Lots of indigenous vegans including myself would contest this idea that our culture means we get a free pass in killing animals. There’s so many ways we can practice traditions while respecting the earth and animals.
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Replying to @pragueninenine
it's ok that we disagree about this. i don't represent all Indig people single handedly. i don't see it as a "free pass in killing animals" i feel those of us who do hunt and consume animals are practicing our sovereignty and right to access our culture. but that's just me!
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Replying to @carolannjaneee
You can access your culture without killing? Do you also harvest and pick grains and corn? Some people seem to forget how important farming was for indigenous people. But every time indigenous culture is mentioned it’s somehow imperative to kill animals.
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Replying to @pragueninenine @carolannjaneee
Applying this blanket statement to all indigenous people is not an argument, it's ignorance. Not every indigenous culture harvests grain/corn or has optimal growing conditions for those crops. Part of mine includes fishing because we live off the sea & the land. Pls rethink this.
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True! If you need to fish for survival, okay! But killing animals for /purely/ cultural reasons is still unethical Culture and tradition can never justify murder or other unethical practices (this applies to all contexts and cultures, not just indigenous)
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Been trying to find a way to say this. If you are white, I think it's hard for you to relate. Fishing is also cultural, but not necessarily purely "to survive". We don't NEED to fish for our food, but it's a cultural practice so we supplement our diets with the fish we catch.
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Replying to @Lani4Pasifika @blasphemmi and
Culture DOES justify our fishing practices. We dont need "survival" as justification bc we've been good stewards of our oceans for thousands of years before capitalism. There are indigenous sustainable fishing practices. Maybe you weren't aware of that? Not all killing = "murder"
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Replying to @Vexed_Reprobate @blasphemmi and
Oh did they eat their people as a part of their regular diets??
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You clearly have nothing better to use even though I have shut down your argument. I will stop here. Talking to a stick helps nobody.
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