• chetradley@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Who’s being forced to eat something against their will? People should be able to make the choice to eat what they want based on all the information available. Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation about animal agriculture so many people don’t have all the info.

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      10 months ago

      A lot of the vegans here are pushing for the end of all meat-eating, so a lot of the non-vegans here (like the guy you responded to about “eating that shit”) feel like “nobody should be eating meat anymore” means “you shouldn’t eat meat anymore”.

      Whether “you” is part of “nobody” is a challenging question. I’ve met plenty of vegans who push for meat bans, and plenty of vegans who otherwise somehow think “since veg tastes good and the only people who eat meat do so feeling guilty, we’ll eventually all be vegan anyway”. The former are a threat (sorry, they are), and the latter are not worth treating like one.

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        10 months ago

        You can feel however you want but the fact is nobody here is forcing anything to do anything.

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          10 months ago

          Oh some people are trying.

          Many of the rest are trying to coerce people into doing things. From a legal/ethical point of view, people typically consider that a form of a forcing.

          And I can feel or not feel however I want, but the fact that you decided to bring up my feelings doesn’t change facts.

          Most importantly, I have clearly explained why the original comment was justified in using the word “shit” and a vegan would be justified in using the word “shit”. Heaven forbid vegans are on the same plane of existence as we mere mortals. No, you’re right. Vegans can use cuss words, but we non-vegans must bow and say “I understand that only vegetables taste good and that meat is horrible, but I eat meat because I like to feel guilty and want to burn in hell. Please judge me”

          Or maybe the top comment really was justified in using the word “shit”. Please leave your reddit at the door. You’ll track in mud.