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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Things need to change for the better but campaigning for universal veganism is a waste of bandwidth when a more nuanced discussion is needed.
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"Campaigning for universal veganism" is a huge stretch, and I don't know any among us who believe it will happen within our lifetimes, if ever. We are just trying to do our best as voices for those who have none.
Advocates for "humanely raised meat" have never convincingly answered the question: "if it is humane then why does it end in the death of the animal?" So: humane until we need to eat you.
It is not that I don't believe in piecemeal change, but for me that means attracting people, one by one, to a lifestyle without meat and not being satisfied with things until there is less death of innocent animals. Myers may be focusing too much attention on opinions which form the minority of these folks beliefs, but I think it is an important caution against the kind of rhetoric which shows up in so called food journalism.
It is also clear from the article that though Myers is a vegan, he definitely underplays this in his writing, focusing mainly on the foodie quotations. If you see this as a call to veganism, it is because the examples cited are so abhorrent that it becomes the preferable option. At no point does Myers explain veganism as "the way to go."
If you didn't know he was a vegan, would you read the article differently?