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So, you're in a vegan group or on a
vegan page and your fellow vegans are bashing some poor innocent
who's still in transition. Do you join them, berate the meanies, come
to the victim's defense or just walk away? I think how you react to
this scenario could make a huge difference. Here's why.
For whatever reason, the transitioning
vegan is at least headed down the path to a kinder life. It doesn't
really matter whether they're there yet. The point is, they're
trying. Bashing them is a great way to drive them away.
Joining the critics who feel you have
to be completely vegan right away, with no transitioning allowed is
so elitist. Most of us weren't born vegan, in that even though
veganism is a natural human diet, it's one that most of us adopted
later in life after learning what we now know.
Face it, unless you were raised vegan,
you likely had some kind of transition period. You should
therefore accept that others will travel a similar path to their
eventual goal of cruelty free living. Why not show some respect for
their journey, rather than discouraging them from going vegan with
harsh words?
As vegans, we believe in living a kind
hearted, cruelty free lifestyle. We should represent that with our
interactions with humans as well as our interactions with other
animals. I think the best interaction with a transitioning vegan
would be to give support and ignore those who are critical.
As they say, it's better to promote
what you love than to bash what you hate.
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