How To Argue With Vegans: An Analysis of Anti-vegan Arguments (Vegan Philosophy Book 1)

by Benny Malone

We must bear in mind that vegans and non-vegans are starting from different standpoints and perspectives. Vegans will most often be thinking about animals as victims of animal exploitation and slaughter. So when an anti-vegan is offering up an argument it is seen as a justification for animal use and slaughter when alternatives and avoidance of it is possible. Saying you like the taste of bacon therefore immediately seems extremely callous when it is viewed from the perspective of the exploitation confinement and slaughter this will cause to an animal, in this case gas chamber suffocation for pigs, regarded as the most ‘humane’ method. Most anti-vegans say ‘mmm, bacon’ not ‘mmm, animal slaughter’.