Does militant veganism do more harm than good?

[IndianVegan]

If our goal is to minimise animal suffering, I think it's better to nudge people gently to make better choices. Encouraging meat eaters to be vegan just one day every week could save several animal lives.

The reason I think militant veganism is counterproductive is because it could cause some idiots to do things like "eating twice as much meat to offset the effect of a vegan".

 

[Tom L.]

If our goal is to minimise animal suffering, I think it's better to nudge people gently to make better choices. Encouraging meat eaters to be vegan just one day every week could save several animal lives.

The reason I think militant veganism is counterproductive is because it could cause some idiots to do things like "eating twice as much meat to offset the effect of a vegan".

I doubt militant veganism has that effect on people these days, because of the high cost of meat (if for no other reason). Also, it's rather evident that a diet high in meat is also high in saturated fat- which would tend to shorten vindictive meat-eaters' lives, so that they didn't eat any more meat over the course of their lives than they otherwise would have. (Hmmmm... at least I THINK even lean meat has a fairly high fat content... Google time. BRB.