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Agree with the general message, but constructing an exaggerated character that is easy to criticise by design does not equate to winning any kind of real argument.
Right? This kind of shit is why people don't like vegans. Even if it's not representative of the entire group, I feel like 4/5 of the time I hear vegan talking points, it's this kind of wild nonsense.
It's like how evangelical Christians give the whole religion a bad name. It's fine to believe what you believe, but vilifying others for not believing the same thing is gross, ass-backwards propaganda at best.
I reject your statement that it is okay to be a Christian
Every belief has an effect, what effect does one-society of ones want to have?
Your beliefs effect your behaviors,
The problems with that are far, far & far too many of our species NEVER critically think about what they believe & it's past-present-future effects & how it is applied. Just because what your family-class-area/community-town-city-state/providence-country believes something, does not mean one should believe it. Do the HONEST & CRITICAL examination of everything presented to one.
I will always prefer to be alone over just believing in violencing-harming-killing-torturing.
It is how religions violenced-harmed-killed-tortured unimaginable amount of our species-animals & Etc.. Think about this, even religions that claim to be peaceful religions, example Buddhism-Quakers, have fought or contributed to mobs'-govs.' violence-harms-tortures-wars. I was shocked when I first discovered Buddhas were actually violencing-harming-killing-torturing other people. & why are they doing this, because of religious differences. You want to talk about animals & Etc. holocaust, it is a holocaust that never ended. That is not to say, it is just one-reason, nothing is a island upon itself, religion. It is just point-out that a religion that their beliefs have result from, through & continue in the violence-harm-torture-killing of other people, animals & Etc..
I believe that all our minds are the most powerful individual things (working together even more powerful & working with all Beings' minds is most possible power) there is outside of things like outer space forces & Earth forces, can never control but make worse or better. With that I understand belief in no religion & all that entails has also resulted violences-harms-tortures-wars. Just a lot less, than religions!
Like my other reply there many reasons that are intersectionally intertwined.
When I use any version of violence-harm-kill-torture, I include at least mental (if you like to add spiritual, than so be it) & physical.
Or, you know, it's a meme and people engage with it, ideally sparking a thought in them