How To Talk Turkey
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org
FROM
pattrice Jones,
VINE Sanctuary - Veganism Is the Next Evolution
November 2018
pattrice Jones offers a few tips on “talking turkey” this Thanksgiving.
At this time of year, many people struggle to figure out how to tell friends
and relatives why they will not, or cannot, sit and smile at a table laden
with the dead body of a turkey. Many also wrestle with the renewed
realization that people they love are capable of callous cruelty, seeming to
value the fleeting pleasure of the taste or texture of turkey flesh more
highly than not only the life of the bird but also their relationship with
the friend or relative who is begging them to be more kind.
Let me be clear: I do not have an easy answer for you. But I did have a
little success with this post to my not-yet-vegan Facebook friends last
year. (Several of the people I had in mind while writing let me know that
they had seen and read it and were thinking seriously about it.) I also know
a thing or two about how people can more effectively communicate with people
they care about while in the grip of intense emotion. So, let me offer a few
tips on “talking turkey” this Thanksgiving...
To read the entire article, go to How To Talk Turkey.
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