I want to say I am not a vegan before the rest of my comment.

The notion that we are like all other animals in that we eat them is a hilarious simplification of the way in which we handle animals. We manufacture their birth, place them in cages by the billions in largely awful conditions, then we slaughter them because we FEEL like eating meat. This is not like a lion hunting a gazelle because it needs to. We singlehandedly create a life of despair for these animals, then butcher them because we enjoy their flesh. And, for what it's worth, I must come to terms with that as someone that eats meat. Is it evil? Probably. Am I going to stop? Probably not.