itt: people justifying why their institution of mass murder is actually good

some 80% or more of the global soybean crop is pressed for oil. it’s the industrial waste from that process that we give to animals, thus conserving resources.

all they gotta do is block me and it won’t matter if I comment. I’m not there one who has problems with others being wrong on the Internet. it’s them who should do the blocking.

it was quieter. it was easier to avoid distractions.

oh, I understand the secondary effect, but what they asked won’t clean their feed

I don’t think you know how blocks work. if they block me, they can’t see me: their feed is clean. if I block them, they still see me. have you read any of the release notes?

where is that block?

liberals are handing out blocks now? can I get one?

another user said it’s like how christians call non-believers sinners. that makes sense to me.

lemmy with extra censorship tools

make any excuse you want. you don’t know anything about me.

didn’t you literally run away instead of staying and fighting in america?

There’s no practical downside?

inconvenience, social ostracization, and aesthetic deprivation are actual downsides. further you don’t actually know what is good for them: you’re not their doctor. finally, it would be better for the animals if it shrunk industry. the industry grows every year, so it is not any better for the animals.

why not do the little extra step of going vegan?

because it’s ineffective at addressing the issues facing the environment.

Animal agriculture accounts for 40-60% of total emissions.

all of agriculture is only about 20% of our emissions, so this just can’t be true.

if i’m told my vote won’t count, why would i vote?

veganism is quantifiably healthier and correlated with longevity.

in some respects for some people. some of the studies (china study, for instance) have been debunked, though.

you aren’t a dietician. even if you are (i admit, i was guessing), you aren’t my dietician, so maybe you shouldn’t be telling other people what a healthy diet would be for them.

I’ve been told my vote won’t matter if I don’t vote for the right candidate. that’s voter suppression if I’ve ever seen it

but if I vote for Biden, he might win. I don’t want that, either

it’s not for them, it’s for anyone who might be taken in by them.

and i can’t bring myself to think of them in dehumanizing terms like “bot” or even “shill”. that level of discourse is toxic and thought-terminating. we should elevate the conversation.