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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] 2 points 1 month ago

I upvoted because this is an unpopular opinion.

Half my family are vegetarians, and my wife's extended family are vegan. So our family reunion dinners are vegan. I am not a vegan.

But to speak for them - We're all just trying to eat.

There's some shitty people in general from all sides. Imagine a dude mocking Muslims for not eating pork. Or a alcoholic mocking people for not drinking. That's same shit energy as a vegan mocking people for eating meat.

In a world where there's so many diverse cultures and meal types, it's weird as fuck to feel so strongly about what someone puts in their body.