Recently there has been a great interest to figure out who vegangster is. That can be answered very simply:
I’m your worst nightmare if you are a hypocrite. I’m your best friend if you want to make a difference in this world and be the best human you can be.
HUMANS ARE ANIMALS.
THE HIERARCHY IS ONLY A HUMAN CONCEPT. A CEREBRAL CORTEX SHOULD MAKE US MORE THOUGHTFUL; NOT SIMPLY MAKE US MORE IMPORTANT.
Question authority. Question your allegiances. Shoot the SHIT that is all around you.
It is now time to question your value systems. If you consider yourself compassionate, it may be time to revisit the definition:
Compassion |kəmˈpa sh ən|:
noun, “Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others: the victims should be treated with compassion. See note at mercy.”
So I decided to dig deeper, and to put mercy here as well:
Mercy |ˈmərsē|:
noun ( pl. -cies) “Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm : the boy was screaming and begging for mercy.”
Funny thing; when I looked up these two words, I didn’t see ONE mention of “others” or “someone” indicating only HUMANS.
Violence will never cease to exist as long as we consider it acceptable to be violent to other species. It is pointless to discuss campaigns of non violence toward humans, when we are brutal to the most innocent of beings who depend on us, who cannot defend themselves, and who cannot scream NO in the human language. Putting an end to all violence begins with the weakest, and those at our mercy. Needless acts of violence are committed daily (numbering over 25 Million per day) against non human animals for human vanity, needless human gluttony, needless research and needless testing which saves no human lives; whilst giving up eating animal carcasses and other animals’ babies’ milk could spare billions of non human animals a life of misery and murder, and would spare many human animals a life of suffering and premature death.
*TAKE NOTE ALL YOU PEOPLE SEARCHING SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHO VEGANGSTER IS, BECAUSE NOW I WILL TELL YOU
I am an ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRACTITIONER. I am a man who cares deeply and passionately about peace and justice, and try to live by these principles in all aspects of my life. I have studied women’s issues, and consider myself to lean more toward the feminist state of mind than the patriarchal. I cannot control if I step on a bug, or if a bird hits my windshield, but I can make the ethical choice to not support the breeding, enslavement, rape, abuse, torture, and murder of billions of animals. I have zero tolerance for know it alls, human-centrism, speciesists, apathy, ego-manics, selfishness, mega-consumers, bullies, laziness, excuse makers, denial, religious fanatics, people who care only about issues that directly pertain to their own lives, talk without action, talk without knowledge, or violence. (especially toward those who cannot defend themselves) Choosing to take the life of another is murder. It is my wish that individuals and institutions who play “god” all be imprisoned permanently. I think about how my existence and choices impact others and the planet. I practice what I preach. I will help anyone who asks. ALL beings are precious to me.
SPECIESISM – “A prejudice or bias in favour of the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species.” – Peter Singer
If an “angry vegan” is enough of a reason for you to reject veganism, is it safe for me to assume that an “angry anti-war activist” would make you PRO war? Would an “angry anti-pedophilia” campaign director make you PRO pedophilia? Would an “angry anti-rape campaigner upset you to the point that you would be PRO rape? Would an “angry anti violence” activist make you LIKE violence? Then I have to assume that your continued decision to choose cruelty over compassion is because YOU are a cruel person. Veganism is NOT about vegans; never has been; and NEVER will be. (Paraphrased from Davegan. Thank you to him)
Human centrism, or speciesism, will cause the destruction of our species and others, and the planet on which we live. Other creatures have just as much right to be on this planet as humans, but are losing the battle for space because, like in everything else, humans are UNABLE to control themselves. It’s time to think before we continue making so many humans that there is NO room for other animals. I will never advocate for all other creatures on this planet to live in human designed reservations or zoos because they cannot live in their own natural habitat due to HUMAN OVERPOPULATION. Loving all beings as I do, I want all creatures great and small to live a healthy and happy life, and to have opportunity. This is impossible if human animals continue procreating without thinking of the repercussions. Right now we are destroying the planet. This planet is FINITE. Take responsibility for your actions.
I want to share information with people that they would not otherwise get through mainstream media, or, through discourse in their personal and professional lives. I am not afraid to discuss subjects that are taboo. I am not afraid of offending people with knowledge. If people’s sensibilities are hurt, they should go visit a slaughterhouse, a shelter, or a nursing home. I want people to stop believing what the idiot box, billboards, their churches, their parents, their bosses, and their friends tell them. I want people to trust their gut, question authority, the status quo, and their own biases, and not behave like little neo nazi corporate drones. I truly want to respect and admire more humans; and that can only happen if they let go of apathy and complacency, begin thinking of others aside from their own inner circles, and use the brains they were given.
The time to act is NOW before we completely destroy the world on which we live. Please be silent no more. Please do not be afraid of telling the truth. Being polite and politically correct will not help anyone, and will not save our world. Please be the change you want to see. You must act now. Please let go of being concerned with appearances and continually being concerned with your own personal pleasure and enjoyment; especially at the expense of the lives of others, when you can make a choice not to. Please stop making excuses to justify behaviors that either you or those you love participate in because you cannot face the consequences of the possible loss of friendships or loved ones. Being silent because of fear of rejection is not honorable. Please do not protect big industry. It’s not too late to stop these habits, and it should not stop there, but you should also educate and empower others to follow suit.
I created this site in order to “shoot” the system lies created by mostly white, and mostly men. I want to shoot the shit that has penetrated into people’s minds; shoot it into tiny fragments that decrease over and over in size until finally, their molecular structure is broken apart, the size of the shit molecules with which they bombard us are so miniscule that they once and for all disappear in our minds; allowing us to think clearly, to think compassionately, to think about others aside from just ourselves.
I spend many hours of my time dedicated to the creation of this project. I am doing it in the hopes that some people will open their minds and hearts, and will search through the information vegangster offers, and also visit other sites to which I have linked. I did not create vegangster.org for me. I don’t do this for money. This website is not about me. This website is not ABOUT being vegan. This website is about TRUTH. I’ts about INTEGRITY. It’s about HONESTY. It’s about COMPASSION. It’s about busting the advertising, health care and agriculture industry LIES wide open. It’s about giving information so people can CHANGE. I am spreading the word about the suffering of billions of animals; mostly non human. They are NOT here for OUR use. I am poppin’ a cap in the ass of the system. I am SICK of lies. I am an ARNP. I will not be silenced. Let vegangsterARNP BLOW your mind.
YOU SHOULD BE LESS CONCERNED WITH WHO I AM, AND MORE CONCERNED WITH WHO THE HELL YOU ARE; MEANING, DO YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR VALUES YOU CLAIM TO HAVE?
Love the necklace.
“There comes a time when the operation of the machine is so odious that you cannot even tacitly participate, You’ve got to place your bodies on the gears, the wheels, all the mechanism. And you’ve got to indicate to those who own it and those who run it, that unless we are free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” utah phillips
I saw Utah Phillips speak before he died.
You da MAN!!!!! greetings from a fellow vegan to the death, animal rights ACTIVIST clinical nurse, no hypocrasy here – however nursing those that get sick from lifestlye choices well ….
I HEAR THAT.
donna, why when i click on your name does it take me to this website? “Selectively Bred ~ Quality St Bernards”? i won’t even do you the favor of re-posting your website’s link here.
i foresee your argument already. you hate puppy mills, as indicated on your shoddy website. you tell yourself you’re pushing puppy mills out of business by producing purebreds in the comfort of your own trailer?
according to the HSUS website, “The HSUS estimates that animal shelters care for 6-8 million dogs and cats every year in the United States, of whom approximately 3-4 million are euthanized.”
you’re not doing the world any favors by making money while exploiting st. bernards. every dog you sell = a dog who dies in a shelter. tell me you are spaying and neutering your 8wk old puppies before you sell them to people you don’t really know? or are you flippantly contributing to future generations of purebreds?
at least you claim you’re “vegan to the death.” but then again, i don’t think you really understand what being vegan means.
OH my…. I didn’t see that link to her website… that is sick. REALLY people.. how can a person claim to be vegan and be BREEDING OTHER SPECIES? DAMN hypocrite ignormuses
wow, how presumptuous, we breed rarely, all are neutered and that is enforced and I MEAN enforced, if the owners cannot keep them they come back to us – no negotiation on that either. Make money? that did make me laugh, our saints are placed in carefully chosen homes or they stay with us. I actually hate it, our last litter was 4 years ago. Yes the web site is out of date and I don’t care about that too much. I understand fully what being vegan means and we do advocate that people should get their companion animals from shelters. We take in animals from kill shelters that Best Friends Animal Rescue save if they don’t have enough foster homes. We care for them out of our own pocket and are happy to do so. We do what we can with the least harm possible. This website and what you are doing is highly admirable but adopting such antagonistic approach to those that visit this site and leave comments may only serve to undermine the cause. Please don’t spit H”$USS” stats at me when the posturing gits on their 6 digit incomes don’t really save or change much in the way of anything. If you are unclear about what I am referring to just ask Bob Linden. And H”$USS” is irrelevant to me as I live in Australia. However I am a member of PeTA. We have Animals Australia here and they are very pro-active esp with the live transport issue. My mentor was Dr Andrew Knight BVM, you may have heard of him. He spoke at the 2011 Animal Rights Convention. His greatest concern right now is the use of sentients in animal research. He came to our home on several occasions and was comfortable with what he saw. We thank him daily for not being concerned about the height of his cupcakes, but instead he loaned us videos and literature about how our food is produced and the whole family including my mother were staunch vegans within 24 hours and we have been that way for 13 years now. We still keep in contact. He had no pets and I could not understand at that time why if he cared about animals so much. I did “get it” eventually. I have, through education and not bitching about my cupcakes either turned 6 other people vegan. Some people want pedigree dogs, that is just the way it is. We sent a saint puppy to the USA because that lovely family in their own words could not find what they classed to be an ethical breeder in their own country, what a grim statement. We have never had one of our saints in a pound and never will, we are that militant. I know its a dichotomy of sorts, it concerns me greatly so please don’t dismiss people when you don’t know enough to come to an incorrect conclusion. I have no need to justify myself to you, especially in view of your outlandish claims, assumptions and statements. I am comfortable in my own skin. Take a closer look at the website, its not shoddy, its not for puppy sales its a historical testament and tribute to our healthy, happy, much loved, protected and outstanding quality family members, our saints. Our latest family addition is BessePig, a little feral piglet destined to be set loose and hunted by dogs for fun, she has turned our lives and home (she lives in the house as do the saints and the rescued cats and rabbits) upside down but like I said we do what we can and cause no harm and I sleep peacefully in that knowledge. I am no less a moral crusader than either of you so please don’t attack your own, that is the very reason why animal rights has failed for so long and will continue to do so if there is no alliance. BTW food can be a great lure for change as well as sharing information. I make crappy cup cakes but awesome cakes and peanut butter fudge.
Donna, you’re comment is defensive, it’s a complete mess to read, and I can do no more than skim it. VeganvengeancePA sent me the link, and I didn’t like that that someone was promoting breeding of ANY animals. That’s about it!
Oh I don’t think so unless I have lost my literary skills, maybe a bit verbose but I have the right to defend myself with the facts, just because you have been presumptuous initially does not change the facts. Of course as is the way of human nature you will defend your standpoint, so don’t lecture about ego’s without first examining your own, I thought you were smarter than that.
hey donna, I am not defending anything, except HUMANS not using, eating, breeding, wearing, exploiting other species. That’s about it Donna. If you aren’t doing those things, then I don’t know what you are concerned about. I don’t care what you think about my intelligence furthermore. My ego is miniscule. As you would know if you had gone through my website, I LIVE my life helping others, and care not for unimportant things, of which one is this continual banter with you. If you have an issue about your website linked on here, You should take it up with VeganvengeancePA who put up the link, and spend more time yourself doing things for others, instead of creating more drama and problems. NO more of your comments shall be approved. Please I suggest you do not waste more time, as there are more important things to do. The more you talk, the more knuckle dragging you sound.
I found your site after seeing you linked to my blog posts about “ex-vegans”. Nice to meet you! I’ve been reading some of the content of your blog and it’s great!
Yes… the ex vegans.. right! Hey, i was thinking about starting to be a cruel person again, thinking only of myself….. NOT. vegan for LIFE, and it’s only the least one can do….