A video that reportedly shows Charlotte Dujardin whipping a horse like “an elephant in the circus” has also led to her suspension from competition for at least six months.
It’s not a strawman. Being a meat eater is a choice. If you just want nutrition, you’re a vegan. You choose meat if you like the taste of corpse better than the efficiency of plants.
If you’re a carnist, then your food needs food. In the US, your food’s food is typically a corn monoculture. Your cows need to eat many times as much corn as their meat is worth, in terms of kilojoules. We could just feed a tenth of the corn to people and get rid of the cows, and let the other 9/10 corn fields return to nature. But, you people want a hamburger because it tastes good. This ain’t about nutrition or the environment.
It’s not a strawman. Being a meat eater is a choice. If you just want nutrition, you’re a vegan. You choose meat if you like the taste of corpse better than the efficiency of plants.
If you’re a carnist, then your food needs food. In the US, your food’s food is typically a corn monoculture. Your cows need to eat many times as much corn as their meat is worth, in terms of kilojoules. We could just feed a tenth of the corn to people and get rid of the cows, and let the other 9/10 corn fields return to nature. But, you people want a hamburger because it tastes good. This ain’t about nutrition or the environment.