@troy ada @woodland creature :pleroma_fox_tan: tbh I’m not speaking for myself but mainly for northern Natives in Canada and  America. Eating meat isn’t a problem to me or most people. Most arguments for veganism fall moot outside of the west where people raise their lifestock differently without unsanitary conditions and raperacks. 

I do think vegans have a pattern of upholding animals over humans, you can see it in their blatant disregard for people with nutritional needs or who can’t access the vegan lifestyle (which is an expensive privilege). So I find it wrong to also put personal responsibility onto Indigenous people when they barely contribute to pollution or overfishing. Most don’t even have access to clean drinking water on most reservations. Even from an anthropological perspective veganism isn’t a naturally occurring phenomenon. 

ik meat is a delicacy where my folks are from so the staple was always arroz y frijoles, other countries are similar but it isn’t by choice other than economic necessity. All the vegans ik are malnourished morons.

Note: forgot to mention that veganism in cosmetics is more about shortening the lifespan of products rather than morality regarding animal testing