• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know whether plants can suffer or not. I just think it’s silly for someone to use it as a reason not to eat meat when there is not strong evidence that plants don’t suffer.

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      1 year ago

      If plants don’t suffer, then a plant based diet has less suffering. If plants do suffer, than a plant based diet has less suffering.

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        1 year ago

        Only if you assume the suffering of a plant to be less important than the suffering of an animal.

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          It takes more plants for an omni diet than it does for a vegan diet. So even if plants suffering is worse, a vegan diet is still better.