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Perceived ad-hominem from your quote which implies that you are racist and sexist if you eat meat.
My first instinct is to make another joke and say "So a warped perception? They should get that checked. Might be something serious." but everyone would probably hate me even more for it.
The idea I had was that "exploitation" is the issue. Imho the reason why we shouldnt kill and eat other humans is because our society would seize to function and humans I assume dont taste good, not because its less ethical than killing an animal. if you have to kill to survive, I assume thats not exploitation. I dont even take issue with eating meat for nutrient reasons every now and then. I take issue with keeping animals in small pens for a short and miserable life and feel no shame at all about it. Thats what I find disgusting. And it translates to other humans (immigrants, disabled, mentally ill, women, etc.). Thats why I say we should change our view of that.
Does it make sense now?
I dont know why you assume humans taste worse that other animals.
We supposedly taste like veal according to Google. I don't know how they determined this though.
Modern humans are very fatty and highly stressed. I hate fatty meat and stress makes the meat taste bad. Not to talk about all the toxins they ingest. Even if they dont taste bad, I'm kinda over eating junkfood.
Ok, so just eat the rich then
Obviously but bot for nutrition. Think about all the botox and plastic parts they can afford. Eww
Yeah, your take makes perfect sense to me. I'm just letting you know why your original message gets interpreted negatively even by people who would otherwise agree with your message.
Take a minute to think about it. What's the intention behind quoting this specific passage instead of another? Is it a continuation of your first statement and you're providing this as the reason you support anti-speciesism (i.e. that you're not racist/sexist)? Or are you trying to tell others that they're racist/sexist for being specieist? Or are they completely disjoint and you just wanted to share a fun fact? Or maybe you intended something completely different? But I can't think of how else to interpret it, so if that's the case, you'd have to elaborate.
Thanks for elaborating. It was very helpful. My autistic brain works in weird ways. My intention is to tell people "please read about this and consider joining the movement because we need to change things or we will perish." or something like that. I didnt mean to say anyone is anything really. It was just a good point that the article made imo. "look at this compelling argument" for example.
Maybe I should ask that I dont have this dimension of "someone does something that is not directly related to me but means me with it." This has caused me intense trouble because other people do have it, apparently. Its how social hierarchy is often negotiated iirc. Does that make sense?
No, you're speciest if you eat animals. And that's just as bad as being sexist or racist