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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

athena

(4,187 posts)

8. No one cares what you eat.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 11:14 PM

Sep 2019

Feel free to stuff yourself with as much animal flesh and bodily secretions as you like. It's between you, your health, and your conscience.

This is the vegetarian, vegan, and animal rights group. How ironic that a meat-eater would come here spewing anti-vegan propaganda, while accusing us of not letting him eat what he wants.

ETA: Claiming that humans "evolved as omnivores" may make you feel better about your cruel and unnatural diet, but it happens to be false. Humans are herbivores. That is a scientific fact:

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This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry [View all] lordsummerisle Aug 2019 OP

Bovine should be pets and not food. democratisphere Aug 2019 #1

+10000000000000000000000000000 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄☺️☺️☺️☺️ MLAA Aug 2019 #3

I'm ready Cartoonist Aug 2019 #2

How fragile. flvegan Aug 2019 #4

Not really. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #5

No one cares what you eat. athena Sep 2019 #8

as the article points out, plant-based substitutes are less resource intensive and will improve, unblock Sep 2019 #27

Too soon to know. Pobeka Aug 2019 #6

What is dangerous is animal protein. athena Sep 2019 #10

Do they have Impossible Carnitas? LuvLoogie Aug 2019 #7

This is the Vegetarian, Vegan, and Animal Rights forum. athena Sep 2019 #9

I think this forum might be conflating diet choice with animal rights. LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #11

If you eat meat especially factory farmed meat you don't respect animals mucifer Sep 2019 #12

Do share. flvegan Sep 2019 #13

Consuming an animal results in the death LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #14

Consuming an animal is not necessary. athena Sep 2019 #15

It often IS necessary. Learning to swim isn't necessary, but it might save your life. LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #16

Are you Inuit? Do you live in an area where you have no access to vegetables, fruits, and grains? athena Sep 2019 #17

If I want to eat a steak, what is an acceptable source in your view? If there is no acceptable LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #18

"I want" "humans evolved" blah fucking blah flvegan Sep 2019 #19

Okay, I'll ask you. Is there any acceptable source for a chuck roast, in your view? LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #20

You say: Mendocino Sep 2019 #23

I understand what the group name is, LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #24

People have different reasons for being vegan. athena Sep 2019 #25

I didn't scream. I didn't yell. But I did ask a couple group members if there was any condition LuvLoogie Sep 2019 #29

You posted a meat recipe video on a veg*n group, athena Sep 2019 #30

Do you dislike when trump trolls come on general DU political forums and try totell us what's right? lunasun Sep 2019 #28

Once again, feel free to eat as much steak as you want. athena Sep 2019 #21

Great article. athena Sep 2019 #22

"...cattle are looking more and more like stranded assets..." Quemado Sep 2019 #26

Congratulations! athena Sep 2019 #31