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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.16,0:00:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are we vegans so sensitive? Why can’t\Nwe live and let live and allow others their
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.89,0:00:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dietary choice? Why do we get so upset so\Neasily? Can’t we just relax and let go?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.07,0:00:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s the big deal anyway?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.81,0:00:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi it’s Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome\Nto another vegan nugget. This video is for
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.13,0:00:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my non-vegans out there who want to better\Nunderstand us vegans and why we are the way we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.35,0:00:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First off, I want to let you know that there\Nwill be no graphic imagery in this video,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.16,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or really any imagery at all. And second, this\Nvideo is not about making you non-vegans feel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like bad people. I am honestly trying to help\Nyou make the connection that we vegans make
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.72,0:00:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show you the reasons behind our seeming\Nsensitivity and, at times, incomprehensible
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.43,0:00:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unbridled frustration and anger at the\Nway things are.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.36,0:00:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it’s impossible to lump all vegans\Ntogether- each is their own individual who
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.38,0:01:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reacts in their own way. When I say we’re\Nsensitive, I don’t mean weak or overly emotional-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.45,0:01:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m speaking from the outside perspective\Nlooking in, which often portrays us as just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.89,0:01:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do know that I cannot speak for all\Nvegans, nor would I ever attempt to. But I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.74,0:01:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can at least tell you what I see and what\Na great many ethical vegans see. And hopefully
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.87,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this can shed some light onto why we may have\Ndifficulty eating with you or get passionately
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upset about something that to you may seems\Ninsignificant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.61,0:01:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when you go vegan, you take the blinders\Noff and start to get what I think of as x-ray vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.18,0:01:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start to see what’s really going\Non underneath the idyllic lies we’ve unquestioningly bought into.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.25,0:01:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I find it difficult to be around\Nthe consumption of animals and their byproducts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.40,0:01:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s something I’ve lived with my whole\Nlife, as so many of us do,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.31,0:01:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it hasn't gotten easier, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.80,0:01:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here is where you may assume I’m judging\Nyou or that I’m upset by your eating habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.30,0:02:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the real source of my discomfort has nothing\Nto do with you per-se, but the fact that what
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is on your plate was once a life. If you’re\Nnon-vegan, please stay with me through this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.25,0:02:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explanation. Again, this not about me making\Nyou feel like a horrible person. I’m simply
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.53,0:02:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attempting to relay what it is we vegans see\Nand why it is we have trouble around animal products.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.22,0:02:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see a piece of cheese, I can tear up-\Nand that sounds crazy to people. But I don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.50,0:02:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just see a piece of cheese. I see a mother\Nwhose child has been ripped from her moments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.56,0:02:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after birth. I see a baby who’d been relegated\Nto the veal industry and sent for slaughter
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.51,0:02:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he’s 4 months old. I see a mother\Nwhose body is going to give out on her
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.76,0:02:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 years before her natural lifespan because\Nshe’s been raped and impregnated so many
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.33,0:02:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,times- and because she’s had so many children\Nstolen from her that she’s probably just
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.78,0:03:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given up. THAT is what I see when I look\Nat a piece of cheese.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.03,0:03:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So from the outside it may appear inconsiderate\Nor rude that we vegans feel discomfort around
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.40,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-vegan food. But think about it, if you\Ncan, without the trappings of social indoctrination.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.94,0:03:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meat is literally a corpse on a plate- a life,\Nan individual, a sentient being who did not
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.87,0:03:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to die for a meal. Dairy is the product\Nof immense suffering, maternal grief, infant
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.51,0:03:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slaughter, and premature death.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.40,0:03:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eggs are products of overcrowded, horrific\Nconditions, the live suffocation or grinding
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.25,0:03:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up of male chicks on masse, and the premature\Ndeath of layer hens.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.32,0:03:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the reality. And that is what we\Nvegans see with every bite. And yes, we can
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.01,0:03:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become angry, frustrated, livid because it’s\Nso horrifically heartbreaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.57,0:03:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn’t make sense to us that you don’t see it too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.50,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s nothing comfortable about seeing\Npeople you love consuming the bodies of innocent
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.10,0:04:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beings. To my non-vegans out there, I’m\Nsure that sounds borderline absurd and most
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.17,0:04:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely an over-reaction, but bear with\Nme if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.26,0:04:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine seeing someone you love harming a\Nchild or abusing a beloved dog or cat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.67,0:04:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even, god forbid, eating that beloved family\Npet. And, if possible, imagine that this violence
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.20,0:04:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was socially acceptable. That you were the\Nonly one who seemed to think that something was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.34,0:04:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And furthermore, imagine that your\Nloved one who is committing these horrible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.18,0:04:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acts, became defensive and resentful towards\Nyou for having any issue with the matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.87,0:04:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again this may seem an absurd comparison.\NBut what is the distinction we make between
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.85,0:04:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“pet” animals and “edible” animals\Nif not absurd? It’s certainly arbitrary.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.27,0:04:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see vegans feel the same love and compassion\Nand empathy for “food animals” that you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.31,0:05:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do for your pets. And just how comfortable\Nwould you be if your pet took the place of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.50,0:05:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cow, pig or chicken on your plate? How\Nis it we are horrified by cultured that consume
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.16,0:05:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dogs while we continue to consume beings just\Nas valuable and even more intelligent?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.32,0:05:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We vegans no longer see this arbitrary distinction.\NWe value all of these lives equally.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.42,0:05:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So watching the continued enslavement, abuse,\Ntorture and murder of them is often too much
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.05,0:05:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bear. While all of that is conveniently\Nhidden from view and all you see is cheese,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.36,0:05:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,milk, hamburger, pork- what have you- we cannot\Nun-know what we know or un-see what we’ve seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.63,0:05:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your food item, while seemingly innocuous,\Nis to us the end product of real-life horror.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.70,0:05:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see the bloodshed, the struggle, we hear\Ntheir cries, we sense their fear and we feel
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.23,0:06:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their terror. Just as you would for your beloved\Npet if were they put through such horrific treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.89,0:06:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even more so as you would for a human\Nchild subjected to such atrocities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.61,0:06:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference is: we don’t close our eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.46,0:06:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that this explanation has been helpful.\NIf it seemed heavy-handed it’s only because
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.68,0:06:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is all too real and happening all to\Noften. If you are able for a moment to put
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.36,0:06:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yourself in our place and imagine seeing what\Nwe see- even if you yourself don’t believe it-
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.35,0:06:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps that will help you understand\Nwhy we vegans are so sensitive and passionate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.97,0:06:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why we can’t stand idly by.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.62,0:06:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this video reached you at all, please give\Nit a thumbs up and share it around to open
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.81,0:06:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more eyes. To support Bite Size Vegan in continuing\Nthe mission to speak for the animals and open
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Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.03,0:06:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rewards for your support, click on the\NNugget Army icon there or in the link in the
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Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.55,0:07:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awesome vegan content every Monday, Wednesday,\Nand some Fridays. Now go live vegan,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.26,0:07:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open your eyes, and I’ll see you soon!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.14,0:07:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, to decompress after that...really\Nintense nugget...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.12,0:07:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.08,0:07:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Comical honking noise]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.22,0:07:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have trouble connecting with "food\Nanimals" or farm animals, just picture them
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.04,0:07:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having this face. How could you ever do anything\Nto this face?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.72,0:07:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gotta show them your beautiful face. You\Ngotta show them your beautiful face.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.88,0:07:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a good vegan advocate.