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This is kind of silly Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #1
I think you hit it right on the head. Archae Jan 2020 #3
Funny, I've never met a vegan who evangelizes. Merlot Jan 2020 #12
My son was vegan for 7 years--and he was very aggressive about it. Yes, some do tblue37 Jan 2020 #25
Maybe your son was trying to annoy you Dorian Gray Jan 2020 #63
No, he was like that with everybody, including his friends. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #64
The same with one of my nephews LoveMyCali Jan 2020 #82
They evangalize all the time here. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #41
Vegan bashing is much more common than "evangelizing" Merlot Jan 2020 #47
Yes I agree JonLP24 Jan 2020 #57
I had a coworker once who kept photos in her office of slaughtered animals Clash City Rocker Jan 2020 #80
Evangelizing mmbrevo Jan 2020 #16
Indeed. "No, thank you" is taken as a personal attack. nt. Mariana Jan 2020 #37
The militant vegans do exist mostly on the internet and they are that way because they've seen the UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #27
Cattle ranchers MFM008 Jan 2020 #46
"I've never seen a meat-eating group do this." Mariana Jan 2020 #35
Of course I've seen those. Archae Jan 2020 #49
It is more the other way around JonLP24 Jan 2020 #56
The reason it matters is that a meat based diet is bad for the planet Blues Heron Jan 2020 #5
And all those chemicals used on our fruits and vegetables aren't hurting the environment? Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #8
Meat's worse for the planet, that's a well established fact Blues Heron Jan 2020 #10
No it is Not a well established fact that raising pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits, cattle is worse Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #13
The rabbits really aren't the problem it's the cows Blues Heron Jan 2020 #17
So it is Not meat farming you object to it's specifically cattle you object to. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #20
CFOs are terrible for the planet. safeinOhio Jan 2020 #19
Yeah, going local and knowing your farmer is the most sustainable way to go. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #22
Living out here in the middle of NM, I only eat local grass fed beef womanofthehills Jan 2020 #42
No, there is scientific research on it. It's about the greenhouse gas emissions muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #61
The problem with your studies is that they don't take into account the chemicals used to raise your Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #65
They do. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #68
Again your studies aren't complete. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #69
No, it is supported by science. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #71
Again nowhere in your links is there science supporting your diet. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #72
You are unaware of reality. Or of what the links say. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #73
You are all over the place in your arguments...so are we back to CO2 emissions? Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #74
Read links before using them. Bjorn Lomborg? Infamous climate change denier/minimiser muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #75
You should take your own advice considering you posted a worldwide diet that includes meat Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #81
No, you need to read what that "worldwide diet" is. And then read this thread. muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #83
You need to read your own straw men arguments. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #84
Odd, I have lost 30 lbs on a high meat diet. SQUEE Jan 2020 #87
Good post! at140 Jan 2020 #76
+++ still_one Jan 2020 #32
The ridiculous price of beauty: FM123 Jan 2020 #2
We need more locally grown-to-market vegetables pandr32 Jan 2020 #26
Nature Cartoonist Jan 2020 #4
This is true but the it's the way we are doing it now that is the problem. The factory farm is the UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #29
I also don't like the meat industry Cartoonist Jan 2020 #36
We, the LGBTQ, go against 'nature' rusty fender Jan 2020 #43
Not necessarily Cartoonist Jan 2020 #50
There also many instances of rusty fender Jan 2020 #52
Nature has 3 categories Cartoonist Jan 2020 #54
We won't have much of a nature if factory farming continues at this pace JonLP24 Jan 2020 #58
I was referring to vegetarianism, rusty fender Jan 2020 #67
I am a Dietary mess..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #6
Exactly...You may have some Inuit or Yupik genes. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #9
53% Eastern European... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #11
? Russia, Yugoslavia and the Balkans are half a world away from the Inuit muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #62
Same, all grains and most fruit gives me issues. tman Jan 2020 #18
So true. We are just starting to really scientifically study diet. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #23
Maybe grains give people issues because they are high in glyphosate/Roundup womanofthehills Jan 2020 #45
There's scientific support that grains/veggies are losing nutrients mainer Jan 2020 #7
I wouldn't blame "farmers" for loss of nutrients in plant foods... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #14
There was a Rachel Maddow episode about this FM123 Jan 2020 #39
I did 2 years on a strict whole food vegan diet. tman Jan 2020 #15
No it is not. This is pure propaganda disguised as concern for health. Claritie Pixie Jan 2020 #21
Some societies lived on only meat. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #24
In some parts of the world growing vegetables on a large scale isn't an option. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #31
It's as much a matter of what lives in your gut. hunter Jan 2020 #53
Exactly this! rusty fender Jan 2020 #44
True to a point evertonfc Jan 2020 #28
I'm glad the 'meat industry' is feeling threatened because more people are eating more plants. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #30
Exactly, their ag gag laws and their lawsuits prove it mucifer Jan 2020 #33
This might sort itself out by the cost of meat at the grocery store. Vinca Jan 2020 #34
Let's arm wrestle over it lame54 Jan 2020 #38
Every diet "requires a lot of knowledge and effort." hunter Jan 2020 #40
Im not a vegan. MFM008 Jan 2020 #48
Studies... Newest Reality Jan 2020 #51
Throught the entire animal kingdom... Binkie The Clown Jan 2020 #55
! Kali Jan 2020 #78
If there weren't so many people, we wouldn't need as much food of all types The_jackalope Jan 2020 #59
Yep, less meat and less sex. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2020 #60
Birth control exists. Healthy low meat and no meat diets exist. hunter Jan 2020 #66
Less sex? Get me off that train! at140 Jan 2020 #77
No kidding. I don't even want to get near the station. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2020 #85
I became very ill when I was vegetarian and then Meowmee Jan 2020 #70
We are omnivores... go too far either direction, there are consequences... JCMach1 Jan 2020 #79
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