Happily it seems that the influence on the animal advocacy movement of the now "retired" Gary Yourofsky is diminishing. I believe that historians of the animal movement will mark Yourofsky's time in the movement as ultimately a damaging one. I also argue that there is little evidence that he really understood foundational vegan values resulting in numbers of politically shallow right-wing "vegans for the animals" entering the modern animal advocacy movement.
Problematic organisations like Anonymous for the Voiceless appear still to promote this violent individual which is perhaps not surprising. Of course, the most problematic of all organisations in the animal movement, PeTA, are responsible for putting Yourofsky on the map in the first place, so to speak, by funding him in the early days.
The excellent Let's Rage Together Podcast collated many of Yourofsky's most violent outbursts which you can hear below. Naturally, there's a huge content warning for potential listeners to consider before they engage. Yourofsky hates humanity, including himself apparently, but some seem more hated than others, for example, Palestinians. He also appears to have an unhealthy obsession with rape fantasies, as you'll hear from the clips Let's Rage Together put together. The Let's Rage Together team also present an impressive critical analysis of Yourofsky's violence in Podcast 11 which can be heard in full by clicking the podcast link above.
One defence often put forward, particularly about Yourofsky's "wish" that fur-wearers are viciously raped to the point that they are scared for life, see HERE, is that the comments were made long ago. That is true but he never retracted them and explicitly refused to do so when I asked him to as part of the ARZone team - see HERE.
I often say "enjoy" the audio materials I post - but absolutely not on this occasion.
Problematic organisations like Anonymous for the Voiceless appear still to promote this violent individual which is perhaps not surprising. Of course, the most problematic of all organisations in the animal movement, PeTA, are responsible for putting Yourofsky on the map in the first place, so to speak, by funding him in the early days.
The excellent Let's Rage Together Podcast collated many of Yourofsky's most violent outbursts which you can hear below. Naturally, there's a huge content warning for potential listeners to consider before they engage. Yourofsky hates humanity, including himself apparently, but some seem more hated than others, for example, Palestinians. He also appears to have an unhealthy obsession with rape fantasies, as you'll hear from the clips Let's Rage Together put together. The Let's Rage Together team also present an impressive critical analysis of Yourofsky's violence in Podcast 11 which can be heard in full by clicking the podcast link above.
One defence often put forward, particularly about Yourofsky's "wish" that fur-wearers are viciously raped to the point that they are scared for life, see HERE, is that the comments were made long ago. That is true but he never retracted them and explicitly refused to do so when I asked him to as part of the ARZone team - see HERE.
I often say "enjoy" the audio materials I post - but absolutely not on this occasion.
RSS Feed
