PETA Is Not the Enemy.

[athena]

52. You're reading condescension into it.

There is no condescension there. I said that I have been happier and healthier since I switched to a plant-based diet. That is a fact. Stating a fact is not condescending. I never said, "You can't live happily ever after unless you stop eating animals."

If you choose to eat animals, go right ahead. I have faith in my fellow humans. I sincerely believe that few people are so cruel that they can go on eating factory-farmed animal products, knowing what factory farming truly entails.* Condescending people think they are superior. I never said I am superior to anyone, nor do I think I am.

I suspect you choose to read condescension into my post because you wanted to focus on something other than the message.

* There are exceptions: if someone is very poor, or going through a difficult situation, or is in a difficult place (e.g., a graduate student or a single mother), then they may not be able to immediately switch to a plant-based diet. However, such a person would not reject the message outright, or, worse yet, attack the messenger.