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RE: Finding a space where vegans and meat eaters can agree to differ, and still be friends
Thanks for this post, I hope those of us advocating for more natural, traditional diets can find common ground.
I try really hard to get along with vegans, especially since I was a vegetarian for so long. But honestly, the "You are a murderer who doesn't care about the Planet and you're stupid" argument puts me off quite a bit.
Most of the division in our world today really seems to come from people trying to "win" on the internet though. It's like the more objectively correct your argument is, the harder they try to destroy it. I don't know how we will ever get around that.
When I talk to people in real life it's much easier to find common ground.
I don't care for that style of argument either. Although I mostly see it from vegans, I'm sure there are plenty of meat eaters who are just as intolerant. I agree that the need to win is what gets in the way of any kind of mutually respectful and useful discussion. All we can do is do our best to be open minded ourselves. Like Michael Jackson said, let's start with the man in the mirror. I know you are.