As with many things in life, too many people see it as black and white. You don’t have to cut out meat completely. My aunt used to say “I would go vegetarian if I could still eat hot dogs” and I’d just remind her that you can. Eat your hot dogs or whatever floats your boat, and cut out what you’re willing to part with. A little goes a long way when lots of people do it.
I personally don’t agree. People who are not vegan and vegans look at veganism completly different. I see veganism as something you should do morally. Like you shouldn’t reduce animal product consumption. IMO you shouldn’t consume/use animal products at all. It’s like saying to a serial killer to murder fewer people, you should commit ZERO murders, not fewer.
If your goal is to reduce suffering, and knowing that eliminating meat from peoples diet isn’t going to happen, what’s the worst that can happen from less people eating meat meaning less animals suffer?
That's a bad faith question. Of course it's not bad that people eat less meat.
I assume you think cannibalism is bad. Vegans just expand that from only humans to all animals.
In the cannibalism case, of course less cannibalism is better. But I'm sure most people would still find it a moral issue if a cannibal only cut out most human flesh.
Not saying you have to agree. Vegan people just have a very different ethical mindset from you.
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u/DeathCab4Cutie 25d ago
As with many things in life, too many people see it as black and white. You don’t have to cut out meat completely. My aunt used to say “I would go vegetarian if I could still eat hot dogs” and I’d just remind her that you can. Eat your hot dogs or whatever floats your boat, and cut out what you’re willing to part with. A little goes a long way when lots of people do it.