Talk:Rynn Berry

Humor
Perhaps a section on Rynn Berry's humor. While his genre was serious, his lectures inspired that inner audience experience in which the jaw rises halfway on one side and the lungs begin - but don't quite complete - a punctuated series of short, rapid exhalations. He was NOT a member of that growing class of erstwhile vegetarians who eat no vegetables (who blame the animals for their suboptimal diets, cf. "I'm doing this for the animals, not selfishly for my own health!"). No, not he! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaynardClark (talk • contribs) 16:30, March 26, 2014‎

Obituaries

 * Vegetarian Historian, Rynn Berry, now part of Vegan History, January 14, 2014, REAL Truth and Tools for Healthy Eating, Wellness and Green Living, includes transcription of Caryn Hartglass's earlier interview with Rynn Berry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaynardClark (talk • contribs) 16:59, 31 March 2014
 * New York Times paid obituary — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaynardClark (talk • contribs) 22:39, April 4, 2014‎

Self Description
Rynn Berry's LinkedIn page describes him this way: Lecturer on five continents; author of six books on the history of veganism/vegetarianism: Food for the Gods:Vegetarianism and the World's Religions; Famous Vegetarians; The Vegan Guide to New York City; The New Vegetarians; Hitler:Neither Vegetarian Nor Animal Lover, Becoming Raw (co author). — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaynardClark (talk • contribs) 20:27, April 4, 2014‎

"expert on the history of vegetarianism and veganism"
[ https://slate.com/human-interest/2004/02/was-hitler-a-vegetarian.html ] strongly disputes the claim that Rynn Berry is an expert on the history of vegetarianism and veganism. "vegetarian activist is obsessed with Hitler’s diet" seems to be closer to the truth. --Guy Macon (talk) 15:04, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * scholarly disputes. Let's look at the issue in a link to a separate article. MaynardClark (talk) 20:27, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The source for the claim that Berry was an "expert" is a blog, not a reliable source. It includes the disclaimer, "This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site." In addition to not being a reliable source, it doesn't call him anything close to "an expert on the history of vegetarianism and veganism". Instead, the blog said he was, "an author and historical advisor to the North American Vegetarian Society."
 * I'm removing the claim. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 05:05, 14 June 2019 (UTC)