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LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
13. I think maybe you missed my point.
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:17 AM
Jun 2012

This is the Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights group. Posting a poll here about meat eating makes as much sense as having a poll in the Atheists and Agnostics group about which deities one believes in.

On DU3 the Latest setup shows group posts, so we get drive-by posts from omnivores who haven't noticed which group they are posting to. This isn't a huge deal, but posting red meat (pardon the term) that draws them in to post stuff counter to the SOP for this group is counterproductive.

We don't need a poll to know that most DUers eat meat and have ideas about the use of animals that we'd disagree with. I'd just like that attitude toward animals kept out of the Veg group, because that attitude being expressed in other forums was the whole reason we got a group (DU's very first) in the first place.

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(ahem) MEAT IS MURDER! [View all] HopeHoops Jun 2012 OP
Eat Is Murder thelordofhell Jun 2012 #1
I am a huge hypocrite to, by the way. If I had to kill what I eat I would either be a vegetarian teddy51 Jun 2012 #2
Same here Politicalboi Jun 2012 #5
Meat NeverEnuff Jun 2012 #3
Sorry, not. elleng Jun 2012 #4
sorry Kali Jun 2012 #6
I like meat, but I will gladly embrace the day it is grown cruelty-free in giant vats. Ian David Jun 2012 #7
I'm not totally sure what the point is of having this poll in this group. LeftyMom Jun 2012 #8
Curiosity. Check again and see which option is winning. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #11
I think maybe you missed my point. LeftyMom Jun 2012 #13
Then there's a good reason I missed your point... HopeHoops Jun 2012 #14
Some Meat-Eaters Still Care About Animal Rights AndyTiedye Aug 2012 #21
That's funny. flvegan Aug 2012 #22
if you can veganlush Jun 2012 #9
Sadly, the vast majority of meat eaters have "Old MacDonald's Farm" in their minds. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #24
murder makes good gravy. pansypoo53219 Jun 2012 #10
So do mushrooms, but they don't scream when you kill them. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #12
Well... PavePusher Jun 2012 #15
Good point, but I haven't seen the dogs wince when I cut one. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #16
Heh... PavePusher Jun 2012 #17
Okay, but to be fair, I can't remember cutting mushrooms leading to sex until after we ate. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #18
ROFL.....!!!! PavePusher Jun 2012 #19
Um, most of the ones that look like that are "stink horns". HopeHoops Jun 2012 #20
So do mushrooms, but they don't scream when you kill them. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #25
Other: I don't eat meat now for health reasons Marrah_G Aug 2012 #23
I'll eat New England sea vegetables, but not fish or shellfish HopeHoops Aug 2012 #26
So are vegetables, bread, beer, brushing teeth and disinfecting wounds. DetlefK Aug 2012 #27
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