Doing Nice Things Makes You a Fake Vegan
A (vegan) woman and Twitter user gave a little girl some money for ice cream when she didn't have enough, but some other vegan guy told her that she was a fake vegan for doing so.
If I saw a kid who couldn't buy ice cream, I'd do the exact same thing. Kids are usually told not to accept food from strangers, but giving them money for food alleviates that concern. This lady wasn't posting GIFs of cooking meat in a completely sane thread of vegan tips. She was just trying to do something nice for a child. We need more of that in the world because children latch onto moments like this and carry them into adulthood whether they realize it or not. Who knows? Maybe this child will grow up to be a better, happier person. But what does Anthony Dagher care if she didn't get vegan ice cream?
On his Twitter, Dagher calls other users "animal-abusing morons" and "morally weak" for defending the woman's decision to give a child a few bucks for ice cream. What's so morally weak about forking over a couple dollars to make a child happy and grateful? When I scrolled down a little further, I found inspirational Tweets about accepting one's imperfections and trying to build character. However, those improvements apparently don't apply to non-vegans because they only want to justify animal abuse.
The dairy industry is not the best situation for an animal, but it isn't the worst thing out there, especially not when compared with using abusive labor practices in making plant products. Cashew farmers suffer from caustic burns from handling the layers that lie within the hard shell of the nut. Coffee farmers are forced to work for 40 to 60 hours with no minimum wage. Asparagus farmers in Peru can't afford to feed their children. Pretentious activist-type vegans are not only obnoxious but downright hypocritical.
Workplace horrors aside, that child could be allergic to tree nuts, soy, or other things found in vegan ice cream. If she isn't, it's still not a problem. Doing a nice thing for someone shouldn't always be loaded with political connotations. Chances are, Dagher doesn't even care about "the innocent" as he so claims and just wants to yell at people on the Internet. Maybe he should join Steemit so his ranting could rake in some cash--at least enough for some vegan ice cream.
Sources and Photos:
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2016/07/20/stop-calling-vegan-food-cruelty-free/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa
https://twitter.com/7AnthonyDagher7