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here’s some peak, antiblack idiocy from @vampiregirl2345:

I used to be homeless. I still wouldnt have eaten vegan food because it makes me sick (ive tried). And vegan food is always low in calories, if you want to eat healthy, and cheap meals are always high in carbs (beans and legumes are a staple). And vegan food is full of common triggers for allergies and sensitivities (see the afore mentioned soy and nuts). Also malnutrition is a big concern for homeless people already, and vegan food is notorious for being low in essential nutrients you can also get from animal protein. I dont hate vegans. I just hate when they exploit a situation to force their diet on others.

vegan food is not from another planet. vegan food is just plants. omnivores by definition consume a lot of plants in their diets. homeless people all spontaneously combust if they eat a vegetable? all plants make you sick? rice and beans with some veg on the side and a bit of fruit for after would make you sick? you subsist entirely on meat? if all you ate was meat, you would be dead. so like, don’t lie. I’m sure you’ve got some sensitivities but this is nothing short of hyperbolic and intellectually disingenuous, never mind biologically impossible.

look, food allergies and sensitivities exist, but the proportion of them in the population is low, vegan food doesn’t all somehow contain soy and nuts (you like to act like it does though), and animal products aren’t some mystical fucking super nectar perfect for all and sundry. lactose intolerance is widespread. some people are allergic to one kind of meat, others are allergic to several kinds of meat. other people aren’t allergic but animal proteins tend to upset their stomachs. there’s a whole range of conditions you could cite as an example. but you people are never out here lambasting “food for the homeless” efforts which contain animal protein, despite allergies and sensitivities to animal products being a thing. why is that, I wonder? why are you silent on that? it’s because you have an agenda and/or a bias, and it’s fucking plain as day. why do you sleep when only animal product-based options are offered? you don’t write angry posts saying that omnivores are forcing their dietary preferences on people if they do that. hmmmmm

vegan food is not always low in calories. this is just plain factually incorrect. vegan food can be very high in calories or very low in calories. it’s very easy to be an overweight vegan.

do you realize that veganism is not a specific diet but a set of ethical beliefs..? I’m not recommending all of these things, or saying they’re good, but I’m bringing them up to show vegan itself isn’t a diet, and demonstrate the variety of ways you can eat while being plant-based, good and bad. you can be an underweight vegan, you can be an obese vegan. you can eat high calorie while vegan or low calorie while vegan. you can be a vegan with an eating disorder, or a health nut vegan, or a vegan who eats mostly processed foods, takeout and junk food. you can be a vegan eating less calories than you need in order to meet weight loss goals, you can be a vegan athlete or a vegan bodybuilder. you can do vegan keto, or be raw vegan, or be whole-foods-plant-based vegan, or low carb high fat vegan, or low fat high carb vegan, or gluten-free vegan, or celiac, or do bulk eating, or be diabetic, or any one of a number of things. vegan itself is not a specific diet. it’s possible to eat a very healthy, balanced vegan diet or a very unhealthy vegan diet.

you’re out here pretending like vegan food is just salads and vegetables - but somehow also all very strange and esoteric vegetable species, which are super bad for the human body - and that even just the sight of a vegetable or other plant-based foodstuff is enough to make thousands of people in a ten mile radius come out in hives or some shit.

a healthy vegan diet includes low calorie and high calorie foodstuffs.

carbs - are - not - bad. the - human - body - needs - carbs. please learn some basic fucking nutrition, honestly, this is ridiculous.

beans are primarily proteins. 

vegan food is not notorious for being low in essential nutrients, you can get almost every nutrient you need from a vegan diet. literally entire associations of dietary experts disagree with you.

I mean your post doesn’t even make sense with the claims it contains. let’s examine them. first you say vegan food is always low in calories, then you provide examples of staples - in your own words - beans and legumes, which are not low in calories. you say cheap meals are always high in carbs, and cite beans, but beans are primarily proteins. you say vegan food is all full of soy and nuts, but the common staple examples you cite - beans and legumes - do not contain soy and nuts, and neither do the sorts of low-calorie, healthy foods you’re thinking of (salads). you say vegan food is low calorie, then you mention nuts, which are notoriously high-calorie and nutrient dense while also being small in terms of bulk and not very filling. you claim vegan food is low in essential nutrients, but don’t even provide any specific examples. you act like carbs are evil.

honestly, I’m sorry, but you just plain don’t know anything about food, or basic principles of biology and nutrition. your post is so woefully misinformed. it’s also nonsensical and very self-contradictory.

anyway, this young man isn’t exploiting a situation to force his diet on others, he is taking real action to help people and feed the homeless. this is a charitable act and he should be commended. he’s setting an example, it’s compassion, we should all strive to be more like him. white anti-vegans, shut the fuck up, don’t you dare come for this young black hero.

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That hes probably feeding some people their allergens? That hes probably feeding some people stuff that give them horrible stomach aches and headaches? That vegan food is too low in calories and too high in carbs, so someone with a high calorie requirement or diabetes might be getting a raw deal? That PETA, known for its kill shelters and sexism, endorsed him? You bet im complaining.

oh my god... please... read a book on nutrition... I mean good lord

if something is high in carbs, it’s also likely high in calories. Make up your fucking mind lmao, your nutritional and medical claims aren’t even fucking coherent at this point.

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YOUR PRAYERS WON’T DO SHIT. YOUR THOUGHTS WON’T DO SHIT. YOUR MEDITATIONS WON’T DO SHIT. YOUR PETITION-SIGNING, SELF-EDUCATING AND AWARENESS-SPREADING ARE NICE BUT WON’T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING. THEY ARE CLEARING THE LAND FOR A REASON: TO USE IT FOR PROFIT-GENERATING ACTIVITIES LIKE CATTLE-RANCHING. IF YOU EAT MEAT, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. IF YOU EAT MEAT, YOU ARE HANDING THEM PROFIT. BRAZIL IS THE BIGGEST EXPORTER OF BEEF IN THE WORLD, AND SOY GROWN IN THE AREA IS SHIPPED ALL OVER TO FEED LIVESTOCK. IF YOU EAT MEAT YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. GLOBAL MEAT CONSUMPTION IS KILLING THE RAINFOREST. STOP. EATING. MEAT

91% OF AMAZON DEFORESTATION IS CAUSED BY ANIMAL AGRICULTURE - PRIMARILY CATTLE-RANCHING AND THE GROWING OF SOY, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH IS FED TO LIVESTOCK. THE AMAZON IS LITERALLY BURNING AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IS ON THE BRINK.

but STILL you selfish fucks are out here acting like animal ag. isn’t a problem, that animal ag. isn’t to blame. you’re still out here acting like whining about the amazon on tumblr, signing a petition and posting anti-vegan memes is what’s going to save the planet. spoiler warning: IT WON’T. still you’re out here insisting that you couldn’t possibly even think about thinking about thinking giving up meat or reducing your intake, for [insert one of a million of provably bullshit exuses here]. we know what the problem is, we know what a big part of the solution is. if you care about the planet, even a little bit, go vegan. if you can’t go vegan, reduce your intake of animal products as much as possible, particularly of beef. PLEASE. for the love of god

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91% OF AMAZON DEFORESTATION IS CAUSED BY ANIMAL AGRICULTURE - PRIMARILY CATTLE-RANCHING AND THE GROWING OF SOY, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH IS FED TO LIVESTOCK. THE AMAZON IS LITERALLY BURNING AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IS ON THE BRINK.

but STILL you selfish fucks are out here acting like animal ag. isn’t a problem, that animal ag. isn’t to blame. you’re still out here acting like whining about the amazon on tumblr, signing a petition and posting anti-vegan memes is what’s going to save the planet. spoiler warning: IT WON’T. still you’re out here insisting that you couldn’t possibly even think about thinking about thinking giving up meat or reducing your intake, for [insert one of a million of provably bullshit exuses here]. we know what the problem is, we know what a big part of the solution is. if you care about the planet, even a little bit, go vegan. if you can’t go vegan, reduce your intake of animal products as much as possible, particularly of beef. PLEASE. for the love of god

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they even get to pick which color!!!  🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼

Landlords: 🌸 i pray and give thanks 💖 every time my local, humanely raised tenants 🌼 bravely sacrifice 90% of their paycheck UWU 💕🌼🏵💖 they would die out in the wilderness, so it’s for their own good 🌻 it’s a balanced way of life🌸🌼💖 💐 the circle of capitalism 🌸

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Explain to me, @leitwolf, how a diet which requires less land, less water, less energy, less animals to be killed, and less crops to be grown (therefore requiring less workers and less time), while simultaneously producing less waste, less greenhouse gas emissions and less pollution, and resulting in higher efficiency in our food systems and the ability to feed more people overall - explain to me how this diet is not more virtuous than the alternatives.

Explain to me why the UN recently came out with a long, extensive scientific report, contributed to by dozens of scientific professionals, which categorically stated that a vegan diet has the least impact on the environment and our planet - explain to me how this diet is not more virtuous than the alternatives.

It’s not about assigning virtue to it, though, y’know. It’s just cold hard facts, numerical metrics. It’s math.

Explain to me how it’s veganism which exacerbates the exploitation of workers and farmers, when a non-vegan diet literally requires many more times the number of plants to be grown in order to support it (exponentially so, even). 

You can’t.

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It’s time to acknowledge the reality that the leading cause of Amazon deforestation and associated habitat destruction and biodiversity loss etc, is animal agriculture - up to 91% of it, in fact. It’s cattle-ranching, and the growing of soy, the vast majority of which is fed to livestock (before you pop off about the evils of soy and those gosh darn vegans or whatever). We need to reduce our meat intake as much as possible. We are running out of time. If you can go vegan, go vegan. If you can’t, try to reduce your meat intake, especially of beef. No, it isn’t going to solve everything, and yes, governments and corporations carry the lion’s share of the blame. But animal ag. is a huge part of the deforestation problem. And no, it doesn’t stop you from taking other actions as well, such as the ones described in the OP. It’s hugely important to do those things also.

Regarding the Amazon Rainforest

I barely have followers here, but here we go:

The Amazon Rainforest has been burning for the last 16 days straight. The Brazilian government says the wildfire is caused by the winter itself, since it doesn't rain a lot there... in a rainforest. It is actually, partially true. Winter is indeed a dry season and wildfires may happen, specially close to the Cerrado (a brazilian biome similar to the african Savanna), but what they're not telling us is that:

The deforestation has increased 80% since last year

The native peoples and animals are being slaughtered for their lands (legally protected green areas)

The government is hiding and lying about scientific data, saying that environmentalists and NGOs are communists trying to destroy the nation. They are brainwashing people to think that sustainability is terrible for the economy

Our Minister of Environment is couldn't care less about the environment and is only there to support the livestock producers and give them what they want. The President and his Minister won't put a single dollar on environmental safety

The wildfires are just so huge that its black smoke and ashes reached the skies of São Paulo, a state over 2.000 kilometers away from the Amazon.

We are hostages or our own government

I could just keep going all night about how our environment is being threatened by this new government. We need every single help we can possibly can.

Please don't let this go unseen. Search for yourself, talk to people about it, make noise, be angry and be scared. Let the world know about it and demand action. This is not about Brazil, is about the planet. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most important biomes in the world, being responsible for the climate, rains, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and life itself.

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Oh, then I’m looking forwards to your equivalent posts directed at racist, anti-immigrant vegetarians, fitness fiends, keto dieters and carnivores then! 

“Just because it’s vegan, doesn’t mean it’s cruelty free”

Undocumented workers, poor people of all citizenship status, children, global workers all poured their blood and sweat into getting you some of those products for awful wages, so be sure to do your research before you claim your diet is ethical, okay?

I want that same energy you have for the cute cows & chickens (chickens kinda scare me tbh) to also go to those people out there bringing you your blood red strawberries and tear-stained blueberry.

If you are not advocating for the fair treatment of workers in the fields, and if you’re making purchases from places that have not signed the Fair Food Program, then you’re contributing to the neglect, harassment, and physical/sexual assault of farmworkers.

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Where are the equivalent posts coming for non-vegan plant eaters..? The majority of non-vegan plant eaters do not make any special effort to consider the context in which the plants they are consuming were grown in. The majority don’t make any special effort to source and consume ethically-grown plants. Why do we continually act as if plant-eating is the sole purview of vegans? Vegans make up a tiny percentage of the population and yet time and time again we see omnivores singling out vegans as if they are the ones to blame for all the ills and negative circumstances that plague the plant-growing industries. The majority of plants are not consumed by vegans, they are consumed by omnivores. Have you considered that? Or how about the fact that more plants are required to be grown to sustain an omnivorous diet compared to a vegan one due to the amount of plants we need to feed livestock - has that crossed your mind? 

Where are the equivalent posts raising awareness of and condemning the perpetuation of the human exploitation that is rampant in the animal agriculture industry? Because that’s also a huge issue. The animal agriculture industry exploits vulnerable groups of people such as undocumented people, migrant workers, people of color and poor people. Do you write and circulate posts about this at all? Because I never see posts about that. Why is that? People who work in slaughterhouses have high rates of PTSD, anger management and similar issues, and are more likely to have issues with alcohol and substance abuse. Where are the posts saying that if you are not advocating for the fair treatment of workers in slaughterhouses and elsewhere in the animal agriculture industry then you’re contributing to that?

Let’s keep in mind some facts:

A vegan diet overall has the least impact and contributes the least to human exploitation, because less plants are required to be grown to support a vegan diet compared to a non-vegan diet due to livestock needing to be fed;

The animal agriculture industry is also rife with human exploitation, especially of many vulnerable groups

It’s really strange to me how y’all are routinely silent on that. 

Btw, your agenda becomes evident and transparent when you are. It’s not about helping humans who are exploited in the arable farming industries, it’s just about coming for vegans. People who, by all metrics, by all numbers, follow a diet that causes the least harm.

“Just because it’s vegan, doesn’t mean it’s cruelty free”

Undocumented workers, poor people of all citizenship status, children, global workers all poured their blood and sweat into getting you some of those products for awful wages, so be sure to do your research before you claim your diet is ethical, okay?

I want that same energy you have for the cute cows & chickens (chickens kinda scare me tbh) to also go to those people out there bringing you your blood red strawberries and tear-stained blueberry.

If you are not advocating for the fair treatment of workers in the fields, and if you’re making purchases from places that have not signed the Fair Food Program, then you’re contributing to the neglect, harassment, and physical/sexual assault of farmworkers.

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non-vegans: vegans, don’t tell people what to eat

also non-vegans: guys, eat honey and eggs

Vegans of tumblr, listen up. Harvesting agave in the quantities required so you dont have to eat honey is killing mexican long-nosed bats. They feed off the nectar and pollinate the plants. They need the agave. You want to help the environment? Go back to honey. Your liver and thyroid will thank you, as well. Agave is 90% fructose, which can cause a host of issues. Bye.

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so right!

bless this blog.. why are white antivegans such creeps..

Thank you, and honestly Idk. Here’s the thing, I do genuinely think there tends to be a distinction between white anti-vegans and anti-vegans of color. One of the main one’s that I’ve even seen some white vegans point out is that they often use poc as a shield and pretend that not only do they know the situations surrounding each individual poc, but that it also somehow affects their ability to be vegan. Poc are sometimes guilty of using the situations of other poc as a shield(native Americans come to mind), and I don’t think that’s okay either. But, more often than not anti-vegan poc use their own experience and culture to try and defend their opposition to veganism(my brother, in spirit, is Cuban for example). I think what makes it different it that one is coming from a sense of personal convictions that stem from your experiences and even worry that you would not be able to become vegan and still celebrate your culture, which especially becomes a problem when you take a second to understand how much cultural erasure has been a terror on poc(especially in white controlled countries) throughout history. The other, not so much. If anything, when they use poc as a shield, they are exploiting this worry and fear of erasure and using it to push their own point of anti-veganism. It doesn’t affect them, but it benefits them.