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As a vegetarian, I would much rather have someone who eats meat and also has a preference for reduced animal suffering, rather than having that person abandon it due to someone's demands for consistency.

Gatekeeping caring about animal welfare leads to more animal suffering, not less.

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Who is gatekeeping? I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy. And if you're definition of gatekeeping includes merely pointing at that contributing to the subjugation of animals in our food system is in fact unnecessary suffering, then I think 1.) your definition of gatekeeping is useless, and 2.) we should be doing more of that "gatekeeping".

Also, have you considered being vegan rather than vegetarian? After all, the dairy industry is the meat industry, so what effect does being a vegetarian actually have for the victims?

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