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By: Rachel V

Rachel V — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:57:35 +0000

yeah Joshua way to represent Syracuse

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:32:30 +0000

My brother makes the best stuff for vegan BBQs! Grilling guilt-free is freakin’ awesome.

I also think Jim secrety wants to be vegan.

By: Pheas

Pheas — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:38:48 +0000

I still get invited to eating activities with omnivores, but I don’t go. Why would it be fun for me to see the corpses of those I care about being devoured by people I’m supposed to think are decent? Too hearbreaking, not to mention the cognitive dissonance.

By: The Discerning Brute

The Discerning Brute — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:50:05 +0000

@Jim

Wow Jim, what a HUGE masculinity you have.

Thank you for proving my point about dude-culture and meat-eating! I might use that quote in my next article… did you think of that one yourself?

By: granola

granola — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:20:41 +0000

Hi Joshua,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Did you ever see the FX show “30 Days” by Martin Spurlock (from “Supersize Me”)? Well, Martin Spurlock documents a meat eating man who stays with a PETA activist family for a month. Check it out.

By: Marika

Marika — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:32:48 +0000

Hi Joshua – great post.

I feel things moving in the same direction for me in many respects. I never bring up my veganism at family gatherings and outings (unless asked – in which I case I’m more than happy to talk about why I’m vegan), yet I get the distinct feeling that my presence is threatening to them. My silence is increasingly met with defensiveness. It’s curious, and yet I guess I’m not really surprised. It’s as though my mere presence is a challenge – a challenge to the choices they are making. Living by example is a powerful thing.

You can come to our BBQ’s anytime.

By: The Discerning Brute

The Discerning Brute — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:10:07 +0000

@Jeremy

“That which is resisted persists” sounds like some new age self-help slogan. If it weren’t for resistance (the Warsaw ghetto uprisings, the Zapatistas, the feminists, civil rights, etc etc etc) most social justice movements would have failed. Love does not equal pacifism.

It’s too convenient and easy to invalidate a non-human’s vocal and physical expressions.

Cries and attempts at escape are only subject to invalidation when the culture at large perpetuates a reality where the perspective of the non-human is inferior or secondary.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:21:04 +0000

Just a thought, your ideas are completely valid for how you see things, but don’t encompass, all realities and full contexts, and seem to have a resistance to what you see as wrong instead of just the inspiration to what you see is right. That which is resisted persists. Love

By: mg

mg — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:08:49 +0000

Love this post and your Discerning Brute website – just found them! So true that men view meat as masculinity – it drives me bonkers! I think it takes an even stronger/more masculine men to say “eff it, I’m going to be vegan and I don’t care what people think” than it does to go with the flow and eat flesh. Way to go!

By: The Discerning Brute

The Discerning Brute — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:52:15 +0000

@debbiedoesraw

Sadly, it’s also the animals’ business (the ones who are used in food production). How I wish it were simply a ‘personal choice’ issue where “I respect your choice and you respect mine” – but could you imagine saying to someone “You respect that I don’t beat my children, and I respect that you beat yours”. There’s a third perspective there that is so often overlooked. But I digress…