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I Don't Want Solidarity If It Means Eating Tofu

from Headed Nowhere, Fast by Holland's Bones

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By the time I was fourteen I knew what all of these words mean: pescatarian, ovatarian, vegetarian, and vegan. It came as no surprise that I would recognize these forms of oppression when a year before I'd realized I was an anarchist and I never believed in god.

I crossed my heart and hoped to die, when I decided that it wasn't right to consume other animals and related parts. But my self righteous perceived as objective morality caused nothing but broken hearts. It did so much harm... but we got over it.

And within the next year I'd combat my depression and fear by organizing with those I would build life long relationships with. And through our shared struggle in this campaign for human rights and dignity in solidarity with campesinos in the fields of Immokalee it was plain to see. There's a priority in eliminating oppressions off which we feed, and human suffering is at the top of the hierarchy.

Itchin' inside of my own skin, stuffed with angst and bustin' at the seams. I'd no idea where to begin what did'ya expect I was just six or seventeen. I left that privilege behind put it out of mind when I left my home out on my own I spent time on the streets with punks, hippies, and boozers, and when you're hungry and broke and you've nothin' to eat and someone offers you meat beggars can't be choosers.

How do you tell your abuelita you know it's been so long pero no puedo comer tus fajitas, menudo, caldo de res, tamales, y barbacoa our ancestors way of life is immoral and so is our culture. And I'm right because white privileged vegans told me so.

And in the end this often acculminates through self righteous attitude to create a hero in ego's image of self. And he truth is that our western concept of veganism like our society's unsustainable it's a product of our guilt and our wealth, it's subtly violent and nothing more than a privilege.

By the time I was 21 I knew all these words: Flexitarian, Jason's Delitarian, and Freegan. It came as no surprise that I would recognize these forms of oppression when 7 years before I'd realized I was an anarchist and I still don't believe in god.

And now we've come unto this rift of ideals and our worlds seem to fall apart. The differences in our ideas don't stem from the nature within our hearts. We all just wanna make the world, a better place, then when we started.

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from Headed Nowhere, Fast, released December 26, 2012

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