Justifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another *unnecessary* thing... what logical fallacy is that?

SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 43 points –
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you're splitting hairs.

It's really not. What we do, exploiting an animal directly for their milk, is not normal in the animal kingdom. You're trying to argue that it is because mammaries are part of the meat that some animals consume. That's a false equivalency.

What we do, exploiting an animal directly for their milk, is not normal in the animal kingdom.

this is a bandwagon fallacy.

You’re trying to argue that it is because mammaries are part of the meat that some animals consume. That’s a false equivalency.

i think it's absolutely no different ethically, but what differences exist make our practices more humane: we don't murder a cow every time we drink milk.