The book in question is The Vegetarian Myth and it is full of arguments of a similar caliber
Literally the “Hurr durr plants have feelings! Epic troll!” fallacy.
For someone that hates animals and wants to see them suffer so badly, carnists tend to be quite the sheep.
vegans: animals have wants and needs
carnists: but what if APPLES had wants and needs? that’s why I am going to throw these live chicks into a grinder
I would ask them about shredding human babies, but I’m too afraid of the answer.
wait im pretty sure i can answer this one, im the carnist whisperer
well, they taste like pork. we’ve gotta eat something, why not ground baby?
We have violated the NAP with the apple tree and stolen its fruit.
It’s only legitimate if the orchard has a gold fringe
It sure is wild how all those apple orchards popped into existence because animals pooped the seeds in nice neat rows over vast acreage. So much so, that we have a near perpetual abundance of apples
Consider: eating an Apple doesn’t benefit the tree 🤔 ergo I am going to terrorise and eat a pig.
Checkmate canines lions protein crop deaths no take backsies.
The plant does not want anything, it does not have a nervous system. Evolution does not want anything either, it is name given to a self-evident tendency of things that are good at making more of itself making more of itself(I know it’s a bit more complicated but the point is, it can’t want anything).
People will see an actual animal that has thoughts and feelings and a tree that does not and will equate them, absolute insanity.
Vegans don’t plant the seeds of every plant they eat.
Therefore it’s ok to kill animals.
All right everyone wrap it up.
So, it’s basically the “WHAt abOUt PLAntS tho???” fallacy taken to the most deeply unserious extreme possible? Go figure.
Consider: I find the seeds tasty so I om nom them like God intended and I’m returning to tradition by exclusively shitting in the woods
That’s a nice way to come out as a bear
actually i think that may be the pope
or the poope
I’m johnny apple-seed, and I say apples have feelings too! 🤣