Rich Felker
Some thoughts resurfaced via another thread here, on meat.
I'm not particularly militant, nor vegan, nor do I judge people for their decision to eat or not eat meat or animal products.
But there is one thing I feel pretty strongly about, and would encourage others to really think about too: giving meat to children before they understand enough to make a decision for themselves.
Rich Felker
This isn't about whether eating meat is right or wrong, but about adults' invalidation of children's feelings and moral intuitions.
For many (most?) children, the first experience of feeling of their conscience telling them something is off, and adults insisting they ignore that or mocking them for that, is discovering what meat is.
Rich Felker
From a standpoint of raising children who feel their conscience is something respected and valued, rather than a source of weakness and ridicule, we should be doing our best to avert this completely avoidable early experience.
Rich Felker
@jakub Umm, have you encountered a child who reacted that way or reacted that way yourself as a child, or are you just making up absurd straw men because you don't like what I said?
Jakub Jirutka 🇪🇺🇺🇦
@dalias What about killing plants? You shouldn’t give children any food before they understand enough to make a decision for themselves!
This is really ridiculous. Humans need animal food for good development. Not giving meat to small children for “ethical reasons” is the most militant and dangerous veganism I’ve heard of.
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