Do you make your own clothes and grow your own food?
I buy food from local people who directly get the money, whenever I can. Or from companies that support fair wages and treat their employees properly. Naturally I don't do it 100% of the time, but I do it whenever possible. Generally, I support small and local stores/companies/farmers/bands/actors/etc whenever I am able.
Clothes, I haven't bought new clothes in a long time, so we'll talk when I do.
I don't think it's possible, in our world, to be 100% perfect in these matters. It's like a story I posted awhile back suggesting that people go one day/week without eating meat (something about, if every person ate the equivalent of 1 less hamburger each week, the reduced pollution would be the equivalent of taking every SUV off the streets) -- you don't have to take things to the extreme to make a difference. Take small steps, and try to help.
Or do you just disagree with things that make the news recently?
I'm guessing you didn't read the article -- it's nearly a decade old.
This is something I've believed in for awhile. I've made a conscious effort to lead a cruelty free lifestyle, whether it's animals or people, for the last 2-3 years. I'm not 100% perfect, of course, nobody is -- but I do my best to make a difference.
Also, for what it's worth, I do my best not to pressure people to think like me. Rather, I try to share the facts, and let people do their own thing. But really, when people make fun of something like 10-year olds living slavery and being beaten, it pisses me off. I mean, it's one thing to ignore the facts or accept that you're supporting people;s/animals' suffering, there's nothing I can do about that and I'm not going to try, but it's another thing to make fun of child slaves.