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Default "veganism" isn't what it purports to be

On Dec 27, 8:57*am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
wrote:
> Dutch wrote:
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> > "Ha" > wrote
> >> ex-PFC Wintergreen wrote:

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> >>> All "vegans" start by believing a logical fallacy:

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> >>> * * If I consume animal products, I cause animals to suffer and die.

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> >>> * * I don't consume any animal products;

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> >>> * * therefore, I don't cause any animals to suffer and die.

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> >> All vegans?
> >> rather a sweeping statement!

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> > You can replace "All vegans" with "Vegans" (in general) and not lose the
> > validity of the message.

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> > Are you implicitly agreeing with the message but claiming to be an
> > exception?

>
> He might be, but he's lying.
>


You wouldn't have a clue, you stupid pointless clown. You *constantly*
make categorical assertions about people regarding things about which
you *obviously* would not have the slightest clue. It's one of your
well-established habits.

> I don't have any problem making the assertion "all vegans". *They do
> *all* begin by believing that being "vegan" equates to living a
> "cruelty-free" or "death-free" lifestyle.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -


False. I have never believed that. You have no evidence that Gary
Francione ever believed it. He certainly doesn't now.