This weekend I took a trip to Portland. Like Seattle, Portland is quite vegan and vegetarian conscious, with a plethora of restaurants, grocery stores and even tatoo parlors to accomodate a cruelty-free lifestyle. As wonderful as this all appears, I could not help but open my mind to see how animals are so integrated into our lifestyles.
On the train ride down, I sat in a leather seat.
I bought a shirt, thinking that it was acrylic, when in reality it is made of silk.
The toothpaste that my friend uses was tested on animals at one point.
Fish sauce is heavily used in Thai food, even though a tofu dish without egg is "vegan."
It is incredible and daunting to see these everyday catastrophes. Especially amongst people who do not care, who practically choose to be naive. I do not blame them, what I have learned is terrible. Maybe sane people do not seek how they live their lives unethically? I do oppose this question, but it is troubling to try and live a cruelty-free life when animals are integral to our lives, and not many people are aware.
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