I don’t want to be pessimistic, but I am not currently convinced these campaigns were good uses of activist time and donor money, given how badly they were defeated.
I see the point that “we were vastly outspent” can go somewhere to explain why campaigns failed, but surely this was known before hand? If so, then it would have been an argument against doing them in the first place.
Can you elaborate a bit more on any tangible advantages you see beyond “raising awareness/starting conversations”?
Also, how do we actually know that this has been a significantly beneficial step re: “raising awareness/starting conversations” ?
My own experience is that all non vegans I mentioned this said something that can be summarised as “what a ridiculous thing to do, there was no way that would work, don’t these crazy activists have something better to do with their time?”. Which is very weak evidence that this may have spawned many negative conversations for animals.
I don’t want to be pessimistic, but I am not currently convinced these campaigns were good uses of activist time and donor money, given how badly they were defeated.
I see the point that “we were vastly outspent” can go somewhere to explain why campaigns failed, but surely this was known before hand? If so, then it would have been an argument against doing them in the first place.
Can you elaborate a bit more on any tangible advantages you see beyond “raising awareness/starting conversations”?
Also, how do we actually know that this has been a significantly beneficial step re: “raising awareness/starting conversations” ?
My own experience is that all non vegans I mentioned this said something that can be summarised as “what a ridiculous thing to do, there was no way that would work, don’t these crazy activists have something better to do with their time?”. Which is very weak evidence that this may have spawned many negative conversations for animals.