It’s almost as if he’s trying to evoke the horrendous animal abuses inherent to factory farming in order to pretend that feeding the hungry would somehow be worse than letting them starve.
It’s a fucking sick and deranged position to take, frankly — what we should actually conclude from that comparison isn’t that we shouldn’t feed the poor, but that we should feed people and also improve conditions for livestock.
but that we should feed people and also improve conditions for livestock.
Actually, this basically was my point - to acknowledge that most people would object to being fed the way the animals they eat are fed (and also housed, and otherwise cared for) but it’s also important to recognize that the problem is not as simple as simply changing what crops are grown for what purpose. Land used to grow feedstock is not necessarily suitable for growing food that humans eat, and beyond that there’s a massive infrastructure issue (storage and transportation of bulk crops like alfalfa is a lot simpler than, say, tomatoes or bell peppers or apples).
Why did you assume my previous comment was malicious? is that your default reaction?
It’s almost as if he’s trying to evoke the horrendous animal abuses inherent to factory farming in order to pretend that feeding the hungry would somehow be worse than letting them starve.
It’s a fucking sick and deranged position to take, frankly — what we should actually conclude from that comparison isn’t that we shouldn’t feed the poor, but that we should feed people and also improve conditions for livestock.
Actually, this basically was my point - to acknowledge that most people would object to being fed the way the animals they eat are fed (and also housed, and otherwise cared for) but it’s also important to recognize that the problem is not as simple as simply changing what crops are grown for what purpose. Land used to grow feedstock is not necessarily suitable for growing food that humans eat, and beyond that there’s a massive infrastructure issue (storage and transportation of bulk crops like alfalfa is a lot simpler than, say, tomatoes or bell peppers or apples).
Why did you assume my previous comment was malicious? is that your default reaction?
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