Teribus -
That generally covers the kind of points some of us were tying to raise before the other thread was derailed and closed,.
That we meat eaters need to understand and accept the complexities and contradictions, and pragmatics raised by such emotive issues.
You might be surprised I am mostly in accord with your post.

I value contributions from others more experienced and knowledgeable, that inform and advance a discussion.
What better way is there to debate, understand, and potentially reach agreement.

We all need to be aware of any deficiencies and hypocrisies in our thinking,
To be rigorously challenging our lazy misconceptions and preconceptions.

I've said to you before in recent years, If only all your posts were of this helpful quality and level of civil discourse.
It's surely mutually beneficial for us all to take each other more seriously, with respect
than habitually resorting to antagonism and abuse...

[though perhaps less gleefully transgressive fun...???
well.. we're only human.. I'm certainly no utopian...]

Nothing wrong with a bit of rough and tumble matey banter, but there must be sensible self restrained limits.

Thank you.