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Quatrarius  ·  3566 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How did you find yourself?

The question "Do you think wanting to live compassionately towards all beings is elitist?" is purposely phrased to put the questionee on the defensive. When you phrase a question or statement to make your position seem more holy, you insult the people you debate with. Here are a few examples:

    I honestly don't understand how you interpreted it as passive aggressive

    easier to chase after the person who triggered that feeling inside of you rather than having a serious introspection of why we do what we do and whether we need to do it at all

    do you have a valid argument to justify the billions of animals currently being cruelly imprisoned, abused, rapped, mutilated and murdered for no other reason than human enjoyment?

    I'm a lot nicer when I'm not being pitch forked by a crowd simply for asking to reconsider torturing animals.

    Can you not see the disproportionate reaction of outrage to my method of calling attention to the issue and the complete complacency to the unnecessary suffering of farmed animals?

    What more noble motive than wanting to reduce cruelty, suffering and death do you want?

    putting our own pleasure ahead of another species well being and the stubbornness of the human ego to admit it. And then I'm the unreasonable, inconvenient one.

I haven't yet sifted through your many other threads on this matter. I will update this list as appropriate.