The Vegan's Voice | Michael Corthell
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Vegan advocacy, animal rights, plant-based living, and sharp commentary on the way we treat other sentient beings. Compassion without excuses, with humor when it helps.
A calmer mind helps us see clearly, act wisely, and put our compassion to work. #religion #spirituality
Kindness costs us nothing, but it can mean safety, trust, and comfort to another living being. Compassion becomes richer when it crosses the boundaries of species. #animalrights #kindness
Animals also cause suffering, but humans possess the moral awareness to recognize it, prevent it, and choose differently. Our failure is not ignorance. It is understanding the harm and continuing anyway. #animalrights #veganism
The mascot is smiling. That should cover all your ethical questions.
Once we recognize that animals have lives of their own, “I’ve always eaten this way” becomes an excuse, not a justification. Veganism turns that knowledge into action: avoid harming animals whenever we reasonably can. Knowing better should change more than our vocabulary. #veganism
I enjoy a good meal and you probably do too. I also recognize that enjoying something does not automatically justify what it takes to obtain it. My convenience and palate pleasure cannot outweigh an animal’s interest in staying alive. #veganism #animalrights
My Taste Buds Don’t Get the Final Vote
Sharing Vegan Memes is Promoting Animal Rights
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Romanch’s Law could end carriage rides while protecting retired horses and helping workers find new livelihoods. #animalrights
New York’s Horses Deserve More Than Nostalgia
Romanch’s Law could end carriage rides while protecting retired horses and helping workers find new livelihoods.
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A nicer cage is still a cage. The decorating committee missed the point.
Twenty minutes at the table. An entire life taken for what’s on it. Behind every cut of meat was someone who wanted to keep living. Watch “Twenty Minutes” from The Vegan Project. Choose compassion. Choose vegan. #animalrights
Animals do not need a purpose assigned by us. Their lives already belong to them. #animalrights #veganism
Domestication is usually presented as a triumph of civilization: humans learned to control animals, secure food, and build settled societies. But control was never neutral. It required confinement, forced breeding, bodily mutilation, separation of families.
The First School of Domination
Sharing Vegan Memes is Promoting Animal Rights
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I've started designing apparel to raise money for animal rights activism. Yeah or nay on this design? #animalrights
A new Danish microalgae facility could help replace fish-derived ingredients in everyday products. The animals behind those ingredients deserve our attention. #animalrights #veganism
The Fish We Kill Without Thinking About Them
A new Danish microalgae facility could help replace fish-derived ingredients in everyday products. The animals behind those ingredients deserve our attention.
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Compassion cannot stop at the human boundary. Peace built upon the suffering and exclusion of other sentient beings will always remain incomplete. #animalrights #veganism
Apparently, questioning exploitation is rude. The exploitation itself gets a pass.
