You are misrepresenting Gary Francione and the Abolitionist Approach.
E.g. this is supported: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/emergency-at-peaceful-prairie-sanctuary/
His books and teachings has inspired thousands of people to go vegan. Regularly there are testimonials on his Facebook-page from people going vegan.
Resuce of animals from animal shelters is regularly advocated (legal adoption, not violent illegal rescue: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/veganism-and-nonviolence/).
Steven Best is completely misrepresenting the Abolitionist Approach and the approach to vegan education.
Quote:"If he's not actually on the payroll of the meat and dairy and egg industry or on the FBI - he ought to be because he's doing the job for them."
Incredible. It is not ethical to slander another person - that is violence towards another persons character. The statement is totally false.
Posting articles like this in Philadelphia Daily_ http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/links/p3906/michael-vick.pdf ; spreading many vegan posters every week from his Facebook-page directly aimed at non-vegans;
waking the consciousness of friends and strangers he meets daily...
" his influence is diminishing"???
His message growing all the time, more and more people sharing Abolitionist Approach-posters. More and more educating their community by vegan stalls. More and more people going vegan.
In this interview Gary Francione comments on Steven Best's approach: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/pdf/Gary_Francione_Animal_Voices2.pdf
Some more comments:
Divisive?? Just showing the great divide between different approaches:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/there-is-nothing-invisible-about-the-ideology-of-animal-exploitation/
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/animal-rights-animal-welfare-and-the-slavery-analogy/#.UYlmX8qiG1Q
Why no single issue-protests? Why dedicate all of ones time to vegan education, and adopting animals from animal shelters:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/single-issue-campaigns-and-in-human-nonhuman-contexts/#.UYllrcqiG1Q
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/upcoming-abolitionist-approach-podcast-on-effective-animal-rights-advocacy-a-preview/#.UYlnaMqiG1Q
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I wouldn't spread a speech that contains such a violent rhetoric against another group of vegans. I think substantiative criticism is okay, but not judging and misrepresenting people and their methods, and to paint a picture which distorts the true and complete picture.
One of several misrepresentations by Steven Best:
"To be an Abolitionist means to do no nothing constructive."
Gary Franciones books and teachings has inspired thousands of people to go vegan. Regularly there are testimonials on his Facebook-page from people going vegan.
Resuce of animals from animal shelters is regularly advocated and encouraged (legal adoption)
I have inspired many people to go vegan and to work towards becoming vegan. I know many other Abolitionist who are doing and have doing the same.
And I can go on, and on...
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24.05.2012:
I wrote some about the misrepresentations by Steven Best in my blog post. I also updated it. Steven Best is not trying to understand the Abolitionist Approach.
Abolitionist Approach are educating people why 'happy exploitation'-campaigns by 'Animal advocate'-organizations is morally wrong and counter productive, and they critize organizations that don't hold to veganism as a moral baseline [1]. And then some people call e.g. this for 'attacks' and call this for being 'divisive'. Everything is so generalizing, he doesn't take any time at all to explain what exactly Abolitionist approach critizes and why they do so, and why he is against this.
The Abolitionist Approach are critizeing these campaigns because they are creating moral confusion in people, and they are making it harder for people to understand the necessity of going vegan, and because such campaigns are morally wrong. The campaigns are perpetuating the myth that you can exploit 'compassionately' and that some animal use is morally justifiable.
He is creating the impression that Abolitionist Approach are doing nothing and are just being counter-productive, and are serving the animal exploitation industry through their methods.
He creates an erroneous characterization and he attacks this characterization.
1. See this article: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-paradigm-shift-requires-clarity-about-the-moral-baseline-veganism/#.UZ9HMZxc18E
1. See this article: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-paradigm-shift-requires-clarity-about-the-moral-baseline-veganism/#.UZ9HMZxc18E
Rebuttal of the claim that pacificsm and the Abolitionist Approach is paralyzed:
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/05/gandhi-pacifism-veganism-and-nonviolence.html
Why critize other organizations that do "happy exploitation"-campaigns ?:
Gary L. Francione: The Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights Jane
Eagle: You may have read the essay but you missed the point: by
promoting such a thing, we reinforce the idea that animal "abuse" is
what happens in certain pathological situations to dogs and cats. It
leaves out the hideous treatment that dogs and cats receive that is and
will never be covered under anti-cruelty laws because it is perfectly
legal and the treatment of all of the animals who are used for food and
other purposes, which is as pathologically cruel as anything that
happens to dogs and cats. Campaigns like the registry campaign are not
small steps forward; they are big steps back. They seek to reinforce the
notion that the animals who "count" are our "pets." It's 2013; it's way
past time to get away from that 19th century welfarist idea.
That is what I argued. Your reply: people won't have "overnight enlightenment." The point is that campaigns like this will ensure that the public will never become enlightened.
That is what I argued. Your reply: people won't have "overnight enlightenment." The point is that campaigns like this will ensure that the public will never become enlightened.
See a very interesting article here:
http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-welfarist-dream-come-true/#.UZ4lh0ryB8E
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Another interesting comment:
Sarah K. Woodcock As
Professor Francione's work exemplifies, the property status of animals
inhibits them from having "the legal rights of 'persons.'" And as long
as we have domestication and breeding, they will be property -- that is
the *purpose* of domestication. So
our task at hand is to get to the root of the problem -- speciesism --
and change hearts and minds with creative nonviolent vegan education.
Change must happen first person by person, not law by law.
-----I wouldn't spread a speech that contains such a violent rhetoric against another group of vegans. I think substantiative criticism is okay, but not judging and misrepresenting people and their methods, and to paint a picture which distorts the true and complete picture.
One of several misrepresentations by Steven Best:
"To be an Abolitionist means to do no nothing constructive."
Gary Franciones books and teachings has inspired thousands of people to go vegan. Regularly there are testimonials on his Facebook-page from people going vegan.
Resuce of animals from animal shelters is regularly advocated and encouraged (legal adoption)
I have inspired many people to go vegan and to work towards becoming vegan. I know many other Abolitionist who are doing and have doing the same.
And I can go on, and on...
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