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The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen's Life

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The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. Throughout the book, Keith mocks vegetarians and vegans.

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On "Knockout Animals"

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Now, any medication we take and surgical procedures we undergo also have a long line of breeding, enslavement, torture and killing of sentient nonhumans leading up to them, so objecting to "knockout animals" on those grounds is to stand on somewhat thin ice. That action is to opt out and go vegan.

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On Flourless Cakes and Injuries

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I began my journey by discovering something you all probably know, which is that you can substitute cooked black-eyed peas or adzuki beans for flour, like in the recipe for the above vegan flourless chocolate cake. After the ligament medication it wasn't the ligament. I may never use flour again. And obviously to not be in pain.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

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Human slavery, of course. It was because of her that her husband could get medical care when he fell ill. The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course. And 99% of the population (as in, 1%, I believe, are vegans) doesn't care. But the cow part? Sex slavery.

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