99% of meat comes from factory farms in the US. For Europe, it’s around 75%. Unless you know where the meat came from and how it treats its animals, you can safely presume the source animal was tortured for it. Calling factory farming abhorrent doesn’t mean much if you still regularly pay for it to continue.

Because the chicken is incapable of acting morally. Humans should hold themselves to a higher standard.

Vegan activists tend to consider hunting to be a low priority for reasons similar to what you’ve described. It doesn’t add much suffering overall assuming the death is quick. Instead, the focus is on the tremendous suffering involved in the meat industry.

I’m not gaslighting. There’s a way to do it that’s permanent, but if you do it wrong it will revert. I’m speaking from personal experience.

Back when I was on reddit more there was a subreddit called r/comedyhomicide, where people would post examples of something funny being sabotaged by tagging on something unnecessary rather than ending on the punchline. It always reminded me of a laugh track, as if the audience needs to be primed with how to react. I also think people nowadays feel more of a need to insert how they feel about something rather than just sharing the thing.

I have had them disabled for years. You have to go through the registry. It’s cumbersome but it doesn’t take long and is permanent.

We should remember that most of the democrats stuck to their guns this time. The 8 that capitulated were slammed as traitors by the others. Whatever the party is, it is not a monolith.

C’mon, he probably is leaving important details out, but “if people treat him badly, he must deserve it” is hardly fair.