As is the case for any lifestyle choice, there are tons of myths about veganism. I'm going to address two.
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Then there's the idea that you can actually BE vegan. Anyone who's harvested vegetables knows this is utterly false.
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Vegetables are grown with fertilizer. And the fertilizer itself isn't always vegan. But that's not all.
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If you've ever harvested a carrot, for example, you know that you're disrupting the soil to do so. In that process, you're killing insects.
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And that's if you're harvesting by hand. At this point, large machines help in harvesting. And they kill small critters in the process.
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I know most people have never lived on farms. But if you have, you'll know how many insects and animals for when we produce vegetables.
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I respect that people are vegetarians and vegan. But I don't assume they always know basic facts about what motivates them to do so.
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Same goes for meat eaters, too. There're a ton of dilemmas around meat consumption—the difference, I think, is that that's usually assumed.
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@aurabogado well that's because they have two stomachs and eat twice as much as humans would. Please no work out. Bad example. -
@LoveMyOpinions 4 stomachs. The first contains symbiotic bacteria that essentially eat the grass's cellulose. Makes sense cows are vegans. -
@LoveMyOpinions Human beings, on the other hand, lack the ability to digest cellulose. Makes sense that we're not vegans. -
@aurabogado I agree on your stance of why humans are not vegan. I just didn't think that cow was a good way to identify the reason.
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