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Meat advertisting/propaganda uses "Eat natural whole foods (ignoring all the unnaural things they do to the animals and meat), not processed fake meat foods".

And to some extent, they have a point. But of course they don't invite you to eat natural whole plant foods instead of meat.

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Here's where I'd like to insert the friendly reminder that all plants are living beings. You, as a living being must eat other living beings. Plants are intelligent and pass information to eachother via the web of mycelium and other unknown ways. Morality about eating only living plants, vs eating meats has always been flawed. As were the arguments about eating pescatarian and only eating fish because they "are not intelligent and can't feel pain." Don't fool yourself. You are eating living beings and you are not on some goofy moral high horse.

While I agree that not eating meat for moral reasons is pretty low on the list, (environmental and health reasons are so much more important) your argument reads like a pro-life argument. There is a clear distinction between having a nervous system and “passing information” with regards to intelligence. There’s a reason why we send people to jail for murder and not mowing their lawns.

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