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This is a strawman. No one is arguing buying beans fixes deforestation. However, if less meat is produced (ie less animals are raised for slaughter), then less deforestation will come as a result of the meat industry. If legume farming was destroying the rainforest, I'd have a problem with that too

Do you think that animals have consciousness? Do they feel pain, fear? Is it moral for you to inflict pain and fear on a conscious being? What about 1,000,000 of those beings? Would you butcher a toddler for meat? What about an animal with similar (or more) depth of emotion and cognition than that? Is it okay because they are other species? What about the deforestation caused by animal agriculture? What about the impact on climate change? I think there are many valid moral arguments that you are outright dismissing with a mere hand wave. I hope you give it some more thought

Sure, but the average person does not know or care about the distinction. It's much easier to explain this way. I'll see if I can incorporate this terminology instead next time though

Are you othering me?

You might feel othered because you are different, but I for one wish all animals feel nothing but acceptance and peace (including you)

I may be wrong, but I think that veganism is about not exploiting/eating sentient creatures

I have met far more people complaining loudly about vegans than I have loud vegans

vegans care about animals. I assure you it is the norm

I am mostly vegan and my cat and dog eat mostly meat 🖕