I keep seeing this argument about vegans forcing their choices onto others, but meanwhile, I get bombarded with ads for meat and dairy every single day. How is that not forcing a lifestyle too?
The truth is, people who eat animal products are forcing their choices onto animals. They create suffering for their own pleasure. I’m not trying to control what anyone eats, but I do want people to think about the suffering they support. If pointing that out makes someone uncomfortable, maybe that’s their conscience talking.
This whole narrative that you need animal products is ridiculous. It’s just a way to justify carnism, which is really just hedonism that harms others. And society pushes it on us constantly with ads and cultural pressure.
Good point. They’re avoiding the discomfort of thinking about what they’re doing. But then there’s the ethics of causing pain to others just to avoid your own.
It’s exhausting dealing with this. Vegans get called crazy for speaking up, while meat eaters get a free pass to be obnoxious. They love to exaggerate our arguments and make us look ridiculous.
Honestly, I think a lot of it comes from conservatives. They use religion to justify eating animals, saying God gave humans dominion over them. It’s hard to fight that mindset. I’ve met more Muslim vegans than Christian vegans, which says a lot. It’s just another example of entitlement mixed with resistance to change.
When people accuse vegans of forcing their views, what they really mean is that our very existence makes them question their choices. That’s uncomfortable for them.
It’s crazy how much hate vegans get for no reason. I’ll be listening to music, and there’s always some random hate comment about vegans. Meanwhile, I rarely see vegans starting fights, but we still get painted as the bad guys.
Sometimes I think eating meat is a sign of something deeper, like a lack of empathy. Truly spiritual people wouldn’t want to kill or eat animals—at least, that’s how I see it.
Jessie said:
Sometimes I think eating meat is a sign of something deeper, like a lack of empathy. Truly spiritual people wouldn’t want to kill or eat animals—at least, that’s how I see it.
But abrahamic religions literally teach that humans have the right to use animals however they want. It’s disgusting when people use that to justify cruelty.