Joe Rogan - Butchering Deer In Front of Vegan Protestors

thanks man thanks for doing this thanks for coming in hundred percent man people don't know the story we'll give them the brief synopsis I found out about your story online because there was this viral thing that was going on about a chef who was getting protested by a bunch of animal rights activists and vegans who decided to camp out in front of your business and try to the restaurant called antler in Toronto try to I don't know what the [ __ ] they were trying to do but you decided to butcher a leg of deer in front of them and it became this horrific thing like how could you do that in a place that serves meat how could you prepare the meat right in front of them like how did this all get started how did it become such a crazy viral story and why why would they mad at you when there's a million other restaurants around you all right so it started in about December crazy Canadian besides what that's why I went viral because I wasn't being nice I wasn't the stereotypical Canadian no you weren't even being mean you were just doing your job and doing my thing so they started in December and they really this right in front of your eyes they they really got pissed off with our we have a little chalkboard sign out front I'll give you the comp we have a forty-five seat restaurant so we're a small have one business partner who's a my best friend and family friend and we had a little chalkboard sign out front that said venison is the new kale and you know we get cute with our sign we tease other restaurants around us like we have fun with the sign and it's fun and this cyclists vegan rode by and took huge offense to our sign and all of a sudden one day these protesters just showed up so originally I was just kind of frustrated because they're totally misguided because we take a lot of pride in where our food comes from we have vegan and vegetarian dishes on the menu and I really respect that type of diet so we were just totally floored with why this was happening and so this started going they started come every week and they went from like two or three people being kind of peaceful to being like 1015 people not so peaceful so it's when it turned not so peaceful they were shouting at our our guests and shouting in our door and really trying to harm our business that I just kind of got fed up last resort went down we get a hold dear a couple times a month and we we butcher it ourselves and I just said screw it screw it I'm like I want to get these people to get out of here so I thought that that would make them go away how did you think that was gonna make them go away not escalate it I don't know I was it was just totally like last resort totally fed up I wanted to defend myself defend our customers you know you could see people walking in visibly upset you know they're being shouted at being screamed at called a murderer as they're walking in for dinner like you're going on a date you want his time and then people are screaming at you you know just for eating so I was just fed up and I just kind of thought like you know buzz off and why so just one sign what's in is the new kale one sign set this whole thing off yeah and you're surrounded by restaurants I mean I know where you are so what so we're surrounded by restaurant oh there's an actual butcher shop across the street and if you go in there's like whole cattle hanging that's okay in there butcher shop you're a problem with your comparison to kale you attack their sacred hail we're promoting meat I don't know that's really bizarre because you were promoting and we were promoting it or so yeah so I just didn't promote anything yeah and they were allowed to cycle by and dream of broccoli yeah interference yeah man I have no idea I'm sorry how many times they protest you I think it's about eight now hey they're coming weekly they still do they still do there's one this Friday oh Jesus organized they organized them there's like Facebook groups there's a they're basically giving us an ultimatum we have to put their slogan in our window and they'll go away what yeah what's their slogan hunts there's there's like I can't remember it you know word for word but it's you know like killing animals is wrong they have feelings why yeah do you have to put that in your window we don't we're not going to know but that's what they want that's what they want yes eco-terrorism extortion whatever you want to call it Wow well the part the part of this addressee the most crazy is the fact that you're surrounded by restaurant we're surrounded by restaurants you're surrounded by like you said you're across street from a butcher shop 97% of the people in the world eat meat it's something something crazy like that I mean I'm sure everyone hasn't really been polled I'm sure it's not that accurate but it's somewhere between 95 and 97 it's big it's big and I think we know we're an easy target you know our name is antler we were I think they're mad because you know their thing is that we're promoting ethical farming and their beliefs is there is no such thing as ethical farm right that all meat is murder and you know if you look at murder in the dictionary it has to do with humans you know has nothing to do with animals and there is such a thing as ethical farming and sustainable farming and we work really hard to make sure that where we get our meat from is from the best possible place we can and it's local so it's supporting our local farmers that are you know within hours of our restaurant now when you say that they started out nice like how many people were there in the beginning 2 3 4 and once they had signs and they were just kind of you know promoting their message but they weren't really yelling and screaming and what escalated it so we would call the police we kind of got wind of it on their Facebook groups so we would call the police and have the police there to make sure everyone's safe because one thing like customers are scared our staff are scared like no one's dealt with this before I've never dealt with this before [Music] so we would have the police there you know they were the police were amazing and then you know one time we kind of okay let's not call the police let's see what happens like maybe they'll just they'll go away and so then like a megaphone came out our neighbors were coming down and getting in fights with them and it was it was ugly so we called the police the common Jesus Christ he's the piece yeah a megaphone yeah part of the problem with these kind of things is it becomes a contest it becomes a battle you know trying to see who's gonna win mm-hmm and they're absolutely on a team I mean this that that's one of the things that happens with veganism and I think it happens with hunters to people become very tribal you know and you know it's us versus them and they want to win and then it becomes this thing where you know look the reality is a lot of people are idiots and they don't have a lot going on in their life and so when something comes up where it becomes a primary focus of their life one restaurant is illogical as it might be that becomes the battleground and it's an ideological battleground for you know don't eat meat ever versus sustainable farming you know just look I'm sure I know you're a hunter I'm sure you feel a certain amount of remorse when an animal dies a hundred percent and you know that's a big part of sort of my beliefs in my philosophy and why I'm working on this cookbook right now is because I think that you know if you do eat meat you should be able to kill an animal and experience that and I think that if people were to actually kill an animal they would see you know what goes into that and I don't think people would consume as much mean and I don't think people would definitely you know they certainly wouldn't waste as much meat as they do and it's it's just really upsetting and I think it's totally misguided you know why we were targeted well I mean like I said I think it just becomes a game yeah it becomes a big tribal game you know there's there's a real argument a real argument that I support against factory farming and factory farming is the way most people are getting their meat in terms of like in terms of like cheeseburgers and fast food and stuff along those lines I mean you're not getting it from the most ethical sources it's just it's not financially sustainable to do it that way everything would cost more money yeah and that's a real problem that we as a society it's not obviously not you were either set up the system but that this system is a system that we find ourselves a part of mm-hmm it's a real problem I've removed myself from it for the most part but occasionally I'm on the road and I'm hungry and you know I'll eat some meat that's just whatever totally it's it's a necessary evil you know in sort of sort of but really necessary at all that maybe that's the wrong way to describe it but it's how the system's been set up and it's it's actually why I started hunting and doing what I do because I watched these documentaries like Food Inc and these things that kind of Shaun a light on you know the system and how this stuff is actually being produced and it's horrible it's it's terribly is yeah and I think that's the real number-one problem and you know and this vegan activist message to go after you know these types of farming you know we support as well we agree with so the fact that we were targeted for this was really really frustrating

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Length: 9min 45sec (585 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 17 2018