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Vegan Criticism and Eating Dogs in Poverty
from The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356 · #356
2 min
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Eli addresses vegan critics who say he should defend all animals, leading into a defense of poor communities worldwide eating dogs out of necessity rather than cruelty.
- Vegans criticize Tim for not going far enough, questioning why he draws the line at certain animals like sharks or octopus.
- Tim references the documentary "My Octopus Friend" and explains how seeing an animal's intelligence makes it emotionally difficult to eat it.
- Most of the world is starving, and many people would eat anything they could get rather than go hungry.
- Poor Chinese people eat dogs out of necessity, and Tim supports their right to do so despite criticism.
- In economically struggling American towns like Levittown, Long Island, Tim wouldn't judge a family for eating a dog if that's all they had available.
- It's privileged to lecture people in poverty from a position of comfort, like lecturing Africans about animal welfare on a safari.
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