Vegan influencer James Aspey compares eating meat to the Holocaust and slavery
5 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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The activist's views have drawn criticism. Photo / Instagram
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By: Phoebe Loomes
A vegan influencer has compared eating animals to the Holocaust — a genocide that killed more than six million Jewish people during World War II.
James Aspey, an activist with more than 253,000 Instagram followers, made the comparison multiple times online in the last fortnight. In one post Aspey, an Australian, said: "Stop wasting your time with me. I will NEVER stop calling it WHAT IT IS! #THEANIMALHOLOCAUST".
In other posts the influencer shared side-by-side images of Hitler, and slaves in chains, next to photos of butchered animals. The image included the text, "The law should never dictate your morals".