| Closing: The Four Most Important Things |
| Fragment from Effective Advocacy of Animal Rights by Bruce Friedrich www.goveg.com OK, I'm almost done, but I want to leave you with the four things that I consider to be most cr ... |
| It's empowering. |
| Everyone wants to see the world become more just and peaceful. Everyone is worried about violence in the streets and in the world and wishes he or she could do something to stop it. I like to talk ab ... |
| It's a matter of integrity. |
| I also talk about basic integrity when people ask me why I'm a vegan: I don't want to pay others to do things to animals that I wouldn't want to do myself. Everyone agrees that cruelty to animals is ... |
| Farmed animals are smart, interesting, and unique individual |
| One of the more common ideas in people's heads is that fish, chickens, and other animals are stupid or unfeeling, so that even in the face of the most lurid description of these animals' suffering, s ... |
| Implement the Carnegie Principles in Every Interaction |
| Finally, please try to use the Carnegie principles in every interaction you have: Dress nicely, be respectful, have a conversation and not a dictation, never lose your cool, and never be rude. These ... |
| Find Common Ground |
| It often happens that we go into an interaction with the idea that we're going to lay out the arguments for veganism, and the other person will simply accept them or not. It will help a lot to move i ... |
| Always Maintain Composure |
| OK, this is easier said than done, and don't beat yourself up too badly if you fail at any of these recommendations on occasion, but do try to keep your cool. If you go off on someone who asks a ques ... |
| Paint a Picture With Your Words |
| Videos and pamphlets are great, but they can't replace your ability to effectively explain the issues. So the first thing to try to do is to get good at painting a picture with your words. Although h ... |
| Remember That All Pro-Meat Arguments Are Rationalizations |
| Nothing that anyone says disproves our fundamental message: “We don't need to eat meat to be healthy, so eating meat causes animals to suffer unnecessarily.” Whether it's “The Bible says we can do it ... |
| Study and Practice |
| If you are in college or high school, please take classes in public speaking and effective communication. For the rest of us, books are written and classes are taught on how we can become successful ... |