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I could never get into it because of his personal beef against veganism (no pun intended). I think it started when the guys who made Cowspiracy went to his sho

I could never get into it because of his personal beef against veganism (no pun intended). I think it started when the guys who made Cowspiracy went to his show. After that he went on a mission to find every piece of pseudoscience or blog post that said the animal industry is actually good for the environment, or that plants have feelings, or that vegans were unhealthy, and then went on a Twitter rage against vegans. It was pretty clear that his open-mindedness was quite limited. The sad thing is that a lot of people think he is a reliable source of information.

metamet 10y ago
One thing to remember about Joe's perspective on veganism is that he is a hunter and public figure, so he has attracted attention from militant vegans. While he has vegan friends and doesn't seem to really care what people eat, he's vocal with his annoyance with that particular subset. Plus he's a comedian, so you can't take anything he says personally. On a side note, I'm still waiting to hear some hard science on the affects veganism (which clearly doesn't include The China Study). If the right person were out there, I'd be curious to hear them on JRE.