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E like me ka hoʻokae ʻole ʻana o nā "isms" ʻē aʻe i ka poʻe ma muli o nā kumu kūʻokoʻa e like me ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka ʻili, ke kāne, ka moe kolohe, a i ʻole ka hiki ke kino, hāʻawi ka vidism i ke kūlana haʻahaʻa i ka poʻe ʻaʻole kanaka. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe ma mua o ke kanaka he mau mea noiʻi, meaʻai, lole, mea pāʻani, a i ʻole nā mea e hoʻomāʻona i ka makemake o ke kanaka, no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou he lālā o kā mākou ʻano. ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻo ka vidism a i ʻole ka hoʻokae ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano he manaʻo ʻino i ka lāhui kanaka ma mua o nā lāhui holoholona ʻē aʻe, e like me ka hiki ke hoʻomāinoino ʻia kekahi pūʻulu kanaka i kekahi. He manaʻo kuhihewa ʻoi aku ka nui o kekahi ʻano ma mua o kekahi.
ʻAʻole nā holoholona ʻē aʻe he mau mea iā mākou. ʻO kēia nā poʻe me ko lākou mau pono pono'ī, e like me nā kānaka. ʻAʻole lākou he "kanaka ʻole", e like me ʻoe a ʻaʻole wau he "non-chipmunks". ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole pono mākou e mālama like ʻia a i ʻole like ʻole—no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole makemake nā chipmunks i nā kuleana koho. Pono wale mākou e hōʻike i ka noʻonoʻo like no ka pono o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Pono kākou e hoʻomaopopo he poʻe kino kākou a pau me ka manaʻo a me ka makemake, a e hoʻopakele ʻia kākou a pau mai ka huipaʻi, nā kaulahao, ka pahi, a me ke ola kauā.
Akā i ka wā e hakakā nei mākou i ka hoʻoluhi ʻana i ke kanaka, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona me he mea lā. ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka hoʻoweliweli a me ka hana ʻino i nā kānaka, e like me ka mea ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i kekahi mau lāhui a i ʻole hoʻokahi ʻano kāne. Inā makemake mākou i kahi honua kūpono, pono mākou e hoʻopau i nā manaʻo ʻino a pau, ʻaʻole wale nā mea pili iā mākou iho.
ʻO ka manaʻo e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hoʻokaumaha ʻia o nā kānaka-inā mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā poʻe o nā hoʻomana ʻē aʻe, nā wahine, nā ʻelemakule, nā lālā o ka LGBT kaiaulu, a i ʻole nā kānaka kala-ʻo ia ka manaʻo like e ʻae ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā holoholona. Hoʻomaka ka manaʻo hoʻohaumia i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo he mea kūikawā ʻo "I" a ʻaʻole ʻo "ʻoe", a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu makemake ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Philosopher Peter Singer, ka mea nāna i huki i ka manaʻo o ka vidism a me nā kuleana holoholona i kāna puke groundbreaking Animal Liberation, penei: "ʻAʻohe oʻu pilikia i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka racism a me ka vidism i ka manawa like. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, noʻu, aia kahi puʻupuʻu naʻauao ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻole i kekahi ʻano o ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ka hoʻokaumaha ʻoiai e ʻae ana a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kekahi.
ʻO ka manaʻo nui ma kona ʻano he hewa, ʻaʻohe mea ʻo wai ka mea i pepehi ʻia. A ke ʻike mākou i kēia, ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻokuʻu me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻole ʻia. "ʻAʻohe mea e like me ka hakakā ʻana i hoʻokahi pilikia no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou e ola i kahi pilikia hoʻokahi wale nō," wahi a Audrey Lord, he mea hoʻoikaika kīwila a me ka wahine.
Pehea e hooki ai i ka vidizm?
ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia o ka speciesism a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā kuleana o nā holoholona ʻē aʻe hiki ke maʻalahi e like me ka mahalo i ko lākou pono. Pono mākou e hoʻomaopopo he pono ko lākou pono e ola me ka ʻeha a me ka ʻeha. Pono mākou e kū'ē i ka manaʻoʻino e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohuli i nā maka makapō i nā mea weliweli i hoʻokauʻia ma luna o lākou i kēlā me kēia lā i loko o nā hale hana, nā hale pepehi kanaka a me nā circuses. ʻAʻohe o mākou ʻokoʻa mai kekahi i kekahi, aia pū mākou a pau i kēia. Ke hiki mai mākou i kēia ʻike, na mākou ke kuleana e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ia mea.
ʻO mākou a pau, me ka nānā ʻole i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa, pono ka nānā ʻana, ka mahalo a me ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana. Eia ʻekolu mau ala maʻalahi e kōkua i ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka vidism:
Kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana pono. He mau haneli kaukani holoholona i make, makapō a pepehi ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā hoʻokolohua kahiko o nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā huahana mālama pilikino a me nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale. Aia i loko o ka waihona ʻikepili o PETA he mau tausani hui ʻaʻole hoʻāʻo i nā holoholona, no laila ʻaʻohe mea āu e ʻimi nei, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka mea kūpono no ʻoe.
Hoʻopili i ka meaʻai vegan. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka uku ʻana i kekahi e holo i ka pahi ma ka ʻāʻī o kahi holoholona no ʻoe. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i ka paʻakai, yogurt a me nā huahana waiu ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka uku ʻana i kekahi e ʻaihue i ka waiū mai kahi keiki nau. A ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā hua manu ʻo ia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā moa i ka ʻeha o ke ola i loko o kahi hale uea liʻiliʻi.
Hoʻopili i nā loina vegan. E hoʻokahe i kou ʻili. ʻAʻohe kumu e pepehi ai i nā holoholona no ke ʻano. E hoʻohana i ka vegan. I kēia lā, nui aʻe nā manawa kūpono no kēia. E hoʻomaka ma ka liʻiliʻi.