Congratulations, Wayne, for your capacity to learn from mistakes made and, rather than lie about the results, to help disseminate the intelligence gained from your experience. That’s how it is supposed to work, my friend.
As always, you never cease to amaze me. Your ability to see things from all sides and to be humble in your righteousness are such extraordinary qualities, hardly ever seen, especially today. Thank you and may you always go from strength to strength, as they say in the UK (I'm not even remotely affiliated with the UK but I always liked that expression haha).
I upgraded today because of the May 13 "I Was Wrong..." article by Wayne. I hope this becomes an inspiration for other supporters and workers in the field. As a retired teacher on a very limited retirement income, I am very limited in my ability to contribute to animal welfare, but I want to thank DxE for their heroic work. I wish everyone thought like Wayne.
Bravo for your deep and nuanced approach to extremely complex ethical and social change issues. I believe that All approaches in the animal rights movement, even if they defer in some ways, help us move towards a more humane world. They are All needed as they each address different aspects of the same fight and appeal to different types of individuals. Congratulations for underscoring the huge value of building bridges as opposed to flinging mud.
I think you published your best post ever today...
The part about "strategic collaboration, rather than conflict" specifically is a paradigm shift not only AR but so many other social justice movements could benefit from
I can imagine anyone who has been in cage-free farms and seen and heard the pain and suffering that the animals are forced to endure day in and day out would make you want to put a stop to it right then and there and free the animals. In the moment it would be hard to accept that mere baby steps gradually bettering the lives of the animals is heading in the right direction even though it may take years to achieve the ultimate goal of animal liberation. It's a wise and selfless person who can see and admit that they could have handled things differently which may mean falling short of personal goals and beliefs but would ultimately strengthen and grow the community to fight the horrors of animal abuse together. Strength in numbers and common ground.
I agree - most of all as it gave a blanket condemnation, rather than seeing that the issue was not cage-free farms, but how these farms were run - and that many people were learning. I know a bunch of people with a small amount of hens (cage-free, of course). I especially appreciate people who raise chickens in this way.
Thank you so much for writing this. I've noticed yet more infighting erupting over vegans advising people to try Just Egg in response to egg prices, so I finally ditched social media (with very few exceptions, such as this and a couple other substacks). We simply can't make the difference we want to make for animals if we're so absorbed in telling each other how misguided we are. I'm not sure why we thought we'd be off the hook from synthesizing rights and welfare together in order to gain lasting ground in our movement. I wish more than anything there was another way but that'd be magical thinking. Not to be pretentious but the heartbreaking cannibalism in factory farms is something I feel we're perfectly capable of replicating socially amongst ourselves, and I'm always wondering how it affects our rescues emotionally. Don't we owe it to them to be good to each other? By the way, the recipe for Just Egg was really and truly cracked and here's the most precise and up-to-date version of it. (Feel free to tell me to delete the link if you feel it detracts from your post.) https://greenboyproducts.com/blogs/news/just-like-egg-mung-bean-egg-scramble
It takes a big man to admit a mistake. Little men never do. The fundamental issue here that seems often to be forgotten is whether veganism is one of several paths towards making the lives of animals better or is it a be-all/end-all cult that demands immediate and total obeisance to its millennialist objectives.
Yes, cage free is a myth that feeds the monster. Animals suffer in our supply chain no matter what the rules and regs. Plant-based heals them, our Earth, our souls and our bodies.
Congratulations, Wayne, for your capacity to learn from mistakes made and, rather than lie about the results, to help disseminate the intelligence gained from your experience. That’s how it is supposed to work, my friend.
I hope you write a “how-to” book on social movements one day
As always, you never cease to amaze me. Your ability to see things from all sides and to be humble in your righteousness are such extraordinary qualities, hardly ever seen, especially today. Thank you and may you always go from strength to strength, as they say in the UK (I'm not even remotely affiliated with the UK but I always liked that expression haha).
I upgraded today because of the May 13 "I Was Wrong..." article by Wayne. I hope this becomes an inspiration for other supporters and workers in the field. As a retired teacher on a very limited retirement income, I am very limited in my ability to contribute to animal welfare, but I want to thank DxE for their heroic work. I wish everyone thought like Wayne.
Bravo for your deep and nuanced approach to extremely complex ethical and social change issues. I believe that All approaches in the animal rights movement, even if they defer in some ways, help us move towards a more humane world. They are All needed as they each address different aspects of the same fight and appeal to different types of individuals. Congratulations for underscoring the huge value of building bridges as opposed to flinging mud.
I really love your humility and desire to build bridges.
Powerful, thanks!
I think you published your best post ever today...
The part about "strategic collaboration, rather than conflict" specifically is a paradigm shift not only AR but so many other social justice movements could benefit from
Inspiring piece. Thank you for showing us a way to move beyond anger to effective collaboration.
I can imagine anyone who has been in cage-free farms and seen and heard the pain and suffering that the animals are forced to endure day in and day out would make you want to put a stop to it right then and there and free the animals. In the moment it would be hard to accept that mere baby steps gradually bettering the lives of the animals is heading in the right direction even though it may take years to achieve the ultimate goal of animal liberation. It's a wise and selfless person who can see and admit that they could have handled things differently which may mean falling short of personal goals and beliefs but would ultimately strengthen and grow the community to fight the horrors of animal abuse together. Strength in numbers and common ground.
I agree - most of all as it gave a blanket condemnation, rather than seeing that the issue was not cage-free farms, but how these farms were run - and that many people were learning. I know a bunch of people with a small amount of hens (cage-free, of course). I especially appreciate people who raise chickens in this way.
You never cease to amaze me, Wayne. Thank you for sharing this. You inspire me!
Thank you so much for writing this. I've noticed yet more infighting erupting over vegans advising people to try Just Egg in response to egg prices, so I finally ditched social media (with very few exceptions, such as this and a couple other substacks). We simply can't make the difference we want to make for animals if we're so absorbed in telling each other how misguided we are. I'm not sure why we thought we'd be off the hook from synthesizing rights and welfare together in order to gain lasting ground in our movement. I wish more than anything there was another way but that'd be magical thinking. Not to be pretentious but the heartbreaking cannibalism in factory farms is something I feel we're perfectly capable of replicating socially amongst ourselves, and I'm always wondering how it affects our rescues emotionally. Don't we owe it to them to be good to each other? By the way, the recipe for Just Egg was really and truly cracked and here's the most precise and up-to-date version of it. (Feel free to tell me to delete the link if you feel it detracts from your post.) https://greenboyproducts.com/blogs/news/just-like-egg-mung-bean-egg-scramble
It takes a big man to admit a mistake. Little men never do. The fundamental issue here that seems often to be forgotten is whether veganism is one of several paths towards making the lives of animals better or is it a be-all/end-all cult that demands immediate and total obeisance to its millennialist objectives.
Yes, cage free is a myth that feeds the monster. Animals suffer in our supply chain no matter what the rules and regs. Plant-based heals them, our Earth, our souls and our bodies.
This is classic Wayne: thoughtful, creative, and reflective.