The Conspiracy Theories Behind Veganism.

TODAY'S VIDEO:

In today's video, I discuss how veganism overlaps with many conspiracy theories, including theories around alternative diets such as raw veganism. I also explore how conspiracy theories are being used to push people away from veganism and towards eating more meat.

MY PRODUCTION SET UP:

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[dohpamne]

"impossible meat tastes so much like real meat" yes, it's almost as though it was specifically designed by a team of scientists doing years of research with the explicit goal of making it taste like meat

[kurtcrean]

Of all the decisions and beliefs I hold, I had never thought that not feeding my daughter the flesh of slaughtered animals would be what caused my family to treat me terribly.

[Tirel]

People would rather believe vegan food is human meat than just stop supporting animal abuse

[m.j.golden]

"As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together."
—Isaac Bashevis Singer

[timothys]

Meanwhile there is no conspiracy theory about how horrible the existence is of animals in the agriculture industry. How they suffer and have their lives taken from them. You would think knowing that reality would be enough to convince people that plant foods should be the answer.

[rahtsnake]

People are addicted to misinformation. Science is too long-form for the modern mind.
I was at work today and my coworker was looking at my carton of almond milk and he said "I heard this stuff was really bad for you" and I said "oh yeah what specifically did you hear?" and he immediately got defensive and back-tracked. "you can drink your almond milk, I'm just saying, I'm not judging, etc" but when I said I was just against the spread of misinformation he left the room and didn't speak to me the rest of the night. Yikes.

[Trail_Roots]

The face Alex Jones was making, is him internally calculating how much he would get sued by the company if he were to start spreading the misinformation that the Impossible meat is made out of missing children

[taurusgal]

I appreciate Ed so much. My husband works with folks who watch Fox news on the regular and initially turned their noses up at my vegan food and snacks. I sent in portions of everything for them to try - zero risk, zero cost. They love it! He also watched Ed to get info on talking points so he can advocate for veganism. Huge thanks to Ed for all of his research and how he presents information. ❤🌱

[thelastvbuck]

I've never seen someone do so much positive work for a cause. I feel like I could show any meat eater your videos and they couldn't possibly disagree because your logic is just so sound.

Keep it up Ed.

[dlm]

If they're so afraid of the impossible burger, then just eat something else. I don't like fake meats at all because I think anything that resembles a dead body is gross. I'm doing fine with chickpea patties

[m.j.golden]

"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good (hu)man." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

[taryabright]

One of the frustrating things about Friends is that the character Phoebe is vegetarian and also believes in a lot of pseudoscientific BS, giving a bad connation to veganism like most sitcoms do.

[m.j.golden]

"Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission -- to be of service to them whenever they require it." -- St. Francis of Assisi

[jonathonbaker-guntang]

My family asks me everyday if I want to eat meat, I politely decline and say thank you. Honestly, just smelling it cooking this morning made me think of a rotting corpse of a wrongly murdered and innocent animal. The stench of the former is putrid and makes me wish to vomit. Getting pretty hard to be polite at this point, I want to look directly at them and be like, "do not ask me that EVER again, I don't eat corpses." The whole idea is just nauseating. Be glad when the meat eating becomes illegal.

[zanirani]

There were so many gems of wit in this video, I just can’t 😅 Ed’s sense of humor is superb!

[cocershay]

You know how insane your conspiracy theory is when Alex Jones looks at you like you've lost the plot... 🤣

[discursion]

We need so many more cool-headed activists like Ed at the forefront.

[monemori]

Fantastic video. Thanks for tackling this often overlooked topic!

[Yuumzi]

freedom for everyone but billions animals

[magic_ohh]

Excellent video, can't stand how much people can't face reality when it comes to veganism