Jon Venus: Quitting the Movement, Not the Diet.
06 February 2019 [link youtube]
The Anguish of the Vegan Ex-Vegan. (No, that was not a typo.)
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I am no longer gonna identify myself as
a vegan you know in the beginning I had a lot of strong feelings about this lifestyle in terms of you know me being new to it learning so many things that have no idea about you know the stuff that happens to animals the environment hello your name it was all very shocking to me and I became very passionate about spreading the message that could help me to see things in a different way but you know as you grow and as you understand more aspects of life and as you just develop you realize that there is way more to things that that meets the eye and I think that I allowed people to and I allowed myself to become this you know person that a lot of people point to as being that vegan guy and you know I am vegan I am plant-based whatever kind of label you want to put on me whatever yes that is never gonna change I'm not gonna go back to eating animal products or something but I'm not going to label myself anymore I am no longer gonna identify myself as a vegan and I gotta tell you the last couple of months I've been seeing so many you know people who have decided to give this or to let go of this lifestyle to stop eating a plant-based diet and to eating animal products at the same time I've witnessed so many people and vegans especially attacking these people like crazy and this has happened or you know as long as I can remember right but my my thing was these are hundreds of cows awaiting slaughter and this is what a modern slaughterhouse really looks like [Music] I am no longer gonna identify myself as a vegan [Music]
a vegan you know in the beginning I had a lot of strong feelings about this lifestyle in terms of you know me being new to it learning so many things that have no idea about you know the stuff that happens to animals the environment hello your name it was all very shocking to me and I became very passionate about spreading the message that could help me to see things in a different way but you know as you grow and as you understand more aspects of life and as you just develop you realize that there is way more to things that that meets the eye and I think that I allowed people to and I allowed myself to become this you know person that a lot of people point to as being that vegan guy and you know I am vegan I am plant-based whatever kind of label you want to put on me whatever yes that is never gonna change I'm not gonna go back to eating animal products or something but I'm not going to label myself anymore I am no longer gonna identify myself as a vegan and I gotta tell you the last couple of months I've been seeing so many you know people who have decided to give this or to let go of this lifestyle to stop eating a plant-based diet and to eating animal products at the same time I've witnessed so many people and vegans especially attacking these people like crazy and this has happened or you know as long as I can remember right but my my thing was these are hundreds of cows awaiting slaughter and this is what a modern slaughterhouse really looks like [Music] I am no longer gonna identify myself as a vegan [Music]