I sincerely thank you for a well thought out informative post.TraditionKU wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:59 amthe correct answers are 1) a lot, and 2) more than the majority of vegans realize or care to admit
i don’t want to vilify all of them, particularly those that either grow their own food or obtain their food though responsible means, but...
many, if not most, vegans buy their food from grocery stores. that food is produced via the massive agri-business model. habitats (and the animals that once resided in them) were destroyed to convert land for agricultural purposes. annually, insecticides/pesticides are applied liberally to those crops. but, nobody sheds a tear over the invertebrates that succumb to the process.
the overwhelming majority of vegans (~90% by some estimates) chose to be so out of misplaced compassion for “animals”. i say misplaced because it seems the only animals they care about are those that are produced via the agri-business model (cows, pigs, chickens, etc.)
the “problem” isn’t that we eat meat, in and of itself...it’s that 1) we eat too much meat (as a society), and 2) “we” aren’t responsible in the way we produce the majority of the meat we consume
I'm in no way anti-vegan but to the vegans....Yes, I am somewhat aware of how the meat gets from the animal in to my mouth and it's no doubt a terrible thing to think about but it's a choice I choose to and can live with. If it makes me a bad person in your eyes - so be it. I won't argue.
