the world have got you thinking plastic straws are the enemy when 46% of plastic found in oceans are abandoned fishing gear. But tbh why would the government try to reform a multi billion pound industry when they could appease us with plastic straws 🙄🙄🙄
hey guys, i just found out that we’ll im kind of having a family emergency atm
so ill be off for the next… while but im fine so don’t worry
I’d like to talk to you. Not to yell at you, or call you out, or swear at you, but to explain my position and why this hurt me. And while a notable part of me wants to doxx you to my vegan friends (and maybe send you a picture of a dead puppy, because you’re such an “animal lover”), I won’t. I have respect for you and your feelings, and I don’t want to hurt you.
I am vegan (meaning that I abstain from consuming animals or their byproducts, wearing their skin or fur, or contributing to animal suffering in any way) because I believe that all beings, human or otherwise, who are sentient and can feel pain (x, x) and emotion have the inalienable right to live a life free from suffering. This includes pets like dogs and cats, livestock animals like pigs, cows, and chickens, and wildlife.
To me, and to many others, the thought of killing these animals for a frivolous reason is abhorrent. To you, this may seem like nothing more than a part of your day-to-day life, but to me, it is on par with systematic murder. I became vegan because my eyes were opened to the cruelty that these animals continue to face, and the fact that you and many other continue to trivialize that can be extremely hurtful. While vegans are most definitely not an oppressed group, our beliefs are often criticized in extreme ways; ranging from trollish comments to violence. Naturally, it’s hard not to become emotional about this–after all, what you are so vehemently protesting against is what we consider to be basic rights.
So naturally, I was upset when you sent me that picture with your personalized caption. I have a personal stake in the lives of these animals, just like you have a personal stake in the life of your dogs. You feel about the practice of eating dogs in events such as the Yulin Dog Festival like I feel about the practice of eating pigs in everyday life. These two animals are actually very similar: pigs are playful and sweet, they can learn their own names and do tricks for treats just like dogs, and they do love pets and cuddles from people. In fact, they lead lives of such social complexity only rivaled by primates.
I do hope that you consider how this may make your recipient feel the next time you send one of these to an activist. If I can spare you the basic decency of not sending you a dead dog photo, maybe you can do the same for me and stop sending these pictures.
Just to reiterate, because I sense a wave of discourse coming. Please stop sending me pictures of dead animals, that’s all I ask.
Okay, strike 4 original messanger. You have been blocked, because the nice approach didn’t work. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed discoursing with you, but that’s done now. Please stop sending these to me or anyone else.
it’s weird how people on this website will talk about how important the conservation of endangered species is, but refuse to admit that the animal agricultural industries are disproportionately responsible for habitat destruction (which is the #1 threat to endangered species)
like, the meat and dairy industries have destroyed disgusting amounts of land suitable for wildlife habituation, but you’re gonna tell me it’s entirely bc of palm oil and coffee and a few hundred black & brown dudes with guns? bc that’s totally believable..
can you be anymore in denial TBH
