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| − | Gary Yourofsky was (and in many ways still is) an immensely influential figure in the Vegan Community, and is credited with converting hundreds of thousands of people to Veganism. He initially started out his activist career by engaging in acts of civil disobedience, however, he eventually abandoned this method of activism in favor of an education-based approach. He gave lectures to tens of thousands of students, with some of them being recorded and becoming viral. His Georgia Tech speech is said to have converted 8% of Israel's population to veganism, and this number doesn't even take into account all the others he's convinced all over the world (as his speeches have been converted into dozens of languages). | + | Gary Yourofsky was (and in many ways still is) an immensely influential figure in the Vegan Community, and is credited with converting hundreds of thousands of people to Veganism. He initially started out his activist career by engaging in acts of civil disobedience, however, he eventually abandoned this method of activism in favor of an education-based approach. He gave lectures to tens of thousands of students, with some of them being recorded and becoming viral. His Georgia Tech speech is said to have converted 8% of Israel's population to veganism (went from 5% to 13%), and this number doesn't even take into account all the others he's convinced all over the world (as his speeches have been converted into dozens of languages). |
While Yourofsky has done more for veganism than almost anyone else, and has influenced many others to go into vegan activism, he is not without his share of faults... and there are many, many to list. | While Yourofsky has done more for veganism than almost anyone else, and has influenced many others to go into vegan activism, he is not without his share of faults... and there are many, many to list. | ||
We can start with the good, but we ''really'' need to address the bad. | We can start with the good, but we ''really'' need to address the bad. | ||
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| + | = The Good = | ||
| + | == Effective Means of Activism == | ||
| + | == Promoting the purchase Vegan alternatives sold by non-vegan companies == | ||
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| + | = The Bad = | ||
| + | == Misanthropy == | ||
| + | == Anti-B12 Supplementation == | ||
| + | == Use of bad arguments == | ||
| + | === Gross-out arguments === | ||
| + | == Not acknowledging recidivism == | ||
| + | == Anti-GMO == | ||
| + | == Failure to recognize Moral Gradience == | ||
| + | == Refusing to eat with non-vegans == | ||
| + | == Condemning people going Vegan for Health Reasons == | ||
| + | == Losing his cool == | ||
| + | == Against Helper Animals == | ||
| + | == Alienating Views on Human Rights == | ||
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| + | = The Very, Very Bad = | ||
| + | == Misanthropy == | ||
| + | == Advocacy of violence == | ||
| + | == Views on Justice == | ||
| + | == Failed career as a rapper == | ||
| + | |||
| + | = The Maybe Bad = | ||
| + | == Holocause Analogy == | ||
| + | == Opposition to animal Welfare Laws == | ||
Revision as of 01:47, 23 May 2021
Gary Yourofsky was (and in many ways still is) an immensely influential figure in the Vegan Community, and is credited with converting hundreds of thousands of people to Veganism. He initially started out his activist career by engaging in acts of civil disobedience, however, he eventually abandoned this method of activism in favor of an education-based approach. He gave lectures to tens of thousands of students, with some of them being recorded and becoming viral. His Georgia Tech speech is said to have converted 8% of Israel's population to veganism (went from 5% to 13%), and this number doesn't even take into account all the others he's convinced all over the world (as his speeches have been converted into dozens of languages).
While Yourofsky has done more for veganism than almost anyone else, and has influenced many others to go into vegan activism, he is not without his share of faults... and there are many, many to list.
We can start with the good, but we really need to address the bad.
Contents
- 1 The Good
- 2 The Bad
- 2.1 Misanthropy
- 2.2 Anti-B12 Supplementation
- 2.3 Use of bad arguments
- 2.4 Not acknowledging recidivism
- 2.5 Anti-GMO
- 2.6 Failure to recognize Moral Gradience
- 2.7 Refusing to eat with non-vegans
- 2.8 Condemning people going Vegan for Health Reasons
- 2.9 Losing his cool
- 2.10 Against Helper Animals
- 2.11 Alienating Views on Human Rights
- 3 The Very, Very Bad
- 4 The Maybe Bad
