> These people resort to less effective, morality based arguments to sway others (let's face it, most people care more about eating tasty food than saving the environment), indicating that their real concern isn't moving the needle on meat consumption, it's asserting their moral superiority in order to gain status among their peers
Again, why is that? There are countless other moral issues (some of which I mentioned in the gp post) that most of us cringe when thinking they were contentious debates in the past. What makes eating beef different?
The implication that people behave morally to gain status among their peers is, frankly, childish. As if the only reason people aren't setting children or fire, murdering one another, stealing cars, etc. is to "gain status". No—I encourage you to realize that some of us actually believe in doing what we think is the right thing. I assure you, veganism garners far more criticism and bizarre hatred than it does admiration.
Again, why is that? There are countless other moral issues (some of which I mentioned in the gp post) that most of us cringe when thinking they were contentious debates in the past. What makes eating beef different?
The implication that people behave morally to gain status among their peers is, frankly, childish. As if the only reason people aren't setting children or fire, murdering one another, stealing cars, etc. is to "gain status". No—I encourage you to realize that some of us actually believe in doing what we think is the right thing. I assure you, veganism garners far more criticism and bizarre hatred than it does admiration.