Nobody can make you 'feel guilty'
Animal Rights/Vegan Activist Strategies Article from All-Creatures.org

FROM Jamie Davis Jackson
Facebook posting, October 1, 2021
October 2021

Listen to your own conscience instead of focusing on the vegans who stir up all of the guilt and the negative emotions that you experience when you think about the animal abuse and violence that you cause when you support the meat, dairy, and egg industries. You know it's wrong.

Vegans should stop trying to force their beliefs on you? If you consume meat, dairy, and eggs, then you are literally forcing others to suffer and die for your beliefs. That’s not forcing your beliefs on others?

When asking questions and presenting factual information, vegans are often accused of judging and forcing their beliefs on people who aren’t vegan. “Stop judging me!” “Stop attacking me!” “Stop trying to force your beliefs on me!” But vegans are merely speaking up for the animals, who are the suffering victims of unnecessary choices.

If you feel judged and attacked by a vegan, then perhaps you should ask yourself WHY you feel that way. Is it GUILT...because you know exactly what happens to the animals who suffer and die to create and become your food?

“Stop trying to make me feel guilty!” is another common response when vegans ask people to think about the animals. Nobody can “make you” feel guilty for something that you feel totally comfortable doing. In fact, no one “makes you” feel anything. You are responsible for your feelings. If you feel guilty because of something a vegan says to you, think about why you feel that way. Is it because you know that consuming meat, dairy, and eggs causes animals to experience pain and suffering and terror...for your taste pleasure? If you feel guilty for causing that abuse and violence to defenseless animals for your trivial enjoyment, that means you have a conscience.

The irony is that YOU are the one who is actually forcing your beliefs on others because you are deliberately choosing to pay for others to be exploited, harmed, and slaughtered for your personal taste pleasure. You think that’s ridiculous? Then why don’t you eat dogs or cats? Why don’t you consume canine or feline bodily secretions?

You are making a judgment about specific species. You are deciding who should suffer and die. According to you, dogs and cats deserve to live free and happy, but chickens, cows, turkeys, and pigs deserve to be exploited and killed. You are making judgments based on nothing more than your personal preferences. You are forcing your beliefs on specific species who are then forced to endure pain and suffering and slaughter...for what? Just for your pleasure, convenience, traditions, and cultural habits?

Vegans believe that we are not superior to others, which is why we do not force anyone to suffer and die for us. In fact, we KNOW that we are not superior. We have no right to cause pain and suffering to others, or to take away anything from anyone, especially peace or freedom—or life itself.

Listen to your own conscience instead of focusing on the vegans who stir up all of the guilt and the negative emotions that you experience when you think about the animal abuse and violence that you cause when you support the meat, dairy, and egg industries. You know it's wrong.

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