prisons are bad. abolish ice and the prisons

I stg I thought it was perfect when I posted it

rights are a convenient fiction from the enlightenment era, when the Europeans were trying to atomize and analyze freedom.

you’re free to carry a weapon.

omg.

most people aren’t solving this with 3 drinks in em lol

any alternative paths?

how are you defining harm?

someone who only speaks truth to power or just opposes the status quo will almost invariably be downvoted. using those downvotes to identify trolls is just bad practice.

i’d say it gives tools to moderate based on groupthink

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes […] Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. —Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2016)

It is the position

no, it’s not. it used to be.

your strawman is bad faith

the very first reference in that list is an outdated position by the and. it expired five years ago. it’s likely some of those other links also rely on this now expired position.

I wouldn’t take everything there at face value. you will need to actually click and read every link critically.

it might be true, but the data they used is specious.

I can, but I’m not going to

you still haven’t provided any cognitive behavioral science to support the claim that nonhuman understand that they themselves might die, which is an essential step in establishing that they want to live out that they didn’t want to die

ease is a relative term

I’m mostly referencing your allusion to agriculture as a developmental milestone

I think you are giving a very eurocentric description of early humanity

there is no reason to suppose eating animals is bad. since it is so normal, both among humans and in the natural world, the burden is on those who propose that we don’t do that.

i never suggested they don’t have consciousness, though i rather doubt that some animals, like muscles, do. i said they don’t understand personal mortality. if you can find me an animal cognitive behaviorist who disagrees, i’d love to read their work.

since i’m right, i agree. it will be easy.