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    Global catastrophy will never be as emotionally convincing as individual suffering. Why empathise with more when you can sympathise with less.

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      10 months ago

      The fishing is sadder to me because it’s intentionally causing unnecessary harm. I can see why accidental harm might be sadder though, and it is very sad either way. Systemic injustice and global catastrophe both need to be addressed though obviously

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        Consuming for survival is not unneccesary harm. All complex life takes life to continue living.

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          The vast majority of humans can thrive/be healthy on a vegan diet, therefore it’s not consuming for survival. That’s an excuse or ignorance (again, for the vast majority of humans, especially those who are reading this. There are always exceptions tho)

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            Vegans just casually creating a class system to value one life above others.

            We have a name for the class of animals that eat grass, stay in packs for safety, and lack the individual skills necessary for individal survival. And even they are smart enough to be opportunistic omnivores.

            The only species of animal stupid enough to consume against their needs and instincts are humans.

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              What? That’s what you took from vegans saying “stop killing others unnecessarily”?

              Carnists are literally putting out an idea that values someones sensory pleasure over the lives of others and then acting accordingly and killing by the billions each year.

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                The word you’re looking for is omnivore, not carnist.

                How many house plants have you killed not for the purpose of your own survival? Nobody can disregard life like a militant vegan.

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                  Carnist, omnivore, speciesist. If the shoe fits 🤷

                  To the best of my knowledge plants are not sentient. If they were I would take much better care of houseplants and still be vegan because eating other animals still kills way more plants (google trophic levels)

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                    Disingenuous, ignorant, mentally deficient from years of choline deficiency. You’re right. If the shoe fits.

                    Eating keeps things alive, only a vegan would think taking something out of its natural environment and subjecting it to worse living conditions and a shortened lifespan without the purpose of benefitting another lifeforms ability to survive as being less harmful.

                    We kill for survival, you kill for pleasure and ego.

                    Classist vegans only care for sentience, not life.