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In reply to the discussion: Why are those here who eat meat so defensive? [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)183. The place I go to doesn't have an extensive menu, but
it has several husky, tasty sandwiches, with a side, dressed with a mildly picante pecan pesto (no cheese). The go for <$8.
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no idea but why do non meat eaters feel the need to lecture or moralise. i think its a two way stre
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#1
personally i dont care if someone dosent eat meat same as its none of their business if i cut the
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#7
I would say don't worry about whether a picture would change somebody's opinion
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#62
oking your finger in someone's eye isn't a sign of being defensive at all.
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#132
I support thousands of bambis, plus antelope, elk, coyote, bear, wild turkey, feral pigs, quail,
DeschutesRiver
Jan 2013
#173
Yeah, yeah. I know. Everyone on DU either eats humanely raised meat or hunts their own.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#40
if you thought you were going to convert duers, it probably was going to be a long shot
quinnox
Jan 2013
#42
If I graphically described and showed you pictures of what plants actually go through
jeff47
Jan 2013
#59
Knock off the dualism, either/or skirmishing. We be omnivores. Teeth and digestive tract prove it.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#10
There are plenty of environmental and health issues about the production of meat and
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#29
Totally with you on that. But we do still have four canines for tearing meat. Just sayin.'
ancianita
Jan 2013
#122
There's substantial evidence that as we learned to cook our food - including meat...
trotsky
Jan 2013
#153
Perhaps the female neanderthals found males with narrow jaws and larger skulls to be more attractive
FBaggins
Jan 2013
#158
I think most people get defensive when they get a sense that they are singled out.
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#12
Because anytime anyone posts anything in defense of animals OR the benefits of a vegetable
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#27
Ah no. An OP advancing a vegetable based diet is the offense. Bloody meat is the defense.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#93
What you eat, if what you eat is controlled by the corporate food industry, does indeed
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#115
Certainly. And telling people they shouldn't use lead paint was largely ineffectual for decades
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#121
Food activists, like the most activist movement, start out with the vast majority on the other side.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#145
*Sigh* lead was an additive and not necessary. Most of the western world abandoned lead
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#90
I grasp the chemistry. I also grasp why the rest of the western world abandoned lead
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#101
It should have been banned long before then. It's toxicity from the getgo
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#179
IMO, the best way to advance vegetarianism: Open a good veget. Restaurant...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#155
There are quite a few great vegetarian restaurants in San Francisco and most others
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#163
I am a vegetarian, and I see more vegetarians in the face of non-vegetarians then the reverse
still_one
Jan 2013
#34
Your post #64 sounds like the rationalization many anti-gay bigots express
Moses2SandyKoufax
Jan 2013
#77
I don't know about other Democrats, but this one is not ashamed of eating meat.
sadbear
Jan 2013
#86
I don't know, but I have noticed that most meat eaters are really defensive about it.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#92
because of we weren't so vigilantly defensive, we'd be overrun by the meat.
Joe Shlabotnik
Jan 2013
#107
I don't know. I've been a vegetarian since I was a kid and never hassled a meat eater. I wish I
Raine
Jan 2013
#119
I don't care what anyone eats as long as they're not trying to cook me as long pig.
hobbit709
Jan 2013
#129
I love meat. Chicken mostly, but I'm also fond of Pork, Beef, and Artichokes. nt
el_bryanto
Jan 2013
#138