you're not engaging with the other person at all. you're treating them like they are a child to be taught. you have no idea whether they've seen these arguments before. you just threw a link at them.
the plant-based food industry may have grown, but so has the meat industry. it increases year over year, and whatever excuse you may have, being vegan hasn't stopped that.
bolt cutters and heavy machinery are the only way to actually reduced meat production.
they have free will, and moral agency. you don't make their decision for them.
they may do that, but they make their own decisions. my actions don't cause their actions.
production happens before people buy the meat. the producers can't know the future.
many people are vegan. meat production increases energy year.
eating is a use
or because they recognized how lazy and dismissive your response was, and they don't care to be patronized.
no, I didn't
no one ever demanded you justify your decision to eat plants
so don't engage, but don't pretend you've rebutted anything.
you're not engaging with the other person at all. you're treating them like they are a child to be taught. you have no idea whether they've seen these arguments before. you just threw a link at them.
most are brought to full weight before slaughter
that's a lie
being vegan won't change how much water is used by agriculture
I didn't say anything about you rebutting your decisions. I'm talking about you're response to someone's own decisions.
this has to be the height of intellectual laziness and bad faith. you're not actually engaging with the person who typed the comment at all.
"use" is a synonym of "exploit"
so, yes
putting a phrase on a vegan bingo card is insufficient to rebutt the argument.
the plant-based food industry may have grown, but so has the meat industry. it increases year over year, and whatever excuse you may have, being vegan hasn't stopped that.
if being vegan made a difference this might be true.