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Lol, a random person sharing their obvious opinion about ethics of eating meat is totally, undeniably different than one of the world's most powerful men legitimately and honestly accusing a rescue worker of being a pedophile.

No one is going to get investigated or have their careers ruined because a vegan called them a murder, obviously.

Unreal what sort of knots someone will tie themselves into to excuse this type of behavior.



Well, In India one can get killed for eating beef or supplying beef. And there will be millions who would celebrate the murder.

Your worldview seems limited to tweets and social media in first world.


This isn't complicated.

If you say something false in a context where it is likely to actually harm someone, or with the goal of actually harming someone, you're an asshole.

Your level of assholeness rises in tandem with the expected harm of your falsehoods.




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