Who I've Been Is Not As Important

We Proclaim Human Intelligence To Be Morally Valuable Per Se Because We Are Human. If We Were Birds, We Would Proclaim The Ability To Fly As Morally Valuable Per Se. If We Were Fish, We Would Proclaim The Ability To Live Underwater As Morally Valuable Per Se. But Apart From Our Obviously Self-interested Proclamations, There Is Nothing Morally Valuable Per Se About Human Intelligence.

We Do Not Need To Eat Animals, Wear Animals, Or Use Animals For Entertainment Purposes, And Our Only Defense Of These Uses Is Our Pleasure, Amusement, And Convenience.

There Is No Meaningful Distinction Between Eating Flesh And Eating Dairy Or Other Animal Products. Animals Exploited In The Dairy Industry Live Longer Than Those Used For Meat, But They Are Treated Worse During Their Lives, And They End Up In The Same Slaughterhouse After Which We Consume Their Flesh Anyway. There Is Probably More Suffering In A Glass Of Milk Or An Ice Cream Cone Than There Is In A Steak.

Veganism Is An Act Of Nonviolent Defiance. It Is Our Statement That We Reject The Notion That Animals Are Things And That We Regard Sentient Nonhumans As Moral Persons With The Fundamental Moral Right Not To Be Treated As The Property Or Resources Of Humans.

So It Is Always Preferable To Discuss The Matter Of Veganism In A Non-judgemental Way. Remember That To Most People, Eating Flesh Or Dairy And Using Animal Products Such As Leather, Wool, And Silk, Is As Normal As Breathing Air Or Drinking Water. A Person Who Consumes Dairy Or Uses Animal Products Is Not Necessarily Or Usually What A Recent And Unpopular American President Labelled An "evil Doer.