I notices this post was unanswered, I'm suprised by that,
Well, it wasn't a question. Just something I thought was interesting. but I'm glad you commented on it. I think it got buried. Or maybe no one else thought it was interesting.
I heard flexitarians are often dismissed unfairly because their not as strict as vegans/vegetarians.
I don't think that is the case but I have no evidence except my own opinions.
Personally I am on board with flexatarians. One of my favorite authors, Michael Pollan, is not only a self professed flexatarian but writes about it. He is sometimes given credit for defining flexatarian. but he claims he only popularized the definition. I like the definition because its a Haiku.
Eat food,
not too much,
mostly plants.
I think if some vegans have an issue with flexatarian is that the flexatarian diet is too vague or broad.
or at least for some flexatarians its taken that way.
The dictionary definition is
a person who has a primarily vegetarian diet but occasionally eats meat or fish.
So I don't think a person who eats meat every day (or almost every day) is technically a flexatarian.
But I know some people think they are flexatarian if they cut out meat once a week.
From what I read, their helping close butcher shops and decreasing meat demands. It's important to get the message out there that simply eating less meat had a positive impact
Yeah, I'm with you. Not sure how do to the math but if 90% of earthlings reduced their meat consumption by 3% (thats one meal a month), it would decrease the demand for meat more than all of us vegans put together. Of course it would be better if more people would go vegan but all the things like Flexatarian, meatless Mondays, vegan Fridays , ditching dairy helps.