Why arent Animal Rights ever an issue in presidential politics?

[athena]

97. People are responsible for their own actions.

If a person hears what happens at factory farms and chooses not to listen, that is not the fault of the person trying to pass on the message. It is the fault of the person who is refusing to hear the message. They may simply not be ready.

What made me switch to a vegetarian (almost vegan) diet was watching a movie about veganism and reading a couple of books about factory farming. Until then, I, too, had chosen to ignore the facts. There is no way I could have stopped eating meat for health reasons.

The bottom line is that you are blaming the messenger when you should be blaming those who are refusing to listen. There is nothing anyone can do to make someone listen to something they don't want to hear. Fortunately, the message is out there, and it is reaching more and more people every day.