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Vegans are worse people and more harmful than "carnists' (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They don't give a fuck about minimizing suffering, they gladly eat food grown by slaves, or overconsume things some communities rely on, or replace things made of leather with things made of plastic that'll break down into microplastics. They force their shit into pets like cats who can't thrive on a vegan diet. And that's assuming they don't just call you a nazi for even having a pet, or steal your pet from you so they can kill it. And ofc they're just the most holier than thou pieces of shit anywhere, who think everyone who isn't vegan is literally as bad as a fascist.

Yall are weird. Really weird. And you don't have to be this harmful. Quit getting even more plastic shit, stop abusing pets, quit taking food from indigenous people who need it. You can minimize animal products without replacing them with even worse things, and failing to do so makes you just as much of an irredeemable fascist as the rest of us. Human suffering is not preferable to animal suffering. If you disagree, you are literally a sociopath

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago

Hooray! An unpopular opinion!

Yes, you're right. But your opinion is more or less what The Good Place (fantastic show) was saying. It is impossible to truly be a good person in society. The only way you can do that is by completely leaving society and living on your own. Having hard rules of "You're either doing good or not" means everyone is bad, as you're saying yourself.

There's a middleground. It is not "You are good or bad". Eating less meat helps the planet, reduces greenhouse gasses, and reduces wasted land. It's also horrible for the animals and knowingly exploitive. Those are facts. Now, what you say is true too, but what, should they just not eat at all? I know many vegans do try to grow their own food and do try to obtain everything as ethically as possible.

But it's impossible to live in society and not at least moderately hurt other people/animals/the planet. The clothes we wear, the food we eat, how we get around, our hobbies, these computers we're on, they're all built on exploitive labor. You have to pick your battles though, and you have to try.

Now, you can absolutely educate them, absolutely go for it, let them know. But I wouldn't start with calling people who are trying to make a difference "sociopaths".