{"id":1614,"date":"2013-09-10T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T15:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-creatures.org\/blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2013-09-10T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T15:07:58","slug":"standing-bullying-psychological-sadism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-creatures.org\/blog\/standing-bullying-psychological-sadism\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing up to Bullying and Psychological Sadism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standing up to Bullying and Psychological Sadism<\/h2>\n
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Lamb of God<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We have found that most ethical vegans and animal rights people also generally care about other people and the environment; this is especially true about those who have a religious foundation, and this seems to make them more vulnerable to bullying and psychological sadism.<\/p>\n

An example of this is Ligia, who is an ethical vegan who frequently corresponds with us. She wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo weeks ago. I was so offended.<\/p>\n

I had another incident at work on Friday. Although this has nothing to do with food, it has to do my ethical vegan values.<\/p>\n

I try to avoid all use of plastic and I try to educate people in this matter wherever I go, so I ask everybody to give me their plastic bottles, bags, etc. There is a woman (one of the ones who was laughing about my food) who is totally against recycling.<\/p>\n

One day when I asked her to collect all her plastic bottles for me, literally, told me she does not give a ^%$#. I tried to be reasonable and explain that this is the planet we are bequeathing to next generations (she has 3 kids), but I felt I was talking to a wall.<\/p>\n

Last week I was walking by a woman who had 3 plastic bags on her desk and I told her that before she would throw them out, I would take them with me to be recycled. The other women overheard it and a few minutes later, I heard how she and other women were laughing at me.<\/p>\n

That will not stop me from doing the right thing, but sometimes I feel I am being bullied. Between my food (the other day somebody told me I eat \u201cfunky stuff\u201d) and my saving-recycling habits, I feel that people look at me like I am out of this planet. Sometimes it is hard to be \u201cnormal\u201d in an \u201cabnormal\u201d world, but I don\u2019t give up, because one day a friend told me: \u2018you never know when you will inspire somebody\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ligia has the correct attitude.<\/p>\n

As a witness to the world around her, Ligia is standing up against bullying and psychological sadism.<\/p>\n

It seems as though good people become the prey of the evil in this world.<\/p>\n

This is reflected in what Jesus wrote in John 15:19.<\/p>\n

19. \u201cIf you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.\u201d
\nNASB<\/p>\n

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