Vegan Raincloud

muthafuckapeggyhill asked: "Tofu never screams" Neither can fish, you ignorant cunt

Nothing to say to this. Abusive, yes. Making any kind of actual point, no.

hinauchi asked: You're like that huge christian no one wants to be around, you focus only on what you believe and what you think is right and everyone else is wrong and can't have opinions because theyre different. Yes, I'm sorry animals die for food, but that happens, that's life and that's how we were created, and yes you wish it never happened and you want to save them allll but that's not how things work and life isn't going to go your way, when it was planned and created another.

Well thanks for that. I’m so enlightened by your ‘that’s life’ ethical philosophy. Please tell me more about how the progress of civilization happened because we all just accepted violence against those weaker than us with the words ‘that’s life’. Now I finally understand why my tribe is still locked in deadly warfare with that asshole tribe in the next village over who has the best flock of goats.

lormoral asked: I can't believe people who eat meat actually criticise you for being vegan because 'that's still not good enough you're still killing animals/ doing bad things'. That's so incredibly stupid. Why would they criticise someone for doing their best when they themselves don't even try

I know, right?! It’s baffling. I think sometimes it’s because they are confused about what veganism actually means though. Many seem to think it’s like Jainism - doing no harm to any organism, being pure, etc. When no, it’s about rejecting cruelty and exploitation as far as possible, starting with saying no to meat, dairy, eggs, honey, leather, wool, animal testing, palm oil, etc. Not knowing or understanding this, they think they’re being original by calling vegans out on accidentally squashing a bug or eating commercially harvested grain. Even worse, they use these things as *reasons* to keep eating animals themselves. Sometimes it’s because they’re trolling, sometimes they’re being wilfully ignorant, but I do think (and hope) that sometimes it’s because they’re confused about veganism.

It’s a bit like when idiots say to feminists, ‘Why do you hate men?’ They don’t understand that feminism is about fighting for equality between the sexes, not about wanting to swap one kind of inequality for another out of man-hate. But of course, these are the same people who think they know all there is to know about feminism / veganism *rolls eyes*

crazy-zombie-crazy asked: I have a question for you. I suffer from Anemia. When the doctors first diagnosed me they put me on iron pills but we all quickly found out that they caused extreme cramps and intestinal issues for me. So I was told to eat red meat whenever possible to help with iron intake as well as veggies high in iron. Would you view someone that eats meat for medical reasons as scum as well? It is just a way to survive and be healthy, which is what all animals aim for, human or not.

Hi, sorry to hear you have anemia. From what you say, I’m assuming it’s purely the iron-deficiency kind? I would recommend this article: http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm if you’re wondering where vegans get iron from. The red meat thing is unnecessary but doctors have a knack of making bad nutritional calls based on outdated information; many nutritionists aruge that meat-sourced iron is actually harder to digest / absorb than plant-sourced iron, especially as high-iron plants tend to be also high in Vitamin C, which naturally aids iron absorbtion. I’m not going to pretend I’m an expert in nutrition as I’m not, but vegan diets are demonstrably healthier than those that contain red meat, whether you are anemic or not. I hope you feel better soon anyway, anemia can be a horrible drag.

PS. I apologise for the whole ‘scum’ thing. Not a helpful term.