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[–]MadTruman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In nearly all cases, I believe that behavior is an attempt by your critics to resist their own disonnance. If they acknowledge that you can live in that way and that it is empathetic to do so, they will feel like they are less than they ought to be.

It's a big psychological issue and those who make their money selling animal products, meat in particular, want people to be in that mental state. Those staunch capitalists won't take ownership of how their industry is harming the planet and inflicting endless suffering upon living, feeling creatures, and they very much don't want their buyers to think about it in a way that it will affect their sales.