For example:
Carnist: “Hey, you want a slice of this pepperoni, triple cheese pizza?”
Vegan: “Sorry, no thank you, I’m vegan.”
Carnist: “Oh, wow! Nice! I respect that! Yeah, I would go vegan, but I just would struggle with protein, B12, and iron if I did! Like, I tried being vegan for a week and got so sick! I still eat plant-based alternatives every now and then, though! And I totally get where you’re coming from with your ethics! Yeah, the way they treat animals on those factory farms is crazy, bro! I hope those cruel practices can be abolished one day. Complete solidarity with you and the animals, dude! ✊ In the meantime, I absolutely try my best to get my meat, dairy, and eggs from local, free-range, humane, and organic farms!”
Vegan: “Okay?”
Like, seriously, just saying “Oh, okay.” and moving on with your life would be preferable over this shit.
They make up so much stuff on the fly. Almost no one buys those “local small humane farm stuff”
I heard the excuse a lot recently “but rich people fly private jets, flaunted covid rules during the pandemic and eat lots of meat! So therefore I’m completely excused from doing the right thing”
Or
“Focus on the governments and corporations not the everyday joe who is struggling”
Who is voting for those out of touch governments and buying those cruel animal products in stores from cargill? 👉 You my guy!
There is always an excuse made for unethical behaviour. I wish carnists would just stop making them.
It’d be easier to just go vegan than exclusively buy “humane” meat products “ethically” raised on your uncle’s farm.
Yeah like oh wow, really? You never eat frozen meals or meat dishes at restaurants and you only eat the most expensive and difficult to source raw meat cooked yourself? Wow, if you’re already going that far, the jump to being vegan should be easy AND save you money!
(they were not going that far)