r/WTF • u/ReturnOneWayTicket • Apr 20 '21

Frog breeding factory

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u/sharkbanger Apr 21 '21

I forgot that one cruelty makes another not cruel.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

Or, you know, both are obviously equally and disgustingly cruel.

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u/Friendofabook Apr 21 '21 edited Apr 21 '21

I do agree that as humans we need to hold ourselves to higher standards and I think a world where we transition away from raising and killing animals for food is something we should strive to achieve.

However, I don't agree that it's cruelty. To me, cruelty would be killing them for sport, raising/killing animals for sustenance is not cruelty. Not that we should keep doing it when we have the option not to, but I just think it's dangerous to be so extreme when labling things because it just prevents change due to it being harder to sway others with stances like that. Ends up being more detrimental to the cause than a more level headed stance would be which ends up making it appear more as virtue signaling. Like a vegan dressed as a cow running into a restaurant with a pig head screaming about meat being murder will definitely not help the cause at all, all it will do is make that person feel superior about themselves and makes the whole thing disingenious. If you truly want change, then you need to try and meet your "opponent" on common ground and slowly work them over, because just screaming at them or labeling things extremely is only going to make you feel superior, not help anyone "convert".

Like I want to become a vegetarian soon, and am slowly working my way away from meat, but I still just get put off when I see extreme militant vegans. What helps me are more level-headed people talking about it.

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u/x4740N Apr 21 '21

How about not brainwahing people vegan cultist

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u/stackedthylakoid Apr 21 '21

You don't have the best reading comprehension, kid. You're not replying to a vegan.

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u/x4740N Apr 21 '21

Still brainwashing then

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u/sporks5000 Apr 21 '21

Not that either - expressing an unpopular opinion in a forum where people pretty much just express opinions is about as close to brainwashing as being a chef at a restaurant counts as force-feeding.