tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post4000246209369256059..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Why History Matters...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-42567922960015572812013-11-04T06:41:30.735-06:002013-11-04T06:41:30.735-06:00Thank you for commenting HGV. Mr. Serling would ha...Thank you for commenting HGV. Mr. Serling would have been a very interesting person to have known. I too suspect he would have apprehended the vegan message.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-64130036655867114382013-10-27T18:14:14.698-05:002013-10-27T18:14:14.698-05:00Whoa, I didn't realize I was THIS far behind, ...Whoa, I didn't realize I was THIS far behind, snort. <br /><br />Yep, without an end to speciesism, sexism, racism and all other isms will continue to thrive. But I sometimes fear that we'll be living in an ism world until the human species ends up destroying itself, and unfortunately, the planet along with it.<br /><br />That biography sounds interesting. I just started Season 2 of The Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-87898538821441912762013-09-06T06:40:53.153-05:002013-09-06T06:40:53.153-05:00Thank you for commenting Bea. And an excellent and...Thank you for commenting Bea. And an excellent and insightful comment it is, too. The trap sure seems potent doesn't it? I just finished a biography of Rod Serling written by his daughter. In it she noted that Mr. Serling had thought that prejudice and racism was the central evil of his time. Well, speciesism and all that it spawns is seemingly the central evil of all time. And a trap that veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-44502126425201444922013-09-05T11:55:42.434-05:002013-09-05T11:55:42.434-05:00It's so true that "othering" is the ...It's so true that "othering" is the prime motivator for all injustices. As if being different always means being inferior. And those with one leg up, external sexual anatomy, or opposable thumbs, are then granted authority to do the most heinous acts. How smugly those "on top" claim... "I am better, so I can do worse". <br /><br />You're so right that the keyBea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.com