I’ll start; Ricky Gervais is kind of a douchebag/bully. Yes, he’s vegan.
I’ll start; Ricky Gervais is kind of a douchebag/bully. Yes, he’s vegan.
Rule 2: Being outspoken about animal rights or the environment isn’t a negative quality.
I should clarify I’m mostly asking about a specific well-known vegan and something negative about them unrelated to their veganism.
Well primarily vegans don’t eat honey because it’s a form of exploitation of animals (bees). This can carry ethical as well as environmental issues.
This goes into some of the reasons why vegans typically avoid honey:
https://www.careelite.de/en/why-vegans-dont-eat-honey/
TL;DR:
▪︎ Bees make the honey for themselves ▪︎ Honey production is exhausting ▪︎ We manipulate the animals for the honey ▪︎ Honey bees are exploited in mass breeding ▪︎ Bees are injured and die ▪︎ Honey is not particularly healthy ▪︎ There are plant-based alternatives ▪︎ Wild bees are important for biodiversity ▪︎ Bees are living beings and not commodities ▪︎ Wild bees are essential for the survival of us humans
And here is the Vegan Society’s page on honey:
https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/why-go-vegan/honey-industry
Hope that helped :)
Why exactly? Don’t they have empathy for animals?
Okay, not the best example. He’s alright. I couldn’t think of any but I was demonstrating the gist of the question.