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bookwoods 's review for:
This Is Vegan Propaganda
by Ed Winters
I’ve long been an admirer of Ed Winters’ activism, how well spoken he is and how passionate. Both of those qualities really shine in This is Vegan Propaganda - the book is well structured, insightfully written, thoroughly researched and, well, passionate. Like Winters advertises, this is for vegans looking to develop their arguments, as well as for curious omnivores, vegetarians, meat eaters etc. I couldn’t help but pick out some brilliant quotes:
“Like most people, I precariously balanced on the tightrope of mocking people who didn’t want to hurt animals while simultaneously professing myself an animal lover.”
“People often call vegans extremists, and yet veganism is merely living by the principle that if I am against cruelty then I will do what I can to avoid perpetuating systems that cause physical and mental harm to animals. It is a clear indictment of how ingrained our state of cognitive dissonance is that we see attempts at moral consistency as signs of extremism. Is it not strange that we call those who kill dogs animal abusers, those who kill pigs normal and those who kill neither extremists?”
“Some people believe that to be vegan means you have to be an animal lover or be someone who goes out of their way to be kind to animals. But it’s not an act of kindness to not needlessly hurt someone.”
“Being confronted with veganism reaffirms that what, or who, we eat is an active choice, and suddenly the consumption of meat comes with a label of being an ‘animal eater’ as opposed to just being ‘normal’.”
“Like most people, I precariously balanced on the tightrope of mocking people who didn’t want to hurt animals while simultaneously professing myself an animal lover.”
“People often call vegans extremists, and yet veganism is merely living by the principle that if I am against cruelty then I will do what I can to avoid perpetuating systems that cause physical and mental harm to animals. It is a clear indictment of how ingrained our state of cognitive dissonance is that we see attempts at moral consistency as signs of extremism. Is it not strange that we call those who kill dogs animal abusers, those who kill pigs normal and those who kill neither extremists?”
“Some people believe that to be vegan means you have to be an animal lover or be someone who goes out of their way to be kind to animals. But it’s not an act of kindness to not needlessly hurt someone.”
“Being confronted with veganism reaffirms that what, or who, we eat is an active choice, and suddenly the consumption of meat comes with a label of being an ‘animal eater’ as opposed to just being ‘normal’.”