Preserving the Future is Not a 'Lifestyle' | Mickey Z.

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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

July 12, 2013

“(Being vegan) is part of a revolutionary perspective -- how we not only discover more compassionate relations with human beings but how we develop compassionate relations with the other creatures with whom we share this planet. That would mean challenging the whole capitalist industrial form of food production.”

- Angela Davis

Everywhere I look, our dominant culture is soaked in the blood of non-humans but almost all my fellow activists are seemingly happy to participate in, support, and even laugh about the carnage.

In fact, most of them reserve whatever anger they might feel on this issue for accusing people like me of “pushing” a “lifestyle” on them.

Recently, I decided to take a walk and contemplate this lethal combination of denial and hypocrisy.

Speciesism: 24/7
As I made my way down 30th Avenue in Astoria, wondering if indeed I was too forward with my veganism, I crossed paths with a butcher in front of his shop -- chatting amiably with passersby -- his white frock stained deep red.

He was casually standing there -- as he is every day -- drenched in the blood of murdered sentient beings that very much wanted to live… but essentially nobody chose to notice the crimson splatter. Those who did notice, well, they didn't even flinch.

Behind the butcher, sheep carcasses hung from large hooks in the window... their bulging lifeless eyes seemed to stare accusingly at the butcher's back. He didn't appear to notice. Essentially nobody noticed, and those that did, well, they didn't even flinch.

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