Veganism Must Be The Baseline If We

People Say That Being A Vegan Creates A Social Problem In That Others May React Negatively. But Isnt That The Case If You Take A Principled Position On Any Issue, Whether Its Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, Violence As A General Matter—or Speciesism? The Key Is To Educate Others About *why* You Take The Position.

Vegetarianism As A Moral Position Is No More Coherent Than Saying That You Think It Morally Wrong To Eat Meat From A Spotted Cow But Not Morally Wrong To Eat Meat From A Non-spotted Cow.

Just As We Reject Racism, Sexism, Ageism, And Heterosexism, We Reject Speciesism. The Species Of A Sentient Being Is No More Reason To Deny The Protection Of This Basic Right Than Race, Sex, Age, Or Sexual Orientation Is A Reason To Deny Membership In The Human Moral Community To Other Humans.

It's Really Not Rocket Science. If Animals Are Not Mere Things; If They Have Moral Value, We Cannot Justify Eating, Wearing, Or Using Them Particularly When We Have No Better Reason Than Palate Pleasure Or Fashion. If You Are Eating, Wearing, Or Using Animals, Then Your Actions Say That You Regard Them As Mere Things, Despite What Your Words Say.

Veganism Is About Nonviolence. It Is About Not Engaging In Harm To Other Sentient Beings; To Oneself; And To The Environment Upon Which All Beings Depend For Life. In My View, The Animal Rights Movement Is, At Its Core, A Movement About Ending Violence To All Sentient Beings. It Is A Movement That Seeks Fundamental Justice For All. It Is An Emerging Peace Movement That Does Not Stop At The Arbitrary Line That Separates Humans From Nonhumans.