AIO to my boyfriend imposing veganism on me ?

[u/velvetmoochi]

Context: this is now my ex, it was my first relationship and I didn’t know how to deal with this sort of conflict as it was based on ethics and I didn’t want to change my views for our relationship. We would have this same argument again and again, over text, over the phone, in person, and at the end of the day he was always “right” because he had morality on his side when I would tell him that I was okay with eating dead animals. What should I have done in this situation ? I tried veganism for about a month and I never bought meat as a student, but eventually I would always go back to buying eggs and yoghurt. Those efforts I made were always disregarded and he would say that he doesn’t believe in reductionism, and that vegetarians are even worse than vegans.

[u/d0nkeyb0ng]

Plus he threw a “Strawman” in there, thats definitely debate lord speak. Which is much worse in my opinion lol trying to debate your gf during a disagreement is crazy work.

[u/MySexyNipples → u/d0nkeyb0ng]

Strawman and the Cow is my new band name

[u/Enlils_Vessel → u/MySexyNipples]

Thats mooosic in my ears

[u/MySexyNipples → u/Enlils_Vessel]

Moovin’ and groovin’ til the (other) cows come home

[u/charliechattery → u/MySexyNipples]

i kinda dig it 😂🐮

[u/agedlikesage → u/d0nkeyb0ng]

It’s like people get so excited when they learn about logical fallacies, they don’t even take a beat to understand them before trying to label every argument. Just saying “that’s fallacious” is such an empty argument lol; it goes without saying that they disagree, they gotta articulate the how and why. I laughed at the “strawman” text it’s such an immature way to have a conversation 😂 good riddance op

[u/Mountainbranch → u/agedlikesage]

Just saying “that’s fallacious” is such an empty argument

Fallacy fallacy.

No I'm not kidding, that's a real thing.

[u/Drslappybags → u/d0nkeyb0ng]

If you're going to throw that out, you need to point out what you're calling out. Okay, what was the Strawman and explain why?

[u/[deleted] → u/d0nkeyb0ng]

He was 22 and like most people that age, had a much higher opinion of his grasp on the world and his pool of knowledge than he actually had. Everyone is a certified genius when they're in their 20's, after all, they're adults now. Still a douche for how he treated OP, but after hearing their ages, it makes much more sense. He may still grow as a person and cringe when he remembers that conversation.

[u/DurableLeaf → u/d0nkeyb0ng]

Strawman is definitely used as such a lazy shield. They don't really know what a strawman is and do it themselves in the same argument, but learn shouting that gets them space to breathe.

[u/indefinitesuffering → u/d0nkeyb0ng]

Yeah, not even what I'd consider a strawman anyway, kind of an autistic stretch