Post #4378890

2026-08-04 15:31 UTC

“meat-eaters don’t care about the rights of animals.” That’s accusatory, so I won’t apologize for my tone when you set the scene. I mean yeah, I stand by that. The absolute vast majority of people are eating animals because of taste pleasure, not because they have to. Obviously you weren’t addressed with that statement. Eating meat is not on the same level as recognizing women’s rights to equality I don’t know about “levels” but these issues are definitely intersectionally linked. I hope you don’t deny that? I don’t want to go into my medical history suffice to say it was a long, shitty journey. I eat meat. I also donate to a no kill farm and a bird rescue and I was a vegan/vegetarian chef. Huh, bummer. Would have loved to get the name of the condition or the mechanisms behind it. Not doubting you btw. genuinely interested.

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@Wren@lemmy.today 2026-08-04 16:32

I was included in that initial statement, you’re just walking it back because someone pushed back. So no, caveats aren’t obvious unless you state them. There are women in this community who eat meat, surely you were aware of that when you posted your comment. Anti-feminist views and eating meat aren’t linked. I’d love to see evidence if I’m wrong. My dietary needs don’t have a name that I’m aware of. A doctor, who I went to when I felt like shit all the time, said some people don’t process vegetable proteins the same as meat, and there are varying degrees of it. I talked to a nutritionist, who was vegan, who agreed that was the case and helped me sort out what I needed. The ongoing flu symptoms, increased lack of focus and insomnia went away the day after I had some chicken (after I threw up from not having it for a while.) So I didn’t look into it much further than that. I once read about a link between needing meat and ADHD, but haven’t researched it enough to deliver the details.

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