Agenda Against Underprivileged People | Veganism and Casteism | Tamil Nadu | Q & A

So you tell Veganism is better Than having meat food and everything What do you mean by better exactly? Better meaning it is ethical Fair enough…I say that yes So when we see history Back in the olden days the same thing happened Those who ate meat where treated as untouchables Poor people who tend to kill animals Poor people who tend to kill animals They were growing animals to kill and eat Because they were untouchables So I do think it is a modern way of political lobby Bringing up Veganism a

gainst non vegetarians Okay can I answer right now? Number 1, you are confusing vegetarianism Brahminical vegetarianism With Veganism Which is why, I don’t know if you noticed in the beginning I said Unlike vegetarianism which is a diet people tend to follow for religious, cultural or spiritual reasons Veganism is not a diet It’s an animal rights cause that exists for the sole purpose of ending violence to all animals Vegans condemn Brahmins Because Brahmins are not Vegans They wear silk Comes f

rom boiling silk worms They happily drink milk, eat curd rice Not to mention vegetarians also eat eggs sometimes Vegetarians for their weddings they use horses They will go to the zoo or circus They don’t care about animals Vegetarianism has nothing to do with animals Vegetarianism and caste what you speak is true, that I agree 100% But you in this position right now are confusing Veganism Along with vegetarianism. Whether you are knowingly doing it or unknowingly doing I don’t know But do you f

irst agree that these 2 are different? Veganism and… So what I am spreading here… But anyways you tell that Veganism is all about Vegetables and it is a modern form of telling that It is a modern form of telling that Veganism is superior than eating meat Let me ask you a question It is bringing in a discrimination And if suppose this spreads up Won’t it create casteism And social issues and create social problems Fair enough, let me answer you So when you saw me speaking here in the beginning B

efore I even mentioned what speciesism is Did you see me here speaking about casteism? You saw me? I mentioned what it is? I mentioned that humans used to behave this way? They will say “I am special, I am superior” Do you think I support casteism or I am against it? What do you think about me personally? Since you know me for 1 hour, what do you think about me? You are neutral - Neutral - Neutral. Fine. So at least I am not harmful So when it comes to…I am not causing any harm to anybody So if

you see a Vegan out there Who is again staying stuff like that then please do condemn them. That is wrong I will never ever say casteism is right. Of course it is 100% wrong. If I am standing here and saying that it is wrong to kill a chicken I very well in my brain understand that you another human are my equal Of course we are equal Now you are looking at it in the wrong way, superior - inferior My point was not to come to the class and say “Oh look at me” “I’m a Vegan and I’m better than all

of you guys” I’m trying to show you the reality of what is happening Which has been hidden from you through marketing I am showing this to you and showing how it is similar to other forms of discrimination If you are someone who has suffered from casteism It is all the more important for you to become Vegan Because you should now realize that you are treating animals the same way you don’t want others to treat you How is there any difference between casteism, sexism, racism, homophobia, species

ism? Either discrimination is wrong or it is right. You cannot pick and choose where it is wrong. I am saying it is wrong. I am against all forms of discrimination Every human in this classroom is an equal Similarly I am not even asking you to think that every animal is an equal I am just asking you to think that an animal’s life is not more important than your taste buds That’s all You don’t have to think an animal is your equal Just please live a life Where you think that they are not more imp

ortant than your tongue, that’s all I am asking you Is that wrong? Okay, one more question is this whole meat industries are on crores and crores of business. You're disturbing it may cause an economic crisis also. So what would be the solution for it? Sure, I'll answer that question. So if you're talking about people who are working in these industries like these farmers who again come from impoverished and underprivileged places, let me talk about that. You see firstly losing a job temporar

ily, again let me finish this fully, hear me out. Losing a job temporarily is not the same as being unemployed forever. When a particular sector is no longer profitable, people will move from this sector to another sector. As we move towards the vegan world, more and more vegan food options will come into play. This does not mean necessarily something like soya meat or soya milk. Even something as simple as grains and dal and fruits and vegetables I'm talking about. This is a slow and gradual

shift in society, very slow gradual shift and not an overnight change that will suddenly lead to a collapse and leave all farmers stranded without money or anything like that. But you have to understand one thing here which you may not like to hear but I have to say it. The farmer is not the victim in this scenario, the animals are. Think of it this way, if a farmer were kidnapping you and your family and trying to sell your organs in the black market and I stopped the farmer, does that mean

that I now have Brahmin agenda, I now have an agenda against farmers? No, it just basically means that I have basic respect and value for your life. The sad thing is that most people feel that animals are not deserving of this very same basic respect and consideration just because they're animals whereas their murderers are just because they are human, speciesism. You see, if saving you meant that a farmer had to go out of business, you would still want me to save your life. Don't you think t

he animals who are right now suffering and dying feel the exact same way? They do. In case you lose a job, you can get another one. If you lose money, you can earn it back. A lost life does not come back. These animals value their lives just as much as you and me value our own. So this is not going to be an immediate change. It will happen slowly. We are basically changing the products on the shelf. We are not changing who is putting it there. The product instead of meat will now be vegan.

That's it. We're just trying to change what product is being put on the shelf. The supply chain will be the same. What is in the chain is only different. People who are working in the chain, they'll still be working. It's just that there will be newer things they'll be working on. That's it. Do you get my point?