Vegan meat substitutes are morally wrong. It is like providing a serial killer with synthetic victims instead of just quitting murder altogether.

End this culture of meat necessity!

  • Veganhydride [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    What would be a synthetic victim in your example? A non-sentient mannequin or something?

    • Hoodoo [love/loves]
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      4 years ago

      Perhaps? The lack of examples is sort of my point.

      No other societal maladaptation is treated by massaging it.

      • Veganhydride [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        What about when drug abuse is treated by giving the patient drugs? (e.g.: heroin prescription)

        Anyway, fake meat is just plants shaped and transformed differently. There is so synthetic victim. There is no synthetic cow being fake-killed. Vegans only object to the eating part because of the whole producing part. The act of eating has no direct victim.

        • Hoodoo [love/loves]
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          4 years ago

          Drugs have actual withdrawals, which is a medical issue.

          And the 'fake meat' keeps people thinking about meat. It keeps meat culturally relevant and as something 'legitimate'.

          I want to totally delegitimize meat. It is morally wrong. The very concept is evil.

          • Veganhydride [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            What exactly do you mean by fake meat? Is seitan shaped like a cylinder (sausage) bad?

            • Hoodoo [love/loves]
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              4 years ago

              The meat meant to strictly substitute. Like fake ground beef, etc.

              Fake sausage casing maybe fits under that but I'm not sure if people use that as a replacement for animal parts, tbh, even if they strictly are in a literal sense.

              • Veganhydride [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Ok I think I understand. Stuff like vegan nuggets would be included in that then.

                Why is it that meat gets a monopoly on basic shapes? Why can't you make a vegan product in the form of a disk or a cylinder or strips or a minced rectangle etc. without it being compared to meat?

                Are potato patties fake meat? What makes soy-based burgers different from potato patties?