DON’T
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
In A Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens, the Ghost of Christmas Present revealed to Scrooge two frightening
children that clung to his robe. One was a girl named Want, the other a boy
named Ignorance. The ghost said to Scrooge "Beware them both, and
all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see
that written which is Doom unless the writing be erased."
From Donald Trump and his bigoted rants about immigrants stealing American
jobs (immigrants only account for 180,000 job losses-most of these jobs are
jobs no one else wants to do, while jobs sent to China account for 3.2 million
job losses) to B.O.B. declaring the Earth is flat, ignorance is running amok in
this country. As Charles Dickens wrote,
ignorance is dangerous to our society and to our democracy.
The last two elections, we had to listen to ignorant people argue that
global warming isn’t real. Then it was global warming isn’t caused by
humans. These stupid arguments set our
battle against climate change back by decades.
When I debate animal farmers, I will tell them how consuming animals is
destroying our planet and our health. I freely cite my sources. Usually the
farmers will reply that I am wrong. Repeatedly I will ask them for their sources
that prove I am wrong. I never get any.
One farmer even told me “We are our sources. We don’t need any other
sources.” That is the attitude that is destroying our planet and our country.
I am vegan not because I don’t know, but because I do know. I have done the research. I know how animal
agriculture mistreats animals. I know animals are intelligent and deserving of
our respect. I know animal agriculture is destroying our planet and our health.
I have the sources. I do not expect everyone to take my word for it. I would
encourage everyone to do their own research.
Please tear yourself away from the TV for a few minutes a day and read.
No matter how old you get, never stop learning.
PLEASE
READ AND LEARN. LET’S STOMP OUT IGNORANCE.
Resources on health concerns
Resource on cavemen
Resources on environment
Plus, see my previous blog post for a
reading list.
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