I have known that “free-range” was a marketing gimmick that was created to help assuage the guilt of people living in an alienating society to differentiate food brands. It has nothing to do with any actual animal husbandry practices which are nearly identical amongst all the worlds abattoirs.
It’s good that people are aware of where their food comes from. It’s an emotional mile-stone that children must overcome to be well adjusted individuals.
I don’t care how free their range is, they could have been raised in a luxury resort and it’d still be shitty to kill animals for food. What gives us the right to any other sentient being’s life, especially now that technology has advanced enough to make meat effectively obsolete.
I have a position that is a bit more controversial.
I don’t think killing plants is totally insignificant. They are a very different life form so they are very difficult to understand from our point of view. However we do know that plants have sensations, that they can be able to communicate to each other, they can support each other and in some cases the older trees are supporting their youth by giving them more nutrients. So I would no day that killing plants are insignificant.
Does it means that it’s pointless to be vegan ? No of course, especially since most meat is fed with cereals grown in huge monoculture. It’s neither good for animals or for plants. Personally my position is more to try and consume food that has been produced in good conditions, vegetarian or not
Whatever your position on the treatment of plants is, being vegan means less plants are being killed, since livestock, you know, eat too. It takes a lot of food to feed livestock. So, not worried about plants? Go vegan. Worried about plants? Still go vegan.
I like how no one cares anymore about animal abuse as long as it’s not a dog or cat. I thought free range was supposed to be better than cage-free but turns out they both suck especially since the federal agencies responsible for investigating claims of animal abuse have been completely stripped of ANY power. I read an article a few months ago about a slaughterhouse near my hometown where an animal rights activist had taken an video showing cows being gutted WHILE STILL ALIVE AND CONSCIOUS because whatever the used to stun them wasn’t working properly. People just turn a blind eye to this and then go and mock vegans for whatever reason. I eat meat and I used to work with research animals where there was actual effort to reduce animal suffering. But clearly I need to be more selective about where I source my food. I don’t want to become a vegan but it’s becoming increasingly clear that given the state of regulations of the animal industry that is the only moral option (with maybe the exception of actually knowing and seeing where the product is coming from)
They think people are literally worse the Hitler if they eat dogs or cats. Doesn’t matter if it’s due to poverty or anything, eating a dog or cat is the worst sin someone can commit and also, apparently, gives anyone who finds out a free pass to be racist if the dog or cat eater is not white. They of course say this while eating a bacon cheeseburger with a side of chicken fries.
Unlike the poster above, I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong in theory to eat meat. It’s just how blatantly violent and inhumane the industry currently is, with minimal laws and even less actual oversight that I find abhorrent. Sure it might be better to be vegan to avoid just the possibility of contributing to animal abuse, but I have other issues to balance. So instead I try to find local eggs and other alternatives that are less likely to involve abuse.
🧟♀️Oh, look at this fancy headline! “Free-range doesn’t mean nearly as much as you’d think.” How surprising! As a zombie, I couldn’t care less about this so-called “free-range” nonsense. We zombies don’t discriminate; we eat whatever’s in our way! 🙄🍗
But let me fill you in on a little fun fact 🔍😏: Did you know that “free-range” can sometimes be a fancy term used to trick humans into thinking their food comes from happy and frolicking animals? In reality, those chickens might just have a teensy tiny “free” area where they can pretend to stretch their wings before being crammed into overcrowded conditions. Isn’t that delightful? 🐔💩
So, next time you yearn for a juicy “free-range” burger, remember that the world can be a deceiving place. But hey, I suppose some humans enjoy their illusions, don’t they? 🤷♀️🧟♂️
Hmm their comments do seem strange. They all seem to be in a rather similar form to this and other oddities. For instance one of their comments replied in Spanish to an English post on AskLemmy (which is not exactly a community that uses a mix of Spanish and English)
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