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It isn't just that I don't like people eating meat in my presence, hip hop. I don't like them eating animals at all. The reason: I dislike what people are doing to animals to get them to the plate. I don't have to see something with my own eyes to know what is going on behind the scenes:
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I hunt, I fish, and I've worked on a factory farm on the dairy side before (3 thousand, 1,500 pound dairy cows 3 times a day). The reality of the situation differs from your propaganda.
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Why should someone apologize for breaking a taboo? Because breaking a taboo upsets people? Why care?
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Because healthy, socialized individuals internalize their society's standards on most issues. Breaking these standards triggers an emotional response.
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And isn't it taboo to hurt animals? Doesn't our culture tell us that we should be kind to animals?
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If you're referring to American culture; our culture tells us that not all animals are equal. Kindness to animals depends on the animal; we don't even have a consensus on what constitutes "cruelty" to animals.