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(4,869 posts)That guy is obnoxious, how can you sit through that?
EOTE
(13,409 posts)I'm about as far from a vegetarian as you can get, however I'm very well aware of the benefits of going vegetarian. This asshole's argument seems to be that since there are so many cows and chickens, that they're doing just dandy. Never mind the fact that they live utterly miserable existences, the fact that there are so many of them means that they're doing better than we are.
And this asshole probably thinks that his stupid little diatribe makes him look intelligent. He couldn't be more wrong.
alp227
(32,047 posts)See this response to AA's "Feminism sucks" video:
http://ljarvz.tumblr.com/post/593558678/the-amazing-atheist-feminism-sucks-first-off
Also on Reddit he has threatened people with rape threats:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/02/08/the-not-so-amazing-atheist-self-immolates/
http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/2012/02/scratch-the-amazing-atheist-off-your-list-too/
Unfortunately this Amazing Atheist guy has popularized anti feminist bullshit among the young people. Just try to sit thru his "Tumblr Feminists" rant where he characterizes his reaction to feminist tumblr blogs as "WHY AM I WHITE? WHY AM I MALE?" and complains that those tumblr bloggers don't pay enough attention to "real" issues like third world genocide. He also goes in defense of Daniel Tosh's "Wouldn't it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now?"
EOTE
(13,409 posts)More than anything, this guy is just an arrogant asshole.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)kind of like veat
You might like this better
Why Romney?
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)There aren't very many Spirit Animals that you can eat every day.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)And that slaughterhouse sandwich was disgusting.
EOTE
(13,409 posts)What an idiot. Vegetarians should use that as a recruitment video, I'd imagine they'd get an awful lot of converts that way.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)He said something along the lines of "fuck no". In some ways he's right. Commercially raised pigs, cows, and chickens would be complete failures if set free. They're bred to be meat and not for survival. It's a disgusting industry and a profoundly detrimental force for the environment. If he hadn't taken a bite, I might have thought he actually was a vegetarian just spoofing the omnivores, although I must admit that I've known a lot of people who were damn close to strictly carnivorous.
librechik
(30,676 posts)he gives me great powers over Parmesan and tomatoes.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)the Nightshades are not getting this one!
lol
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)lol--just kidding--I knew Eggie was a nightshade all along
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Okay, I might have been rather stoned that time, but still.
librechik
(30,676 posts)painfully, rather the opposite.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Okay, okay, that's a cruel thing to do, but it will stall out a car (as opposed to shooting out like a missile).
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)wherever you are! Hot-cha-cha-cha-cha!
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)This simpleton's argument is based solely on population numbers. Somehow animals bred for short, brutal lives are "better off" simply because there's more of them. According to this fat moron, billions of suffering animals should thank us for saving them from the horrors of living in equilibrium with their environments. Of course no awareness or acknowledgment that we are literally killing ourselves and the planet in the process. What a fucking tool.
Warpy
(111,332 posts)and that might be true if the animals hadn't been bred for qualities that are useful to meat eaters but not useful to the animal.
Chickens have been bred with such enormous breasts that they're falling over, unable to walk properly by the time they're slaughtered. It's monoculture, and should they escape captivity, there are no wild populations to mate with to get back to being real, non grotesque chickens.
Cattle are bred so they have more meat and run less efficiently or produce more milk and have udders that practically drag the ground. Sheep have been bred for docility as much for wool quality and are now far too dumb to survive on their own.
Absent humans, these "successful" animals would die out in a generation or two and that doesn't look like success to me.
This guy has made a few good, thought provoking tapes. This is simply not one of them because first, it's a losing battle to criticize anyone else's food choices and second, he just didn't think things through too clearly.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)I'd have no problem if the guy's message was "I dig meat, so sue me". But if your aim is to make vegetarians/vegans look foolish, you'd better have a more cogent argument than that silly crap.
renie408
(9,854 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Seriously.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)He will most likely die a virgin.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)This guy's last name must be Craftsman, because he's the biggest tool I've ever seen.
Alduin
(501 posts)veganlush
(2,049 posts)I'm embarrassed for this moron.
veganlush
(2,049 posts)beck. just embarrassing to watch because of the ignorance and stupidity, magnified by arrogance . Pigs and chickens, etc..are confined and made to reproduce so that their offspring can be tortured and killed for food. Factory farming, which is where most people get their carrion, is torture from beginning to end. Pigs are intelligent creatures not dissimilar to dogs and cats. You can't call yourself an animal lover while still contracting for the torture and misery of other animals for food that is not good for you. Those lovable attributes that you see in your dogs and cats exist in other animals too. Animals by the millions are tortured each day here in america and if you buy the carrion, they are doing it for you, doing it at your command. So enjoy your pets, but don't call yourself any kind of advocate for animals unless you are boycotting cruelty by voting with your food dollars.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Also body odor.