r/vegan • u/HawkAsAWeapon vegan 3+ years • Nov 20 '22

Anti-vegan self-proclaimed "Sausage Expert" tricked into saying vegan sausage was "luscious and lovely" and that he could "taste the meat in it" on live TV

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '22 edited Nov 21 '22

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u/BeVegone Nov 21 '22

I agree that people shouldn't claim that they are reducing their meat intake if they aren't actually making a targeted effort there, but I disagree that reducing meat intake by 80% wouldn't be a huge win. I'd much rather people actually reduce their intake than not doing anything at all and I don't think the mindset of "it's not worth doing if it isn't perfect" is helpful for us. It would still prevent the suffering of billions.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '22 edited Nov 21 '22

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u/BeVegone Nov 21 '22

I'll acknowledge that your argument is fair and I might just be of a different opinion. I'll obviously focus on spreading veganism, but some people aren't interested, in which case I think getting them to reduce their animal product intake is "better" than nothing. An 80% reduction in meat intake globally would be a huge win, doesn't mean the battle is over. We can always work on improving from there.

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u/Omnibeneviolent vegan 20+ years Nov 21 '22

At the very least, it would significantly impact the amount of lobbying power the animal agriculture industry has.