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[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

If you tell me in the same way that I’d tell you my dietary preference, I wouldn’t mind at all. I’m not in the business of telling other people what to eat or not eat and as long as you extend me the same courtesy, we should get along just fine.

The point is that this is not like having different favourite colours.

One "dietary preference" slaughters intelligent beings with complex social behaviour and emotions, the other does not.

One contributes a massive amount of greenhouse gases and thus fuels climate change, the other's impact is much, much smaller.

One degrades soils and pollutes rivers, the other less.

One leads to zoonotic epidemics, the other does not.

One leads to incredible water consumption, the other much less.

In short, one "preference" has a massive negative impact on many aspects of life and the earth, the other is a plant-based diet. Consequences!

this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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