Reply #223: I'm not sure where the "all meat eaters are inherently evil" idea came in

[yewberry]

but okay.

Please understand that pointing out that pointing fingers at veg*ns as being part of the problem citing industrial ag & monoculture might seem strange to some. Veg*ns are just as likely to be involved in small & local farming, and have made decisions that actually create less impact on the environment that those who follow the standard American diet.

I simply do not see hypocrisy in maintaining a veg*n diet. It has a lower negative impact on a variety of environmental challenges, especially when paired with an awareness of agribusiness and farming conditions.

But really, is it something to crow about? Nah. It's like commuting on the bus. At the same time, though, I don't particularly want to have an SUV driver point at me on that bus and say, "Well, what about the emissions from the bus? There's hypocrisy on both sides."

Certainly it's crummy to judge others and in very poor taste to assume some kind of superiority, but that's not hypocrisy. Bad personality, maybe, but as this thread clearly illustrates, that's not exactly exclusive to any particular group.