Vegan MP Speech that had Colleagues in Tears
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2019
- Vegan MP, The Hon. Emma Hurst gave her first speech in NSW Parliament. Addressing the Upper House for the first time, new senator for the Animal Justice Party, Emma Hurst, criticized the Government for failing to protect animals, and implored members from both sides of Parliament to work with her to change the way our society treats animals in NSW.
In her address she said, “Animal cruelty is not a left or right issue. But sadly it is one that our government has failed to respond to. And that’s why I decided to become part of this Parliament. I believe in NSW we can do better.”
“The fate of each of these animals rests with our willingness to choose kindness over greed, respectability over indifference, and to be leaders instead of led.” The vegan bodybuilding MP spoke of the 4Corner’s live animal export vision exposed in 2011 and gave explicit examples of animal suffering on farms in NSW which saw visitors in the gallery and various MPs in tears.
The MP’s promise ‘to the animals’, was the climax of her speech stating, “No matter if you are skin, scales, fur or feathers, no matter the supposed value of your financial worth, or lack thereof, native or non-native, rodent, or fish, or cow, or dog, I will protect you. I stand by you. I will fiercely defend you. It is our party that will keep that promise, and we will never, ever let you down. You have all of me.”
She is now one of two Animal Justice Party MPs elected to the upper house in NSW who hold the balance of power with nine other crossbenchers.
Thank you for speaking up on behalf of the animals. That is one helluva speech!
what a load of shit, i email her and the committee in feb 19 warning them to change course on their policies on wildlife, on koalas. They had it all wrong and i clearly told them FIRE WAS KOALAS IMMINENT THREAT, not logging and as far as forest removal its cattle farming, which took their primary forests. Emma is corrupt as f, as they all are, they refuse to listen, theyre giant narcissists who go for the cash and want praise. The end ha ha
Without animal rights ,feminism is not complete.
Animals rights is more important than feminism and any other justice movements by a huge margin.
Beautiful speech Emma, thank you
VOICE OF THE VOICELESS. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. OUR RESPECT FOR YOU FROM THE PHILLIPPINES.❤
megendang Gabi from America ❤
Well done Emma! I will vote for animal justice party this week for the election.
Thank you MP Hurst. To see a speech like this on the floor of a parliament gives me so much hope that the world is changing and the suffering of billions of animals will one day end. We see you 🐂 🐄 🐖 🐔 🐑 🦆 🐐 🐟 🐣 🐕 🐁 🐈 🐘 🐻 🦊 🐒 🐢 🐍 🐺 🐸 🦍 🐋 🐬and the thousands of other species and every day that we gets bigger and bigger.
What an amazing person. if only I had an MP like you in my country
And also in my country.
Its you guys
Incredible speech! The shift in our collective consciousness of how we view animals is happening!
One of the best speeches I’ve heard on animal rights in 39 years of being Vegan. Well done Emma Hurst all power to you!. 🌻🌎✊🏽
Congratulations. I too, will be celebrating 40 years of being vegan, this year. Vegan always, and only for the animals.
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This needs to end NOW, if we as a species continue to call ourselves moral beings.
BRAVO, Emma Hurst! You are a formidable champion for the animals. May you have support from those who share your compassion for the more vulnerable, our animal friends. May you have success after success in your challenging political journey. You certainly have what it takes to be successful in your mission. Thank you, so very much.
I live in the USA. One of our elected leaders, Corey Booker is vegan, but when asked in a presidential debate about veganism, his reply was nothing but pandering to the majority. On the other hand, he has worked to get some progressive laws passed that benefit farm animals. We vegans need to convince our fellow voters to go vegan so that he could be as bold as your speech was yet remain in office.
I cried all through your speech.
same
Thank you Emma Hurst. As a Vegan, I appreciate you fighting for the helpless and innocent animals. I am grateful for you and people like you. Bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #govegan
Alleluia. Compassion must prevail. We cannot carry on like this.
Amazing heartfelt needed. Cryed throught most of your speach. Tears of hope filled my heart.
I have never voted and always paid the fine.
Finally the most important compassionate fight for life has my vote .
Love to you I will be following you closely with anticipation and hope for a more love based world..
This video should have gone international faster then it did, here I'm today trying to share this wonderful step in the right direction of the better world, thank you xx
Thank you, Emma!
You made me cry! Thank you for all your hard work.
It's such a tragedy that powerful speeches like this will only garner a few hundred likes over several years but a video about food which isn't even what animal rights is about will generate thousands of likes in a few months.
Thank you. Please keep fighting. The injustice to animals must end. The world needs to change so nature can heal. Your compassion is what we need, keep going ✊️
Good on you Emma.
Beautiful speech, thank you for voicing the voiceless. ❤
Excellent speech. What an eloquent and compelling speaker. I appreciate that the Hon. Emma Hurst introduced animal rights as a nonpartisan issue, but I can just imagine the defensiveness and dismissal of her colleagues and political opponents.
Things that I would have liked to hear the Hon. Emma Hurst include in her speech:
1) empathy and compassion for animals are indicators of intelligence and advanced thinking;
2) the links between violence against animals and violence against women;
3) the links between epidemics/pandemics and the treatment of animals;
4) slaughterhouse workers are subjected to terrible working conditions, and often suffer trauma as a result of the tasks they are required to perform
5) the links between industrial factory farming and climate change / pollution
I wish the Hon. Emma Hurst all the best - the world needs more politicians who are dedicated to advocating for animals.
BRAVO!!!!!!!, BRAVO, EMMA HURST!!! I WISH THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN OTHER PARLIAMENTS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ANIMALS. THEY NEED US SOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!
Emma Hurst, you renew my faith in the human race. You are the first person I have ever heard in government give a strong and clear voice to those that cannot speak for themselves. Those that we have used, abused, tortured, and given no respect for their lives. What I would give to have a member of the United States government, or even a first lady, with the backbone you have shown to stand up for the blatant cruelty that exists every day on our planet. I see a lot of smug and bored faces behind you. I don’t think they understand how many people there are out there who are on your side! We’ve had enough - cruelty is blossoming and growing throughout this world and it’s starting to show itself by slaughtering our children. It starts with the most vulnerable of living creatures, and sooner or later it does come up the chain. You are wonderful and thank you, thank you!
Thank you for speaking up for the animals untill every cage is empty animal liberation now end all animal use abuse exploitation inprisonment slavement animals are not utinsils things they are living feeling sentient beings suffer feel pain
Thank you so much Emma!!!
A great speech with nothing but truth.
Very sad truth but you give us hope for the Voiceless.
We love you for that Emma!!
Amazing speech ❤️
Best speech i have EVER heard!
Emma I love how at the very outset you acknowledged on whose land you all live,.BRAVA to you, Well done indeed. THIS is the type of political party that I can support.
A true pioneer
You are a good example. Thank you so much for being the way you are.
Inspirational
Fantastic! About time humans respect animals and realise how important they are to the planet. They are here 'with' us not 'for' us. #GoVeganForAnimals
Amazing speech.
Incredible, unbelievable. Never heard of her. What happened to you Emma Hurst? You are a wonderful, incredible, very special human. I cried throughout your speech. I suffer every day on this cruel planet, filled with cruel humans. I spent my life on Earth saving street cats. Being vegan is not easy in this world, but when combined with making a difference for the most vulnerable, it becomes unbearable. Much admiration and respect. I wish that your existence and eloquence will bring positive changes for animals.
I shared on my Facebook wall hoping, beyond hope, people will watch.
This was my post
For anyone who wonders why I can never go back to how I was before I identified as a #vegan, I invite you to watch and listen, really listen, to Emma Hurst share the truth of factory farming.
If you choose to still consume animals after this, I have to wonder what it would take for you to realize how inhumane animal agriculture actually is.
When people say, "I only eat humanely killed animals," when did killing for one's taste buds become humane? Just because something has been going on for decades, even centuries, doesn't make it humane.
Obviously, there will always be opposing points of view about the "right" to consume animal and dairy products, but the fact is 99% of animal products on plates, sticks, and in buns are produced on factory farms.
The one regret I have is this; I wish I would have gone vegan sooner. I truly regret that I did not connect the dots sooner.
Rather than move on to the next "interesting" post, please, please, please watch and listen. Then let your conscious be your guide.
This is a historic speech!!
I’m commenting in hopes that more comments will push this into more algorithms.
Never imagined fellow animals will have some official party to represent them in politics
Brilliant
Such an incredible speech and what a location for it! Stay true to what they go through and stay consistent to be active for them and things will continue to change!!
Brava!❤
4 years later now, and change has never been easier - go vegan!💚 You make a change for future animals in farms and slaughterhouses, leave them off your plate.
Powerful
Somewhere, Phillip Woollen is clapping and celebrating
Beautiful human being.
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❣️ #bevegan
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A true feminist.
The continued desire for people to support killing and torturing helpless and defenseless animals in our species is truly sad and pathetic! Then the ignorance is magnified when people try to claim they love dogs, cats, and other animals while blindly disregarding the lives of so many others.
For the algo
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You are an example for all feminists.
The suffering of an animal is irrelevant to my need to be healthy, are we really going to starve all natural meat eating animals?
What a load of nonsense
Regarding your need to be healthy - a well planned plant based diet is healthy (according to, among others, the Association of Nutrition and Dietetics). I can show you the relevant quotes if you like.
Regarding other animals - vegans are telling other humans not to eat meat, not carnivorous animals. If you’re thinking that’s inconsistent, consider that other animals cannot make moral decisions and (unlike most humans) rely on meat to survive
@@atunafis6038 I was not able to plan my plant diet correctly and it seems to be something that the majority of the population are having trouble with.
I will continue eating meat while my excellent health persists and there is no irrefutable proof of what exactly is the exact optimal scientific diet for humans.
Yeah - I keep telling vegans that plants are not healthy and that animals are health.
After all, the safe and effective was not really safe and effective was it?
@@Meathead-10810 Thank you for responding! I appreciate that you had difficulty planning, it's difficult to have a productive conversation about what that implies about a plant-based diet without you being willing to share more information. That said, if you accept that consuming animal products causes suffering, then I think you should do track nutrients, get bloodwork done, and speak to a nutritionist (assuming that you are able to do so) before reverting to such animal products. I don't think there will ever be irrefutable proof of one optimal diet, but research continues to suggest that a plant-based diet is perfectly healthy.
I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to make in the last paragraph. What is "the safe and effective?"
@@atunafis6038 Safe and Effective - The covid shot!
vegan
Mental health problems, lady
Go look in the mirror.
Next, we should ask recovering vegan kids speak about their plight.
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I most sincerely would like to ask the Hon. Emma Hurst several questions.
1. Have you ever resided in any rural region of Australia ?
2. Have you ever personally witnessed the effect that billions of mice can have, on the grain producing areas of Australia ?
3. Are you aware of the horrific species extinction statistics, that are a direct result of domestic and feral cats.
4. Did you realise that packs of wild dogs in the Northern Territory, run amok in the Bush…attacking wildlife, livestock and humans.
5. I could elaborate ad infinitum, re the need for balance and compassion as per our Australian flora and fauna, however time does not permit.
6. Finally - disarming Australians…while the world witnesses the savagery and barbarism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine ???
7. It is not a question of IF, it is a question of WHEN…Australia will be in armed conflict with the communist dictatorship of China.
Those are definitely issues that should be looked into, but it shouldn't deflect from the issues that she was talking about.
you have a mntall illness brother, you animal farmers cause all the problems, youre clearly deluded
While veganism cannot solve all issues, it's a step in the right direction.
Vegan babies dying: Are we a joke for y'all?
Yeah thats nonsense
Babies are dying because of bad parenting
@@dodumichalcevski Putting them on a vegan lifestyle is indeed a bad parenting
@@allan_0307 Parents putting their babies on bad diets is bad parenting, and vegan diets can be very healthy. Also how many parents do you know that feeds their kids fast food? Be honest. Also be honest about how much you try to influence them to feed their children healthier.
@@MindVersusMisery If it's suitable for "all stages of life" so much so that it's way more healthier than meat, why these incidents? What kind of vegan diet for children makes it bad parenting?
@@allan_0307 The statement you're refering to is from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. And they say that a diet needs to be "well planned". A vegan couple fed their child only soy milk and tomato juice, so the child died. Clearly that is not a "well planned" diet. But I'm certain that these things exist in omnivorous families as well, but media cannot spin into a fear mongering and hate as they can with vegan parents.
Thank you so much for being a voice of poor animals and us who truly love them. Let's stand together, be strong, fight for our voiceless defenseless animal friends