Am I a hypocrite if I say Seaworld is cruel while simultaneously eating a Big Mac?
Yes, you're a hypocrite.
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No, you're consistent.
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Yes, you're a hypocrite. You can't be outraged over the relatively good life that a whale like Shamu has and at the same time be totally fine with the horrid conditions that chickens and pigs live in on the way to slaughter. Either you care about these animals' well-being or you don't. If you're picking and choosing species arbitrarily then you have an opinion but you don't have an argument. i.e. you have a bad opinion and you shouldn't be taken seriously. Side: Yes, you're a hypocrite.
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The examples you give to the total hypocrisy of animal right's supporters who eat meat, is correct. I would just say that you are missing the ultimate hypocrisy when it comes to people who speak out on the behalf of cruelty to animals, animal rights, etc., and then support abortion. Talk about hypocrisy to the highest level of hypocrisy. People who vote for this extremist Democrat party are literrally supporting NO RESTRICTION abortions that are legal in approximately eight or nine states. Talk about phoney political correct people who pretend to even have compassion for animals but lack the humanity to try and stop the killing of viable late term babies for any reason up to birth. There can be no bigger hypocrisy and only speaks to the sham of so called compassion from the Left. Side: Yes, you're a hypocrite.
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Unless you are paying to see a bunch of cows doing tricks for your own amusement, I don’t see the problem here. Also, there’s barely any options as to what we eat, while entertainment is far more diverse and potentially cheaper than breeding animals merely for this purpose. What I’m arguing here is that while animal shows are far from necessary, eating meat is much more ingrained in our lifestyle, so they are not equivalent situations. The obvious solution to the dilemma is having slug races as entertainment and insect farms as a source of nourishment, of course. Side: No, you're consistent.
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It sounds like you think both practices are wrong in that they cause suffering to animals that can feel it (both forcing animals to live in sea world and forcing animals to live in factory farms). The distinction you make is that zoos are not necessary, but eating meat is ingrained in our lifestyle. I would say that while eating meat might be common practice, it is definitely not necessary. Millions of people every day get by without eating any meat. So if neither are necessary, are you saying that it is just a matter of scale? Meaning that it is simply more difficult for people to give up eating meat than it is to give up watching dolphin shows. Meaning that the order of importance is: 1) the enjoyment and convenience of eating pigs. 2) the suffering pigs experience in factory farms. 3) the enjoyment of watching Shamu jump through a hoop. Side: Yes, you're a hypocrite.
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