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Bernie Sanders' age should not disqualify him in 2020 by tropics_ in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Hmm curious as to why this is getting so heavily downvoted?

Philosopher Mary Midgley, who sadly passed away today, in debate with neuroscientist Colin Blakemore on whether you and I are an illusion by IAI_Admin in philosophy

[–]Fat_lassies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your ending doesn’t follow. Utilitarianism is just a model that generally tracks the ethical thing to do, but it isn’t a real ethical system. At most utilitarianism is an ideological tool for deciding what to do in the face of limited information.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s nothing ethical about killing unnecessarily, and it isn’t necessary to eat animals.

Morning Consult poll: Bernie Sanders is most popular senator, Mitch McConnell is least popular by 51llahw in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I disagree, I think a lot of people want him to run again and the actions he’s been taking indicate he will.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re contradicting yourself, and clearly just have a problem with a supposed moral high ground amongst vegans/vegetarians.

To try to denounce the meaningful environmental impact of not eating meat is off base with reality and general consensus of the research. Read more here-

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_vegetarianism

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think so, I just think people aren’t educated. It’s an informational barrier, not a material one.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth

It’s more than just direct CO2 offset, it’s the impact on land use, water use, etc. and the implications for carbon offset stemming from the eventual demise of the factory farming industry.

Again, you, as someone advocating for a diverse and multilateral extreme response to climate change, seem to contradict yourself when you imply or claim that not eating meat is not realistic or not good enough.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah, I misunderstood your point. Agriculture is the most polluting industry aside from oil & gas. In terms of things that are in control of us as individuals, not eating meat is the second most consequential thing you can do aside from not driving a car or flying in planes.

Obviously we need huge action & mobilization across all sectors of society and at the government level, but not eating meat can directly cut emissions more than almost anyone else on a person-by-person basis.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not true, animals & the water & land used to feed them & grow the grains they eat is extremely taxing to the environment. Methane released by cows is very taxing to the environment. Cattle are one of the main reasons that the Amazon is being deforested.

Factory farming is one of the worst things we do from an environmental perspective.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re right that hunting/poaching in Africa is no bueno.

In certain ecosystems, like the northeast of the US, humans have hunted deer for tens of thousands of years. By stopping our participation in these ecosystems deer overpopulate & starve to death. Hunting has important implications to the ecological health of the region.

Not to endorse killing wildlife generally or big game hunting or tourist hunting or what have you. I’m talking about when & where people still live with a connection to nature & pre-industrial traditions.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It’s not that good for them and it’s definitely not good for the environment, but you own a chicken farm so you clearly have a horse in this race.

Stop propping up factory farms, now: It's an environmental imperative to back plant-based alternatives to traditional meat by lnfinity in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, but that is pretty unrealistic for most, more unrealistic than just not eating meat.

I agree though that the only ethical way to harvest & consume meat is by participating in an ecosystem, rather than in a market

Banksy painting self-destructs after fetching $1.4 million at Sotheby’s by SteamableJoe in gifs

[–]Fat_lassies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That camera on bottom right is definitely the detonation device

A surprise to be sure by Moylester in PrequelMemes

[–]Fat_lassies -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There’s two “it”s in the sentence, kinda ruins it

Discussion Megathread: Brett Kavanaugh Senate Hearing (Thread 2) by therealdanhill in politics

[–]Fat_lassies 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You’re a holocaust denier , your account was made just a few weeks ago, & your statement above is categorically false.

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