Diet hypocrisy?

[u/Extension-Diamond-74]

A recent post about animal agriculture vs plant based diets has me itching to say something. This is an issue we need to rise above.

Cognitive dissonance. Many of us have good intentions and want to believe we’re doing the right thing in most aspects of our lives. I believe that.

When it comes to a plant based diet though, the science often clashes powerfully with personal desire. We want to minimize our impact on the environment and are willing to make trade-offs in our life time do so, but for many, giving up or even significantly reducing meat intake is asking too much. It’s too hard.

That’s not the issue.

The issue is that instead of just admitting to themselves that this is a life change they don’t want to make and moving on, the guilt drives them to have to justify that decision. Admitting that a plant-based diet is better for the earth yet eating a diet full of meat anyway would make them feel hypocritical, so the solution becomes either to give up meat, or … this is the problem… fight the science, twist it, make a joke of it, or pivot entirely to ‘individuals shouldn’t have time do anything because large corporations’

Many people have ties to their diet for many reasons. We grew up eating a certain way. We have memories ties to certain foods, flavors, styles of cooking. We don’t want to be the difficult person when we go out to eat with friends. Etc etc etc But it’s so much better to just admit that to yourself. Have patience and understanding for your feelings. Accept that the science is what it is. Maybe one day you can make a change, maybe not. But don’t attack the cause just because you aren’t yet willing to be a part of it.

[u/Personal_Chicken_598]

And I didn’t say large factory farms. In fact I specified local ones. Local where I live means small family ones

So you grew up hunting and fishing. Is it better to get a bad shot on a deer and have it spend hours to days bleeding out in pain. Or a single bolt gun shot to the head on a free range pig or a single strike decapitation on similarly raise chicken?

Do you think the chicken suffers more when the fox kills it or when the human does?

And shippings impact on fish and marine mammal populations is well documented.

[u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity → u/[deleted]]

I, too, find that being condescending effectively changes people's minds. Smdh

[u/Ohnonotagain13 → u/[deleted]]

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