tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post3930206444047988724..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Martin Luther King Jr. veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-38567090008073640482016-02-06T02:12:26.240-06:002016-02-06T02:12:26.240-06:00Great graphic and quote from a great man. I do see...Great graphic and quote from a great man. I do see your point about honouring people who have enslaved others. Seems bizarre yet few people it seems notice such an incongruity. Here in the UK it is much the same. Churchill is much revered yet he was a racist who committed many atrocities you might find this interesting: <br /><br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/Christinehttp://think-differently-about-sheep.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-60381463691351595712016-01-23T16:31:24.959-06:002016-01-23T16:31:24.959-06:00Thank you for commenting HGV. Your observations ab...Thank you for commenting HGV. Your observations about patriarchal conditioning leaving no one untouched is spot on...heck it's still going strong today...just as all the other negative conditionings targeting subordinated groups continues. The presentation of the messaging evolves as perceptions change but the drumbeat of oppression continues. veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-61020649900710822652016-01-17T15:47:51.148-06:002016-01-17T15:47:51.148-06:00Don't be too hard on yourself. As you rightly ...Don't be too hard on yourself. As you rightly said in your previous post, "Even really really really smart humans get flim-flammed..." And boy do we ever! All those delusions take time and hard work to dismantle.<br /><br />MLK was indeed a fabulous individual, but even he (and most individuals of that time working for social justice in other ways) was not immune to patriarchal Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.com