Tag Archives: truth

On ‘personal choice’ and trying to be a ‘popular’ vegan

Posted on November 13, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I’m sure we’ve all heard – or maybe even used at some time – the tired old assertion about ‘my personal choice’? My first hearing was when it was actually snarled at me through gritted teeth by a former … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, consumer demand, Global disasters | Tagged animal rights, climate disaster, diet, disaster, ecological disaster, end of life as we know it, extremism, famine, fire, flood, Flooding, food shortage, human superiority, justice, moral choices, personal, personal choice, planetary collapse, plant-based, speciesism, truth, victims, violence, wildfires | 5 Comments

Veganism; ‘militant’, ‘strict’, ‘extreme’ – or just honest?

Posted on January 4, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I have heard it said that ‘militant’ members of the community ‘scare off’ people from becoming vegan with ‘strict guidelines.’ I have found living vegan to be the easiest, most consistent, most nonviolent way to live that I could possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Uncategorized | Tagged animal rights, honesty, justice, militant, nonveganism, strict, strict guidelines, truth, veganism, violence | 3 Comments

Thoughts about diluting the animal rights message

Posted on September 11, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

For a moment, please imagine if you will, that this page were to highlight something horrific being done to humans, something such as torture, sexual violation, or forced labour. Imagine an article describing men, women and children, families and friends … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Speciesism | Tagged animal rights, forced labour, Human rights, sexual violation, social media, speciesism, Torture, truth, victimisation, violation | 3 Comments

Compassion, kindness and love; not what we need to ask for

Posted on November 25, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The words ‘kindness’, ‘compassion’, and ‘love’ are not what we should be asking for when advocating for the rights of our victims. I can almost hear the gasps of indignation and keyboards warming up already, but please bear with me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Terminology | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, bred for eggs, cheese, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, compassionate, consumer demand, dairy, honest, kind, kindness, milk, other people, property, property status, recognition of their rights, resources, respect, responsibility, rights, sentience, sincere, slaughter, stop, subjective, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 9 Comments

On trusting experts

Posted on November 16, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When we are new to the world, parents and carers feed and clothe us. Most of us have little idea what we are eating, drinking, wearing or using. As children we lack even the ability to grasp the brutality of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, consumer demand | Tagged breast milk, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, dairy, egg-laying hens, expert, gore, harm, health, hens, humane, justice, milk, money, slaughter, slaughterhouse, trust, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfare | 9 Comments

Staying true – more thoughts on ‘reducing suffering’

Posted on August 31, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

More and more often I see comments from those who for some reason identify themselves as vegans, comments in which they are approving the most astonishing levels of violence and brutality to the defenceless individuals that veganism is sworn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Harm reduction | Tagged death, extremism, extremist, foetal bovine serum, harm, honest, less use, pragmatism, realistic, reducing, reduction, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, suffering, true, truth, unequivocal, unpopular | 2 Comments

Nothing less than veganism

Posted on August 16, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Last night was a landmark for There’s an Elephant in the Room on Facebook. Becoming vegan August 2012, when I first became vegan, began a time of discovery; a new age in an unfamiliar landscape. Most new vegans will have … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism, Festivals | Tagged advocacy, awakening, ethics, harm, justice, nonviolence, petitions, rights, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 9 Comments

Not ‘chicken’. Chickens. Individuals.

Posted on July 29, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The word ‘chicken’ has come to represent a cooking ingredient. Despite – or perhaps because of – a world where information has never been easier to discover, those with vested interest in making money from using animals, and the powerful … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Advocacy | Tagged advertising, chicken, chickens, commodities, consumer demand, freedom, harm, humane, infants, life, mortuary, resources, rights, sentience, slaughter, truth, veganism, victims, violence, welfare | 2 Comments

Thinking about things other people do

Posted on July 13, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When confronted with information about what is done to members of other species at the hands of our own species, have you ever caught yourself saying, ‘at least things like that don’t happen here’? I know that in the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, consumer demand, welfare | Tagged breast milk, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, milk, myths, not here, other people, others, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare | 14 Comments

‘Surely taking milk and eggs doesn’t kill?’ – FAQ

Posted on July 9, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There are many who persist in the notion that taking milk and eggs from other individuals does not result in their deaths. It’s an assertion that’s frequently seen on social media and it simply could not be more incorrect. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens and eggs, dairy, FAQ | Tagged breast milk, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, death, harm, lactation, milk, sentience, slaughter, truth, vegan, victims, violence | 12 Comments