Yet again we see someone with health 
and physical problems
genuine problems that
have absolutely nothing to do with
veganism blaming it on veganism
for popularity status and 
probably moneyas well
Hey it's David Ramms welcome back to
another video and i'm feeling a little
bit cozy today so i've got my hoodie on
for today's video gonna debunk some
anti-vegan nonsense while feeling
nice and cozy and comfy if you don't
know what this is this is a quote
made by Regan Russell the activist who
was tragically killed
just a few months ago whilst protesting
outside of a slaughterhouse it
says "i'm trying i don't know if it does
any good but i know doing 
nothing does no good"
i've been selling these on my website
all the prophets have been going to an
animal sanctuary and just 
today i sent $180
to them from the sales of these hoodies
and these t-shirts so if you are
interested go pick one up and help the
animals
as part of my five-minute Friday
series i've been going through the news
that have been relevant to animal rights
and veganism over the last it's been
like you know four or five months now
i've recently decided to put more of a
focus on anti-vegan news so what's been
going on in the anti-vegan world what
have people been saying so let's jump
into this week's video let's put those
five minutes on the clock i'm gonna take
this down it's getting a bit hot
Let's debunk some 
anti-vegan nonsense
A relatively well-known British
"vegan" and "animal rights activist" I have
to do that again "animal rights activist"
has actually gone "ex-vegan"
and has blamed all of his health issues
on veganism and said the
animal-based diet miraculously 
cured all of his problems
a very popular anti-vegan pro carnivore
page posted Tommy's story
with this before and after picture that
you can see right now along with the
caption "Tommy Kelly formerly tofu tommy has left"
"veganism and vegan activism behind him
in favour of a healthier future with"
"animal foods after being vegan for
nearly four years he now sees the"
"essential role of nourishing animal
foods for mental and physical strength"
"Tommy is open about his experience and
generously shares his story and the"
"lessons learned so that others do not
fall over the same stumbling blocks"
We're going to get into this because as
you might have smelted already it's full
of bullshit i want to be 
very very clear about
something before we go on this 
guy Tommy has
serious mental and physical health
issues that have been going on since
long before he was vegan i'm 
not here to bash this guy
because of that that's not what we're
about i'm not about bashing him but i am
gonna call out his bull***
you see his entire situation was covered
in a news story by The Mirror which is a
big news outlet in the uk
this all happened before Tommy went
vegan and here's a list of the issues he
was having before going vegan 
he was suffering from
ednos a mental illness which causes
sufferers to starve binge eat and
over-exercise his problems which were
triggered by grief and stress led him to
abuse laxatives make himself sick and
follow crazy diets he sometimes ate just
an apple a banana and an
orange each day at other times he lived
exclusively on Pepsi Max to make himself
feel full his health became so bad that
he spent three months in a coma
and six months in hospital and all of
this gave him long-term medical problems
because of the damage done to his body
this included sciatic nerve damage drop
foot and no feeling below the knee and
osteoporosis he also 
suffered from severe bowel
issues and brain damage due 
to kidney and liver problems
and just let me reiterate 
this is all before
he went vegan and of course Tommy claims 
that the animal products miraculously
healed a lot of his problems
we're still waiting for the verdict on
which thing in animal products 
the miraculous cure
for everything like
what is it because so far no one has
been able to label it
because it doesn't exist a few people
that were very close to him have come
out and talked about him as an attention
seeker and i went over and checked 
out his youtube to see
if this had any truth to it whilst i was
there i saw a video of him where he was
preaching about veganism and 
how it helped him recover
along with a before and after photo of
how the vegan lifestyle had actually
helped him improve and
recover from his eating
disorder so unfortunately it seems that
yet again we see someone with health and
physical problems genuine problems 
that have absolutely
nothing to do with veganism blaming it
on veganism for popularity
status and probably money as well
some people over in the uk 
are mad because
Viva has been posting animal rights
leaflets through their doors showing
images from slaughterhouses and
encouraging people to stop paying for it
some of the parents said that although
the image is not as graphic as some the
messages could be frightening for
children who stumble across the leaflets
on the doormat they also 
said if i had had a small
child in the house i would have been
very angry that they'd be putting
something unsolicited like 
that through my letterbox
i wonder if they get as angry if viva
were posting people growing potatoes
through their letterboxes
or maybe picking apples i mean this
isn't like your kids finding out santa
isn't real after being lied to for years
and years this is them finding out that
you've been needlessly contributing to
horrific violence towards 
animals on their behalf
i understand why you wouldn't want them
to find out but if you don't want them
to find out where the food that you put
on the table comes from
maybe you should stop 
feeding them f****** food
the animal agriculture industries in
Colorado are getting upset because they
believe their governor has an
anti-ag agenda in mind so here's a few
of the things that he's done that have
upset them for the first time since 1949
he appointed a woman as the agricultural
commissioner of the area she has a
degree in environmental studies and has
experience in managing environmental
programs but they're upset because she's
never worked in animal agriculture
seems to me that they were really upset
because she's not going to allow them to
keep doing their disgusting practices
that are fucking up the planet and
instead she's gonna focus on
it being more environmentally friendly
that's what it seems like to me they're
also upset because he appointed a vegan
into the board of veterinary medicine
for the area they say "how can a
professed vegan activist make unbiased"
"decisions about veterinary matters in an
industry she wants to dismantle"
it's almost like the farmers don't want
someone who cares about animals to be in
a positionvwhere she can 
care about animals why
would animal farmers want a vegan
who cares about animals involved in
their businesses it's definitely not
good for business for them is it
with the kind of shit they get up to
one of the final and last straws the
thing that really angered these farmers
the governor promoted Burger King's
Impossible Whopper and 
actually bought them for his entire
office and that was a step too far
how could he possibly buy plant-based
food for his staff a Colorado newspaper
editor commented on this saying
"Impossible Burgers in cattle country is
like a cow pie at a tea party"
* sarcastically sobs *
All of this is just a pathetic attempt
to save a dying industry that consumers
are starting to reject in droves 
as more and more of them see
through this romanticised bullshit
narrative that both advertisers and
farmers put forward to 
reveal these manipulative
heavily lobbied grossly unethical
industries filled to the brim with
social and political brainwashing that
has been going on for years
all at the expense of horrific violence
in a modern day slave trade of 
non-human animals
and finally we'll finish 
on a positive
note with a nice story
peter has just delivered four tons of
food of plant-based
food to the underprivileged in the usa
Ingrid Newkirk made comment on this and she said
"Peta's tasty delivery will feed two
birds with one scone it'll help"
"feed people who are struggling and show
how delicious vegan meals can be"
four tons of vegan food how awesome is
that especially at a time where so many
people are struggling to make ends meet
what an amazing thing to do and what an
amazing way to make an achievement both
for the non-human animals and teaching
people and for the human animals who
really do need that help
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i've got going and remember the sales of
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thanks so much for watching
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