• crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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    is it bad to murder cows and pigs so stevie o'doule can have a mcrib with bacon? yes.

    but the idea that human liberation is tied to animal liberation such that currently starving kids are held down because people are eating eggs is beyond fucking nonsense.

    there is no practicable moral difference between consuming a fungus and consuming an insect. are you holding back human liberation by eating mushrooms?

    no, obviously not.

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      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        i have enough stuff to feel guilty about in my life already

        exactly.

        my point is entirely about the fact that everyone has made choices that are morally compromising, so guilt tripping people about that shit is ridiculous.

        if you make the choice to be vegan, awesome. but using that as an excuse to ignore human suffering, because "human liberation cant happen while we abuse animals!" is the absolute height of fart sniffing, and there is no ethical consumption under capitalism so, the veganism is absolutely still contributing to suffering.

        some people just want to pretend theyve found a perfect solution and now have clean hands, i guess

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      currently starving kids are held down because people are eating eggs is beyond fucking nonsense

      Correct, which is why I didn't say that. I said we won't be liberated until all animals are. Things will (maybe) get better for humans without it, but that's not what liberation is.

      there is no practicable moral difference between consuming a fungus and consuming an insect

      Citation needed.

      are you holding back human liberation by eating mushrooms?

      If it turns out I am, I'll stop.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        If it turns out I am, I’ll stop.

        and this brings us back to "and what will you eat?"

        • Speaker [e/em/eir]
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          Vegetables. Grains. Beans. All the other stuff I eat when I'm not eating mushrooms.