FredVegroxHow would it be thought good to continue the same use of animals?
It’s not that people think of it as “good”, they just don’t think about it at all. Most people don’t think about where their food really comes from, and where their demand for meat exists, capitalism maximizes profits.
Then there are other issues, like lack of empathy, or just not regarding animals as deserving of life. Some non-vegans may know the source of their food but they simply don’t care.
And then there’s always cognitive dissonance where they might care, but they shove that in the back of their mind and justify eating meat anyway.
All this makes it difficult for a one-size-fits-all approach to educating non-vegans in hope they’ll change their eating habits. It’s not a matter of truth or good, it’s a complex matter of knowing, having the capacity for empathy, recognizing animals as deserving of empathy, and then believing that this information is more important than their desire to eat meat.
queermunist she/herIt’s not that people think of it as “good”, they just don’t think about it at all.
They also get really mad when you make them think about it, because most people know it’s wrong.
Or, perhaps, just maybe, they don’t enjoy being vilified by people that claim moral high ground over a choice?
Remember, no one is born vegan.
My personal experience was, in fact, that I was mad at vegans for making me think about it. I find most people, when pressed, feel that hurting animals is wrong and sometimes will even admit it. That’s why so many of them are obsessed with the future being lab-grown meat, they’d rather be able to eat flesh without hurting anyone.
I bet that applies to you, too. If we could grow lab grown bacon, which tastes exactly the same as flesh from a pig, you’d choose it every time. I doubt you actually want to hurt pigs.
Giving money to factory farms by buying their products is not a choice like picking a flavour of ice cream though. It has victims that suffer immensely under the conditions.
If someone beat up their dog every day and someone criticized them for it, you probably wouldn’t say that they shouldn’t “vilify” the animal abuser and that any attempt to help the victim is just “claiming moral high ground over a choice”?
Like I get that the intention isn’t to be cruel when people buy meat, but it does involve very serious animal abuse. That sadly doesn’t go away just by looking the other way.