The simple reality is that comparing the negative of two harmful systems is not equating the two systems or the victims of those systems.
“You are calling my a Nazi!” said Charlotte in response to a vegan saying “Modern animal farming was modeled after concentration camps.” If as a meat eater you are able to convince people that vegans are calling you a Nazi or being racist because they used the term slavery, then you can distract from your own misgivings (Also a Red Herring Fallacy in which a distraction is used, sometimes Derailing). Just because something makes money or contributed to the economy doesn’t mean that it is right.Ĭomparing is Not Equating: Often used in conjuntion with an ‘eye for an eye’ fallacy, this fallacy is most commonly used when people accuse vegans of equating the wrongs in the animal industry to wrongs committed to humans when in reality they are merely comparing the two. One perfect example of this was when Roaming Millennial (As can be seen in my video on the topic) blames the cruelty of the animal farming industry on a few bad apples beating animals on farms while denying the systematic cruelty of the industry.Īppeal to Economics (Jobs Tho): Commonly used to support the animal farming industry, the same excuses were used to perpetuate systems of slavery. Scapegoating: Simply put, this is blameshifting. Other examples in society include the defense of sexual predators in the Catholic Church on the basis that they have contributed to the community. Moral Licensing (The Good Person): “I am a good person so it’s okay that I kill and eat animals.” Sometimes used to justify the local farming movement, moral licensing is applied to farmers who are just normal good people but happen to exploit or kill animals. Even More Fallacies Used to Defend Harming Animals
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