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Ah yes, the old "Eating/Kepping animals is just like slavery, you're all monsters" chestnut...

Do you really think that anyone is going to see this comment and reconsider eating meat, or wearing leather? Because "that nice _cies_ person on the internet told me I'm a terrible human being"?

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I doubt they expect that. It might, however, encourage others to think about it a bit more.

Their message was very polite, simply pointing out the existence of other lifestyles, and barring personal tastes, it’s functionally not difficult to change your own.

I just think that calling chick sexing a "lucrative art" is disgusting to me, and I expressed that.

If that makes you re-evaluate your choices in life, that could be great for the chicks. I never called you a terrible human.

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