Februar 2012
fuckyeahanimalsanctuaries:
for the Animals sanctuary just rescued a mother and baby boy from a small dairy farm yesterday… so happy that they will be able to grow up together!
veg-out:
I wish everyone was a vegan and I wouldn’t have to freaking defend myself for doing something moral that everyone would do naturally if they hadn’t grown up being plagued by advertising from the meat and dairy industries.
Society is so barbaric.
Now my friends from work are trying to convince me that “Earthlings” isn’t how it actually works in factory farms etc.
ARE YOU FUCKING...
vegansaurus!: Meat eaters downplay the minds of... →
vegansaurus:
There’s a very interesting study in this month’s Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin that we vegans may find particularly fascinating: “Don’t Mind Meat? The Denial of Mind to Animals Used for Human Consumption.” It’s all about how meat eaters cope with taking a life so they can have a…
vegan is a start.: The global human civilization... →
veganisastart:
There is the word “sociopath” for humans who do not feel empathy or compassion towards other humans, and, as a result, do terrible things to them. “We” humans exclude animals from our society. They do not count. Anyone who slices up an animal is not labeled a sociopath - but either a…
Fools & Luxury: xvxavier: When someone compares... →
xvxavier:
When someone compares veganism to a religion, they are wrong.
A religion is a system of belief.
Belief: Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence; Something believed; The quality or state of believing; Religious faith; One’s religious or moral convictions.
We do not believe animals are suffering. We know they are. And so do you....
If you're against animal cruelty, why aren't you...
You Know You Are a Vegan When...: If people... →
youknowyouareaveganwhen:
If people actually would:
put themselves in the place of an animal
empathize with animals
think how it would be to be hooked up to a machine daily, have your children stolen, have your only purpose in life to be used for your skin, flesh, bones, children, milk, everything to benefit another…
"I'm against animal cruelty, but..."
veganmudblood:
Oh, PLEASE DO contradict the first part of that sentence by ending it with something anthropocentric that devalues the interests and dignity of other animals.
I am old now: gray, wrinkled, tired, and bloated, and my joints ache, too. But I...
– Roseanne Barr on the menopause. Godspeed. (via crackhousearsonist)
7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA →
thebourgeoisiehobo:
denver-max:
So many young people new to veganism or vegetarianism fall in line with this group, not realizing they are being deceived for profit. Time to start educating more of the public, no?
1) PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has described her group’s overall goal as “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no...
Look at all these "hard boiled, dangerous...
thebourgeoisiehobo:
Terrifying!
Villainous!
How violent!
How dangerous they must be!
"God is without sin"
ih8religion:
gallium-knight:
Gluttony: Reaching the point where you are literally made of food and alcohol
Sloth: Devoting 1/7th of your week to the complete avoidance of any work
Envy: Expecting to be everyone’s one and only God
Pride: Creating a race of ignorent slaves to worship you
Vanity: Making that race in your image
Lust: Impregnating one of those slaves
Wrath: Drowning your...
[Stereotypes] are factually incorrect; they are products of a “faulty” or...
– Sierra S. Adare, “Indian” Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations’ Voices Speak Out (via realitycheckindianimages)
Anyone know where I can find the full article? As a sci fi fan and writer, I’ve always been bothered by the “primitive native” stereotype. :|
(via reanimatrix)
it’s...
Reading Hurts
treesquirrrel:
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other day:
I...
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
Tea cups and Fuck ups: Modification shaming. →
rubyangelina:
Recent experiences have really pissed me off so i just want to get this off my chest.
I have been in tattoo shops where they have tattoo shamed. I have been verbally abused over having ‘shit tattoos’ by tattoo artists. I have been verbally abused for having a hand tattoo so young/without a full…