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organicAnt  ·  3587 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How did you find yourself?

I hear you, I'd have thought that coming from a background of discrimination would make you want to stop discrimination going on in other facets of life.

    I mean it's muthafuckin Black history month, bruh. I might NEVER shut up this February.

If it's something you're truly passionate about I don't think you should shut up.

    But imagine if I followed you around from comment to comment going "THIS IS THE WHITEST SHIT EVER"to everything you said, then linking to a bunch of Black Panther videos?

I understand how annoying that'd be, I haven't chased anyone around with animal rights links though. However in your context, if I was being racist, I'd be deserving a damn good chase and serious educating.

    I agree it's a conversation to be had, but you go about it in an accusatory manner.

I don't insult people, I rarely use curse words, I try to state facts and never make it personal. Yet people keep accusing me of being aggressive and accusatory and I don't understand where or when I've been aggressive and accusatory. Can you please give me examples? I really don't want to come across that way. Sure, I know how inconvenient it is to break the flow of a conversation about meat eating with a sign asking to be kind to animals, but is that aggressive? I mean if you came across a racist conversation would you not say something?

    ...just as a personal opinion, veganism is high up on my list of whitest shit ever

This is the first time I've heard this. Why do you think that? Do you think wanting to live compassionately towards all beings is elitist?

    ...being in Boulder, though an absolute bastion for veganism, has also gotten me to a point where I feel like actively resenting White people - and that shit isn't right. Don't let it happen to you in regards to veganism.

Thanks for the warning but I don't understand the connection.