“Gaslit by humanity” by tobiasleenaert

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Gaslit by humanity

After twenty-five years in the animal liberation movement, I’m still looking for ways to make people see. I’ve given countless talks, co-founded organizations, written numerous articles and cited hundreds of statistics to thousands of people. And yet, most days, I know none of this will do what I hope: open their eyes to the immensity of animal suffering.

Sometimes I feel obsessed with finding the ultimate way to make people understand and care. This obsession is about stopping the horror, but it's also about something else, something harder to put into words: sometimes the suffering feels so enormous that I start doubting my own perception - especially because others don’t seem to see it. It's as if I am being [...]

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First published:
July 7th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/28znpN6fus9pohNmy/gaslit-by-humanity

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