Comments on: Saudi Blogger Gets Death Threats for Quitting a Vegan Diet

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:26:35 +0000

I am coming into this a little late. But I have been vegan for almost ten years and am just researching, for myself, on going back to be a vegetarian.

This is in direct reply to All-Vegan’s post.

1. Many people I personally know fear vegan retribution if they “sell out”. I have seen a little more than a dozen people physically attacked enough they had to go a hospital because in the attackers words after it happened “They sold out.” If she said she received death threats, I’m pretty sure she actually did.

2. You missed Tasha’s most damnable point against veganism. The ecosystems that we rely on for our food are being destroyed by monoculture farming. Grains, soy, and corn are practically tearing apart the top soil that some time from now our agricultural land will be desert; just like the middle east. Most if not all vegans (including most if not all meat-eaters also) support such farming. We are supporting the inevitable end of the world, where not only millions of animals that rely on those ecosystems will die, but we will also.

I find it morally superior to go and take a fish out of lake, or go to a local family ran and own farm for some goat cheese, that continuing to support an agricultural practice that will wipe off most animals from this planet if not stopped. Most vegans, believing they are being ethical in their choices by eating soy and other grains instead of other foods from local, family sources, are actually harming not only the animals, but humans more.

In general ;p

By: Hannah Katsman

Hannah Katsman — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:42:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing your theory, All-Vegan. Anything is possible, I suppose.

By: All-Vegan

All-Vegan — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:12:39 +0000

Personally I do not buy it. I did not know about Voracious Vegan/eats until her lengthy diatribe describing how she rediscovered how wonderful meat eating was. Well that is all well and good except for the inconsistencies. She says she was sickly and had no energy, but if you go back and read some earlier posts she brags about how much energy she has. She says that her first non vegan meal was a steak, but in her follow up rant about how everyone is being mean to her, she claims that she started eating a little cheese then worked up to an egg and finely to meat. Lastly I do not believe she has gotten death threats. The idea of Vegans sending death threats to anyone is on its face laughable. What! I’m going to kill you and your whole family because you have a different diet from me? ridiculous! Actually I suffered through all the replies to her blog and the majority of them are from meat eaters commending her for her choice. The minority of critical posts were respectful and also soundly attacked by the pro meat posters for their views. don’t believe me go read it for yourself. Here’s what I think, I think she saw how much attention Lierre Keith was getting with The Vegetarian Myth and decided she could do the same. Well that is exactly what has happened isn’t it. She comes out with an anti vegan rant, says she is being attacked and the whole meat eating world rushes to her defense. Dozens of blogs post articles with headlines like “Saudi Blogger Gets Death Threats for Quitting a Vegan Diet” and she becomes famous overnight. She will undoubtedly continue to write about her oppression and probably write a book about her experiences escaping the “vegan cult”