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Beware! The Hubris of Righteousness

Submitted by kamal on Sun, 11/29/2020 - 14:50
Beware! The Hubris of Righteousness

At first glance, one might think that this article is about self-righteousness. While the infamy of self-righteous behavior is typically based on the unfounded belief in one’s moral superiority over others on a particular subject, the hubris of righteousness has to do with the conflation and extension of one’s righteousness into unrelated domains. It is an important distinction to recognize.

For example, a religious person might be called self-righteous if she or he considers themselves more pious than another of the same religious order. Hubris of righteousness, on the other hand, will cause a person to think that their expansive knowledge of their own religion somehow gives them superior qualification to make commentary or judgment on completely different religions, without having sufficiently studied the other religion.

I use religion as an example only because I think most people reading this will be able to follow the point I am trying to make.

What has animal rights activism taught me about feminism?

Submitted by kamal on Tue, 03/03/2020 - 20:04

Before I became an animal rights activist, I was an armchair feminist. I believed in women’s rights, signed petitions for gender equality, and got dutifully mad at reports of sexual harassment and other acts of violence against women. I’d like to believe I’d support women’s rights no matter what time period I was born in and that I wasn’t just evolving with the times and the current social climate.

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Rainfall

Submitted by kamal on Mon, 01/07/2019 - 20:18

It's been raining, so I got inspired to write a poem.

Rainfall

Rain falls without care

For weddings or picnics

Or little insects going about their day

Do they lament the rain

Like humans are prone to do

The universe works against them

Ruined their precious day, they declare

Rain continues to fall, unfettered

Not too far away, unknowingly

Answered a drought stricken farmer's prayer

Rainfall Photo by JanFillem on Unsplash

Photo by JanFillem on Unsplash

 

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In Defense of Travel

Submitted by kamal on Sun, 12/09/2018 - 17:56

When I used to consider myself an environmentalist, I hated traveling anywhere. Not that I didn’t like to go places, but the thought of burning fossil fuels to enjoy myself bothered me immeasurably. After all, that is that all the environmental organizations were telling me that I shouldn’t be doing. I bought a hybrid and I would refuse to drive over the speed limit because it would mean decreased fuel economy. I’d plan my automobile trips to make sure that I wasn’t back tracking to visit someplace I needed to go, and if I forgot to get something from the grocery store, I’d rather wait a week and go without than make another “unnecessary” trip to the store. I would leave for my destination way sooner than I needed to just in case there was traffic so that I wouldn’t have to speed; and end up sitting in the parking lot of my destination, sometimes for almost an hour waiting from my appointment.

Be Vegan - Save The World!

Found at Gate A6 at SFO

Yet, here I am, sitting at the San Francisco International Airport getting ready to take my third fourth international trip this year. And, not only it doesn’t bother me, I’m looking forward to traveling as much as possible. What happened?

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We Need to Destigmatize Suicide

Submitted by kamal on Thu, 08/23/2018 - 19:53

If you are having thoughts about committing suicide or otherwise harming yourself, please call 1-800-273-8255 (U.S.) or check this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines for a suicide helpline in your region.

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  • Cowspiracy - A feature documentary that I helped film, that has Leonardo DiCaprio as an Executive Producer and is available for streaming on Netlfix.
  • Life, Love, V - A news site for those living a more healthy, sustainable and compassionate life.
  • list.app - A list app that allows you to create different types of lists, clone list items (or whole lists) from others and share them easily with the world. I made this. :)
  • My blog on Medium - It may be easier for people to discover my writings on Medium so I've started writing there.
  • People Powered Peace - ...because peace doesn't just happen.
  • Why Vegan? - So many reasons to make the switch, no good reason not to.

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