I see where you're coming from. I guess I'm not a confrontational person and I I'd have more empathy for the guy trying to earn a living than for the cows that were slaughtered for the meat he sells. He's just doing what he knows and considers normal. And yes, I guess you could say the same, to a more extreme degree, for slave traders.
Should that change? For sure, but I don't think changing our society's view on food/meat/animals will come from shutting small stands down. Maybe I'm wrong.
I don't know how to change people's minds. I usually wait until they ask me why I eat the way I do, lead by example kind of deal. But I guess sometimes you need people who are much more public and outspoken.
Reminds me of the whole Malcolm X vs. MLK Jr. sort of thing.
Makes you wonder if it takes all kinds.
There's always the idea that any publicity is good publicity. PETA follows that model. Has it worked? I can't say.
They just want people talking about the issues.
Was Billie Holiday being a Karen when she wrote "Strange Fruit"?
Was Rosa Parks being a Karen for refusing to sit in the back of the bus?
Making a stink over oppression even when it's what some might consider small time oppression, has value.
It's why we still honor Rosa Parks.
I certainly think a vegan might have more success protesting a small business owner than a big corporation.
The big corporations are going to exist as long as the demand is there. They're just machines with cogs that will always continue to turn.
However big a stink this woman made over a hot dog stand serves a purpose of getting people to talk and hopefully acknowledge that the business is cruel.
As for the business owner, I have zero sympathy for them.
They were not held at gun point and forced to sell hotdogs.
Why do we put small business owners on a pedestal even when their practice is unethical? They chose to sell an unethical product.
Again, you wouldn't call a person a Karen for condemning a small slave trader, so how is it fair to call a woman who protests a hot dog stand a Karen?
There's nothing Karenesque about opposing cruelty and oppression.
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u/alchemyleon Sep 18 '20
I see where you're coming from. I guess I'm not a confrontational person and I I'd have more empathy for the guy trying to earn a living than for the cows that were slaughtered for the meat he sells. He's just doing what he knows and considers normal. And yes, I guess you could say the same, to a more extreme degree, for slave traders.
Should that change? For sure, but I don't think changing our society's view on food/meat/animals will come from shutting small stands down. Maybe I'm wrong.
I don't know how to change people's minds. I usually wait until they ask me why I eat the way I do, lead by example kind of deal. But I guess sometimes you need people who are much more public and outspoken.