No Longer Stagnant

I will start this article of by saying I eat meat always have and likely always will, I also consider myself an animal lover, I think if I proclaim I care about all animals it would be the height of stupidity. Cows chicken fish cute little baby lambs I eat them all daily the mental gymnastics I would have to do to justifiy eating a cute little 6 week old baby lamb is crazy, so what paid a few quid more per kg and buy free range organic etc etc, but if anything the act of that is just self serving as the meat is higher quality and I sleep a little bit better at night thinking I “helped”

I mean all the debates of meat eaters vs vegans are super boring and repetive but the one part that amazes me is when they try and debate on a morale level both taking the stance of I care about and love animals.

 Really ? You/me who supports an industry which forcibly breeds animals through false insemination cages them strips babies from mothers and lets them live until the point that they weigh enough for the farmer to turn a profit so they are driven to an abattoir to have a bolt put through there brain where they are dismembered skinned and packaged, and then us as meat eaters are the reason that the entire system exists as demand>supply which even an 8 year old can understand.

So do we the drivers of this industry give a fuck about animals which we eat most certainly not !

Then why do so many meat eaters think we care about animals whom we have sent to the slaughterhouse for our taste and enjoyment ?

The answer to me is super simple and that is cognitive dissonance ! 

So what is cognitive dissonance ? 

“Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort a person feels when their behavior does not align with their values or beliefs. Cognitive dissonance is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a person holds two contradictory beliefs at the same time”

Now if that definition does not sum up the act of someone who eats beef 3 times a week claiming they love and care about cows I don’t know what does.

There is no outcome or aim to this article other than maybe make someone realise that you probably don’t love all animals if you eat meat and that’s fine ! 

To quote myself you don’t care things if you murder and eat them.

If we as meat eaters are honest with ourselves this line in the image above is the animals we actually care about, because as I said before you don’t care about things you kill and eat.

So what can we do ? I think first of all understand we aint all perfect and if eating meat is your sin so be it.

don’t get triggered by vegans etc, chances are they bother you because you are an animal lover and deep down you feel guilt but don’t have the will power to change your diet.

Eat less meat and buy more expensive better sourced meat.

Finally just accept it some things in life are cruel and nature in itself is cruel so understand to survive humans are cruel and there is an element of that cruelty in us all, so if yours manifests in eating meat that’s fine.

who am I to judge while typing this blogpost on a Mac laptop which is built using minerals which were most likely mined by child slaves in the Congo.