That could literally be an alternate title for the bingo card, and is almost certainly the motivation for like 90% of the people who wish plants were conscious. And even if their flawed logic were true, it’s just more testament to how morally bankrupt they are. Because all they’re saying is “since we might be causing suffering on an incomprehensibly massive scale in this hypothetical case, that means it’s perfectly fine to also keep causing suffering on an incomprehensibly massive scale in this other case where it for sure is happening undeniably. Gotcha, vegan!”
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v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Average omni trying to dismantle veganism by claiming that plants are conscious/sentient to justify eating animals
InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net 5 days ago
Zacryon@feddit.org 5 days ago
Just a little nitpick: vegans are omnivores too. Afaik, being omnivorous describes the biological ability to digest plant matter and meat (and fungi ). Voluntarily restricting ones diet for whatever reason does not remove this ability.
MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Yeah but they cry like babies when you call them carnists
Glemek@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Who does?
auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Carnivores can digest plant matter too, and herbivores can digest meat.
Omnivore is a behavioural classification mostly. It means an animal (or person) that eats both plants and animals for energy.
So vegans are herbivores in practice.
LwL@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Many herbivore species are also opporturnistic omnivores, so it could be argued just as much that it’s about biological specialization.
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Fair enough