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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · 5h

Killing an animal when you have the practicable option not to kill them is morally wrong.

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 10h

Plant-based dairy doesn’t rely on artificial insemination, stolen babies, or secretive slaughterhouses. It doesn’t require people to ignore the screams of animals who just want their babies back.

Milk Myths Are Crumbling

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · 14h

Why hurt and kill an animal if you don't need to?

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · 14h

The support of killing animals for our pleasure has become so normalised that the choice to abstain is seen as weird militant extremism.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw an RSPCA advert on telly that said — in all caps, no less! — "EVERY ANIMAL DESERVES KINDNESS"

@rspcaoffficial.bsky.social how did this slip by you?

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · 24d

"Never Again" doesn't have an asterisk

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 28d

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"

So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 10

That sounds tough. I'm not sure how we can always confidently call a person's diet the cause of their ailments — the majority of non-vegans I know have all manner of chronic, sometimes severe illnesses (including colon stuff, as it goes). Is their diet responsible? I don't know; I'm no expert.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'll grant that I'm not always a ray of sunshine, but I truly don't see how I'm being mean here.

Putting aside that I'm not sure how you know these folks' diets are the cause of their ailments, a "vegan diet" is a term so vague as to be functionally meaningless. Oats? Pasta? Skittles sandwiches?

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Eating Oreos and Doritos to the exclusion of all else is liable to have some repercussions in one's health, yes.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 9

You literally made a conclusion, though. 🤔

A vegan diet could mean nothing but burgers, chips, cookies, and ice cream. This wouldn't be very healthy, I imagine. Or it could mean a diet rich with pulses, grains, varied vegetables, and fruits. This would likely be healthier.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 9

This sounds comprehensive, thoroughly scientific, and accurately representative.

In other news: my non-vegan dad has anaemia, my non-vegan auntie had a stroke, and my non-vegan grandma died from coronary heart disease. I also have many other friends and family with various ailments 👍

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dear non-vegans,

"Feeling guilty" is not the same as "being attacked"

thx

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 8

The distinction between a necessity and a choice is significant, and in no way a "nitpick". Necessity is an absence of choice, in any meaningful sense of the word.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Wait, though. You first said "it's a choice" but then said you "need" it. Which is it? It's either a choice or a necessity; can't be both. Necessity is the absence of choice.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Your enjoyment of something — be that a nicely cooked steak, an exhilarating fox hunt, rich dairy ice cream, a luxurious fur coat, a well-made cheese sandwich, or a winning bet on a dogfight — does not make it worth hurting and killing animals.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 8

How about making this same point without the unnecessary ableist language?

Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 6

How do you know if someone is vegan?

Don't worry, the crowd of fully activated non-vegans around them will tell you

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 6

I was only observing how original it was, like a brand new thought that had never been expressed before.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 6

Vegetarianism is just carnism without the chewy bits.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 6

A good illustration of vegetarianism's glaring and inherent flaws.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 6

I have never come across this saying before — did you make it up yourself?

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Blocked for this, predictably. I wonder what it is about these kinds of facts that provokes such defensive behaviour? Complete mystery.

Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's precisely the point being discussed. Veganism is not a diet, therefore one cannot be vegan for health. You can be vegan and eat a diet of sweets, chips, and pizza. This wouldn't be healthy. It also follows that refusing to buy leather is a choice that is unrelated to one's health.

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Vegans need to realise their privilege, and that some people are poor and live in food deserts. This is in fact why I use my own privilege to eat KFC chicken, bacon cheeseburgers, and dairy ice cream — to help and support poor people in food deserts."

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Kevin Veegan @kevinveegan.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's precisely the point being discussed. Veganism is not a diet, therefore one cannot be vegan for health. You can be vegan and eat a diet of sweets, chips, and pizza. This wouldn't be healthy. It also follows that refusing to buy leather is a choice that is unrelated to one's health.

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