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By: The Discerning Brute » Blog Archive » Meat Pride Revisited: NY Press’ Flesh Mob

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:35:57 +0000

[...] trend (humane, free-range, etc), she fails to logically articulate any justification aside from bacon tastes good and, (as one of her subjects attests) “If I wanted to eat bacon, I would eat bacon”. As [...]

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By: Jeanie

Jeanie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:42:30 +0000

i’ve noticed this weird, gross fad too. great article and definitely agree with its sentiment, but i really don’t like the dis on the academic field of philosophy. we work freaking HARD in this field and the amount of rigor and clarity expected of us shows up in philosophy majors’ ridiculously high LSAT scores. hipsters are lame, their savior jacques derrida is lame, but the entire field of philosophy is certainly not. grr. >:O

By: elaine

elaine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:53:55 +0000

Great piece. I noticed, reading an ad for a local upcoming museum event that pork products in general are listed as key appetizers (high-end salami and high-end cheese spreads, with olives and, of course, wine). I find that a lot of my friends cannot believe I’m eating a vegan diet primarily because they cannot imagine forgoing those kinds of treats… The association of high class with certain appetizers is as strong as the association of the working class with lowly bacon. …

By: Chloé Jo Davis

Chloé Jo Davis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:20:41 +0000

I’ve often noticed this and felt sick when people promote their pride at eating tortured creatures who are smart as 6 year old children. Hopefully this piece will open some eyes!