Yes, I believe it is. Or he just means that he loves animals on his plate - as food, nothing more.

Different kinds of love Aly...I love pizza after all but you don't see me trying to "save the pizza".

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you can love animals and have some as food

Not eating animals does not represent love for them,is just the denial of your own biology.Humans are omnivores,that means that we eat vegetables AND meat.This is our nature,veganism is just a trend.

Yes Aly W you are correct.

i've found a vegan

It's called selective empathy and it's totally normal. Why should we be empathetic to the needs to every single living being on the planet? Is it that useful, necessary, possible? It's already hard enough to care about our own species so we can get along and thrive as a civilization. Eradicating specism before cleaning our own house is totally unrealistic and futile.

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No. Food is love, food is life.

The person on the left is just more nuanced in his thoughts, realizing he doesn't have to care about all animals. I'm sure you don't care about a lot of sentient beings and consume products that were manufactured hurting them. Do you have a cell phone or a computer? Most likely... Well it's built with highly polluting materials, like with lithium and rares earths in places that exploits cheap labor like Foxconn's suicide factory and you don't need it to live. Who's the hypocrite now?

I don't love cows but I do love to eat a bit of them sometimes.

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Ugh. No...just no. It saddens me that people are this close minded

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@Ben: It's just Mewton, never mind him, he's a consummate moron.

I am a meat eater and I love animals. Did I miss the memo about I have to pick either or?

I have a cat. I do not want to eat him. So no, you are wrong!

Im a meat eater but when I say I love animals I mean I love that UNLIKE humans they genuinely care and love and dont kill for sport (everything they do, good or bad is for survival or the survival of their children never just because they can). I could agree with you if you referred to poachers but eating meat doesnt mean you love animals any less than vegans or vegetarians

No...that’s not correct either.

I agree... I don't know why you were downvoted

I think is saying the meatlover, well, loves meat. meat is animal, so he loves animals.

I'm sorry, raping them?

@The Random Merp: thank you for sharing. I would love to know more specifics about this compromised digestive system so that I can understand more. I don’t know anyone in person with these issues. It’s not something I’ve been able to find solid info on. I’ve just heard people mention the most basic thing like “my health issues require meat”. I don’t mean to pry, I’m just trying to understand people and their experiences.

I don’t kill most insects I find in my house. I take them outside without harming them. Only mosquitos and house-destroying moths die here.

So, you just love some animals.

The thing is that you are either completely oblivious to the completely unnecessary abuse and exploitation of millions of animals or you are ignoring it. We don't need to eat animals or the products that come from them to survive (that's a fact). No animal wants to die (another fact). If you really are an animal lover, you will put their lives above the pleasure you feel when you eat their flesh. When it comes down to it, the question is which do you value more: life or taste?

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@claire So you've never killed a fly, spider, insect, etc.? Cause you're 100% a hypocrite if you have! (FACT) You don't have to smash them into mush to survive! (another FACT) They don't want to die. (another FACT) If you were a true animal lover you'd put their lives above your own irrational fear!! If you have needlessly killed any, then according to you, you hate all animals!

Thanks you

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Me too big sausages in my mouth

Have you done research into how factory farm animal are treated? I encourage you to watch Dominion or Earthlings (both of which I believe is on Youtube) so you can see how the animals you love and eat are treated and abused. There is nothing humane about their deaths or lives. I won't go into it all as I do think that you should watch one of those movies, but I will say that their 'humane slaughter' is not nearly as quick or painless as you would like to believe. As an animal lover it is your responsibility to make sure you are not funding their abuse.

Oxymoron : love animals - eats a dead carcass of an animal

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Like I LOVE lamb not even gonna deny it but if someone put a lamb in front of me and was like kill it and you can eat it then I couldnt do that. But animals raised on farms and slaughtered (yes slaughtered is an ugly word but thats what they are) they are killed humanely, I would feel guilt about eating meat if their heads were being bashed in or something of that nature. Its honestly why I dont eat veal, you come out of the womb only to be put into another one.(not literally ofc) Cows and Bulls at least get to have some sort of life first

But meat comes from animals. Animals include the ones in factory farms too.

Jace, don't assume things like that for other people. Besides, changing the culture itself is much better than trying get to shame a few select individuals into veganism, isn't it?

@The Random Merp: I don’t try to shame people into changing. That doesn’t work. People have to choose for themselves. Being hostile and shaming them only makes them defensive and less receptive. It’s a sure way to build walls, not understanding. I will happily shame any vegan who’s being a hostile d**k, because that behavior only hurts the cause of animal welfare and veganism.

No, it doesn’t. It says that you’re being completely inconsistent and arbitrary about which animals you love and respect. Is it hypocrisy? That’s on the subject, not the viewer. If your ethos does not match your actions, change your actions.

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So if you kill a fly or spider you 100% hate all animals?!

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@claire, which actually have learned about the mistreatment of SOME livestock in my AP Environmental Class but what we also learned is regulations being put into place to prevent further mistreatment and improve the quality of these animals lives while they have them. Also don't you think that several experimental methods would have to be implemented not only to feed a world of vegans but also herbivores? All I'm saying is I may not be an expert but I do have knowledge on this topic which is why I introduced it to people. Though the response hasn't been widely accepted because to some it sounds rather crass but its only my opinion and I wont tell people how to think

What “deficiency thing” do you have?

You’re being insecure and defensive. The artist is pointing out the inherent disconnect between the claim of loving animals, wanting to protect some of them from harm, while supporting the enslavement and murder-for-consumption of other animals.