As vegan as possible. Please?

Here I talk about something that has been bothering me today. I mostly talk about cheese but it can be applied to everything else... buying leather shoes, going to the zoo, buying animals from breeders etc.

Don't hate me, I'm just being honest.

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• cheese
• sucks
• go
• vegan

[PauHc4E]

I've got a question. Are ecological animal products (milk, eggs, etc.) also not cruelty-free?

[porolita22]

@PauHc4E Using animals is exploitation, no matter the method. Commodifying sentient beings for products we don't need can never be cruelty free. But it isn't about cruely anyway, its about justice. Do a google search for "the humane myth" you will be surprised.

[monicatFLOYD]

I will be vegan when I'm older, I'm only 15 and my mom is already annoyed that I'm a vegetarian... But do you really have to judge that person who's been a vegetarian for 14 years? I don't think it's fair to criticize them, I mean they stopped eating meat, right? At least they're doing something.

[porolita22]

@monicatFLOYD The criticism comes because she is an adult, who has knowledge of the injustice involved in animal use, and who still chooses to consume dairy and other animal products. We shouldn't be asking ourselves if it is fair to criticize the person, but if it is fair that the animals are being exploited.. that is the injustice, wouldn't you agree?

[porolita22]

@monicatFLOYD I understand when someone like you faces challenges with opposition from your parents, as you still depend on them for many things. but when people who CAN go vegan just settle for vegetarianism, there's really no excuse. There is not really much difference between meat and other animal products in terms of the injustice and iherent cruelty... I wish you luck and hope you find your way unto veganism soon :)

[Morethanenough1]

Just bc you eat meant doesnt mean you are cruel...killing an animal doesnt equal cruealty. Eating cheese doesnt mean you are cruel. If you don't want to eat meat or milk or eggs, fine, its your chioce and if it makes you happy, great..but don't put morals on eating habbits. Its moronic.

[porolita22]

@Morethanenough1 Moronic? You are denying the inherently cruel practices that involve the making of those products and I AM the moron? LOL

[Danisaurxoxo]

you are so very right. i'm a vegetarian going vegan. i wish i could consider myself a vegan because the only thing i do consume is milk and cheese. the rest is out of my life. including products tested on animals/ with animal products in them. but i do have to count on my mom for food so i had to agree to milk and cheese. but i find my way around it. i'll eat it but in small amounts and very rarely. once i turn 18, i'll go full out vegan.

in my opinion, you speak the truth.

[ThePittieluver]

@quinngoes Cheese is not nutritious. Media has led us to think it is the healthiest food on earth, but actually think about it...we are nursing from another species. It is completely unnatural. All cheese exploits animals, because they have to reproduce over and over again in order to keep milk in their bodies...and therefore be separated from their young, just like any other creature...you should research "the humane myth". You will probably be pretty surprised.

[brentpeltier]

@notforchurch This is not a legitimate arguement. We mass produce cows through "articificial insemination" (aka. rape with a turkey baster thing). Without this process, the number of animals would decrease greatly. The only species taking up too much room is humans. Looking at the whole picture, i see cruelty, contaminated water, wasted resources, deforestation, amongst other things, all because of meat production.

[ZR1Terror]

Fuck vegans!

[rcssaxby]

I've been eating vegan for about a year. It's awesome! I too find cheese to be disgusting now. I don't care that much about animal cruelty. I think it's wrong but there are a lot of other horrible things being done to humans today that I pay attention to instead. One of those horrible things is the diet most westerners have pushed on them. If people could switch to being vegan it could help them become much healthier. If people only knew the benefits of a plant based diet.

[notforchurch]

when we dont eat we need to find a way to stop cows and so on to be bornd because we cannot let these animals getting more babys .. there arent room in the world! the problem with vegans are that they dont understand the whole picture.

[quinngoes]

cheese is very nutritious and if you buy good cheese no exploitation of animals took place. a mutually beneficial relationship took place. your logic is mistaken, wait for the deficiencies of your lifestyle to manifest and you will eventually understand that

[DragonBunni]

I'm ovo-vegetarian but I want to be vegan :)

[UberHyperSugarFiend]

@Danisaurxoxo

oh sorry, I only read halfway through your comment before replying and didn't see that it was b/c of your mom hahaha epic fail for me ^_^; I still eat bits of fish and seafood because of my mom too -_- she say's they're not animals (total wtf moment). Luckily, she doesn't like dairy, so I get to drink non dairy milk and don't have to eat cheese

[UberHyperSugarFiend]

@Danisaurxoxo

It's a little hard to get rid of cheese in western cuisine, but for milk, you can always get soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, hemp milk, etc. They are actually very common (since lactose intolerance is common, I guess). I buy almond milk from my local save on foods (I'm canadian). There should be soy milk available in any Safeway, just buy an organic brand (gmo issues)

[maryslittlelamb08]

Hi! I'm one of those cheese-loving vegetarians you are talking about! Lol! But I agree with what you're saying. And the whole thing about the dairy animals going through more torture than animals killed for meat ...I never thought of it like that.

This is me saying that I am taking you're request! Consider me going on the "Vegan as possible diet!" Lol!