# List of Arguments Against Veganism The following are taken from Earthling Ed’s TEDx talk [Every Argument Against Veganism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU). ## From Earthling Ed - [1:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=64s) Personal choice - [[Eating meat is a personal choice (Argument)]] - [2:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=166s) Animals are bred for that purpose - [3:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=187s) Legality over morality - [3:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=216s) Culture / tradition - [4:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=272s) Animal products as a necessity - [5:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=333s) Natural way of life - [8:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=506s) Lions eat other animals - [8:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=535s) Necessity (on detail) - [9:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=596s) Food chain - - [10:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=626s) specially relevant comment - [11:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=695s) Circle of life - [12:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=726s) What do we do with billions of animals - [12:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=769s) specially relevant comment - [13:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=797s) Vegans are hypocrites - [15:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=911s) Soya farming - [15:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=945s) Vegetarian is enough of a change - [17:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=1052s) Humane slaughter - [17:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=1076s) Taste - [18:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTxzzztRBU&t=1113s) Vegans force their views ## From Veganspeak.info [source](https://veganspeak.info/) 1. [You can't be 100% vegan](https://veganspeak.info/#you-cant-be-100-vegan) 2. [Top of the food chain/circle of life](https://veganspeak.info/#top-of-the-food-chain-circle-of-life) 3. [Eating animals is necessary](https://veganspeak.info/#eating-animals-is-necessary) 4. [Eating animals is natural](https://veganspeak.info/#eating-animals-is-natural) 5. [Humans are omnivores](https://veganspeak.info/#humans-are-omnivores) 6. [Farmers treat their animals like family](https://veganspeak.info/#farmers-treat-their-animals-like-family) 7. [Most people eat meat](https://veganspeak.info/#most-people-eat-meat) 8. [Our ancestors ate meat](https://veganspeak.info/#our-ancestors-ate-meat) 9. [Eating meat helped us evolve](https://veganspeak.info/#eating-meat-helped-us-evolve) 10. [Eating meat is healthy](https://veganspeak.info/#eating-meat-is-healthy) 11. [Farmed animals are bred to be killed](https://veganspeak.info/#farmed-animals-are-bred-to-be-killed) 12. [If the world went vegan, farm animals would go extinct](https://veganspeak.info/#if-the-world-went-vegan-farm-animals-would-go-extinct) 13. [Farmed animals would overpopulate](https://veganspeak.info/#farmed-animals-would-overpopulate) 14. [Farmed animals would be killed in the wild](https://veganspeak.info/#farmed-animals-would-be-killed-in-the-wild) 15. [Animals don’t understand morality](https://veganspeak.info/#animals-dont-understand-morality) 16. [Animals would eat you if they could](https://veganspeak.info/#animals-would-eat-you-if-they-could) 17. [Humans are superior to animals](https://veganspeak.info/#humans-are-superior-to-animals) 18. [The animals are already dead](https://veganspeak.info/#the-animals-are-already-dead) 19. [I eat every part of the animal so they don’t go to waste](https://veganspeak.info/#i-eat-every-part-of-the-animal-so-they-dont-go-to-waste) 20. [God put animals here to eat](https://veganspeak.info/#god-put-animals-here-to-eat) 21. [The dairy industry doesn’t harm animals](https://veganspeak.info/#the-dairy-industry-doesnt-harm-animals) 22. [The egg industry doesn’t harm animals](https://veganspeak.info/#the-egg-industry-doesnt-harm-animals) 23. [People would lose their jobs if the world went vegan](https://veganspeak.info/#people-would-lose-their-jobs-if-the-world-went-vegan) 24. [It’s legal to eat animal products, there are laws to protect animals](https://veganspeak.info/#its-legal-to-eat-animal-products-there-are-laws-to-protect-animals) 25. [You buy products from sweatshops](https://veganspeak.info/#you-buy-products-from-sweatshops) 26. [Animals eat other animals](https://veganspeak.info/#animals-eat-other-animals) 27. [Going vegan doesn’t make a difference](https://veganspeak.info/#going-vegan-doesnt-make-a-difference) 28. [The whole world will never go vegan](https://veganspeak.info/#the-whole-world-will-never-go-vegan) 29. [I only buy locally grown, free-range, organic meat](https://veganspeak.info/#i-only-buy-locally-grown-free-range-organic-meat) 30. [Animals are humanely slaughtered](https://veganspeak.info/#animals-are-humanely-slaughtered) 31. [Animal products are tasty](https://veganspeak.info/#animal-products-are-tasty) 32. [Vegan food is tasteless](https://veganspeak.info/#vegan-food-is-tasteless) 33. [It’s my personal choice](https://veganspeak.info/#its-my-personal-choice) 34. [Vegans are judgmental](https://veganspeak.info/#vegans-are-judgmental) 35. [Morality is subjective](https://veganspeak.info/#morality-is-subjective) 36. [Not everyone can be vegan](https://veganspeak.info/#not-everyone-can-be-vegan) 37. [Human rights are more important](https://veganspeak.info/#human-rights-are-more-important) 38. [Plants feel pain](https://veganspeak.info/#plants-feel-pain) 39. [Animals die in crops harvested for vegan food](https://veganspeak.info/#animals-die-in-crops-harvested-for-vegan-food) 40. [You take medication that has been tested on animals](https://veganspeak.info/#you-take-medication-that-has-been-tested-on-animals) 41. [Hitler was vegetarian](https://veganspeak.info/#hitler-was-vegetarian) 42. [Veganism is expensive](https://veganspeak.info/#veganism-is-expensive) 43. [Veganism is unsustainable](https://veganspeak.info/#veganism-is-unsustainable) 44. [Vegans don't get enough protein](https://veganspeak.info/#vegans-dont-get-enough-protein) 45. [Vegans lack calcium](https://veganspeak.info/#vegans-lack-calcium) 46. [Vegan diet lacks iron](https://veganspeak.info/#vegan-diet-lacks-iron) 47. [B12 is only found in meat](https://veganspeak.info/#b12-is-only-found-in-meat) 48. [I need to eat fish for Omega-3](https://veganspeak.info/#i-need-to-eat-fish-for-omega-3) 49. [Vegans lack vitamin D](https://veganspeak.info/#vegans-lack-vitamin-d) 50. [Iodine](https://veganspeak.info/#iodine)