I got roasted in the comments of my TEDx talk

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Ed Winters is a vegan educator, best-selling author, public speaker and content creator. Ed has spoken at over 1/3 of UK universities and at 6 Ivy league colleges, including as a guest lecturer at Harvard University in both 2019 and 2020. He has given speeches across the world, including at the University of Cambridge, EPFL, Google NYC and Google Zürich. In early 2019 he gave 2 TEDx talks, surpassing a total of 2 million views online. His speech “You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again” has 35 million accumulative views online and has been given to thousands of students across UK universities.
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[@ed.winters]

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[@VeganV5912]

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[@VeganV5912]

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[@VeganV5912]

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[@v.a.n.e.]

don't you think that the better reason would be the above mentioned GP did not see vegans in their late seventies, that every one of them became a former vegan, in the meantime?

[@VeganV5912]

Gandhi, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Leo Tolstoy, Voltaire, Plato, Nikola Tesla, Leonardo DaVinci, Vegan. Fat blocks your arteries and your brain and down their, 🔴🍖🦠👇😫Vi🤣gra. Nikola Tesla

[@david86]

omg Ed. I'm an engineer at Ecosia and I nearly jumped out of my seat when you started talking about us! Thank you so much! If you're ever in Berlin, I'll give you the office tour!

[@SebCam]

Are they going to plant FRUIT trees....? That would be a real solution....

[@SeremSally]

Thank you to you and your co-workers for all you do 😁

[@tulp_graphics]

Yay, that's cool! I've been using and promoting Ecosia for years. Love the concept! ♡

[@minimal-vegan]

Komm se rin, könn' se rauskieken! 😃🌱🤙🏼

[@laman012]

Hey, next time I'm in Berlin, wanna grab a drink?

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

My mom is 72, been vegan 6 years. Reversed nearly all of her health issues. Her doctors are VERY pleased.

[@tom4412]

Good for her I’ve been vegan since lunch time

[@zelda8207]

​@@tom4412 That's great! 😃 You have to start somewhere. Keep going. 💪

[@tom4412]

@@zelda8207 I am thanks

[@Yohan_2001]

Hope you're still going strong! ​@@tom4412

[@onenessguy85]

When I became a vegan 53 years ago I took charge of my own health and quit running to a doctor if I had a health problem. I'm now several years past 75, Maybe I should drop into a doctor's office and say hello just to let them know vegans past 75 are alive and well.

[@helenlamb2432]

53 years, bloody hell no mean feat 👏

[@mattsapero1896]

Awesome! My great uncle went vegan at 90 and lived healthy to 105 and still had a personal trainer! I’m at 7 years so far!

[@davidformosa3114]

You are a legend Cliff!!!

[@MeJustAimy]

ha I love this

[@paulb8251]

It must be a miracle... there is obviously no other explanation. I've been vegan 17 years and I don't know how I'm still alive..

[@leonkootstra6301]

as someone who had family die in a concentration camp and works together with both physically and mentally disabled people on a daily basis, i really hate the idea that it's okay to murder 'inferior' groups

[@kidsandus8061]

Killing animals is not murder.

[@leonkootstra6301]

@@kidsandus8061 it is the premeditated killing of an individual against their will and good...

[@kidsandus8061]

Lions kill other animals and nobody calls them names.

[@leonkootstra6301]

@@kidsandus8061 i haven't called anyone names, not sure where you got that and lions don't murder gazelles with the justification that they're better than them, they do it for survival and because they're not moral agents. we however know the consequences of our actions and should therefore be held responsible to a much larger degree than those who don't, be they children, mentally disabled or animals. especially since we know we have alternatives that don't require it

[@sydthekid69420]

@@kidsandus8061 lions have no other choice. Humans do.

[@TempehLiberation]

We're superior to other animals is essentially just might makes right, so technically I could roundhouse kick children off an airplane. I mean, I'm stronger than them, so who cares? I swear the world that animal eaters implicitly endorse is a nightmare.

[@vegancolleen]

😅😅😅👍🏻🌱💞

[@GarudaLegends]

why are you comparing young humans to cows and rodents? please get psychological help. just say you want to abuse children.

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

@@GarudaLegends oh you again. 🤦

[@GarudaLegends]

@@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος who are you?

[@MrMikner]

@@GarudaLegends If the argument is "I can do so and so because I'm more intelligent" you have to prove the consistency by using the argument in a different scenario. Children are less intelligent so that scenario is perfectly valid. Saying you can't compare humans to animals without actually naming a moral difference is bad justifcation. What are animals lacking that justifies different treatment? Intelligence isn't one, we debunked that already.

[@erickthevegan]

Hey Ed, Erick from Tempe AZ here. That was actually the exact video that turned me vegan.

[@GoodMorningButch]

The more I look at my cat, the more I’m convinced of my decision to become a vegan I made last September. Animals are FULL of personality and are just begging to express it.

[@GarudaLegends]

please dont abuse your cat on a vegan diet. they need meat.

[@mprub4]

The more I look at my cat the more guilt I feel about owning an obligate carnivore for a pet. But I will keep feeding him the appropriate food as my obligation to him.

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

@@GarudaLegends How sad is your life revolving around trolling vegan channels. The few of view are surely dealing with some hardcore cognitive dissonance to be this obsessed. Also, you are wrong. Naturally. (As shown by evidence, something you are terrified of, as well as by basic logic)

[@GarudaLegends]

@@HiddenStr3ngth i have no clue who you are, but my life is good. cats are carnivorous and not herbivores. good to know you support animal abuse.

[@UrielCopy]

The irony of owning an obligate carnivore pet..... You might be vegan, but you and other vegans who own obligate carnivore pets like you, are contributing in killing other animals thus creating ''unnecessary suffering'', INTENTIONALLY because you chose to have that pet. Fucking hypocrite.

[@KanashiAtisuto]

As I've been using Ecosia on my phone for years now I just checked how many trees "I've" planted: 9,540 🥳 Thank you for your work- I think it says a lot that with so many views there are so many positive comments 💕

[@FabioPedrazzoliGrazioli]

I have not seen any defence mechanism in a mango or an orange, as a matter of fact quite the opposite! They look colorful and smell good because the act of picking and eating them, and therefore helping the immovable plant to spread their seed around the soil at distance is actually and literally an act of love (the reproductive, sexual driven type of "love")

[@kidsandus8061]

You haven't seen anything yet. Look at spinach...

[@FabioPedrazzoliGrazioli]

@@kidsandus8061 😄😄😄

[@kidsandus8061]

Plants fight back too, you know, they make us sick so we die and stop eating them.

[@Voltaje_YT]

Aweome response, the only thing i hate about this video, is that is not longer T.T

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

Lol you want more those brain rot comments ?

[@evilsbrother8247]

Cult leaders are usually psychopaths with a desire for power and often take ideas from politics, religion and psychology to fulfill their purpose. Through mind control, they are able to filter their thoughts and behaviors into "fanatical faith and belief" among followers.

[@FixdalOK]

@@HiddenStr3ngth More of Vegan Jesus responding to them.

[@duygugunesten]

Already using ECOSIA and already a VEGAN! Love you Ed! 🙃

[@yogajourney9519]

I found that TEDx talk when I was already seriously considering veganism (I had already been vegetarian for nearly a decade) and it was the final push I needed to go 100% vegan. It just made so much sense that I couldn't not go vegan. People often ask why I decided to go vegan but it wasn't a choice for me. It was the only option where I didn't feel like a hypocrite.

[@larissatorres4869]

The fact that we need to explain this just shows how common sense is lacking on this society

[@amanvermalh]

One of the worst thing about the world is that 90% of people are utterly dumb. They just can't comprehend things due to their low IQ. These illogical comments are present literally under every other video. Thanks Ed, keep fighting for these voiceless animals. We are making progress.

[@carl13579]

It's not about smarts, though. It's about compassion. Most people have not enlarged their "circle" enough but can be convinced to do so with patience, logic and living examples.

[@amanvermalh]

@@carl13579 I don't think so. The first thing is that you need to be smart enough to understand that being Vegan is the right thing to do, only then compassion comes into play.

[@vegancolleen]

Thanks for some great laughs! 😅. Your book should be delivered to me tomorrow here in Ontario, Canada, and I can't wait. 🌱💞

[@andreimateescu8997]

Just downloaded Ecosia a few days ago on my desktop, laptop and phone ... and it's great. Always puts a smile on my face when I see the tree count :) 💚❤🌍🌳

[@NewEnglandInSeattle]

Hey Ed, my comment isn't so much related to this video but I'd like to see items added to your clothing line. I'm a vegan bodybuilder but there isn't any athletic wear specifically for vegan bodybuilders or athletes. I mean, I can wear athletic wear of any kind, but I mean athletic wear that says "vegan" or "plant-based" on it. Not to brag, but I'm usually the fittest person at my gym. I was wearing an Under Armor spandex shirt and I thought, "I wish this said Vegan across the chest, or down the side of the arm. Or perhaps, shorts or workout pants with the word Vegan on them. There's really nothing for us. I know a few other vegans who are bodybuilders and we use our looks to dispell the myth that you can't get big, strong, and rippped on a vegan diet. I really wish there was a clothing line for us so we could promote veganism in that way.

[@SamK-th1qr]

Vegan outfitters has some awesome vegan gym clothes, I have one with a gorilla that says “herbivore” I usually wear when I go climbing :) although they are casual fit so not sure if they’re what you’re after

[@rebelvgan4579]

Check out Hench Herbivore's channel, he has some vegan body builder clothing.

[@aronmiddleton5789]

There is dude, GymCoffee recently gave the vegan rugby team free stash and its honestly great muscle fitting stuff targetted for fitness folk

[@yungmentalproblems]

Bro what do you take to get big? I've been trying but vegan food is so boring unless it's curry

[@fishfeelpain7764]

or maybe iron-on patches?

[@kendramarkworth6855]

That video was one that thoroughly convinced me to go from "eating animals is fine and normal" to "what the hell is wrong with me???" Veganism should be the norm and it is well on it's way! Thank you Ed for everything you do!

[@NoInjusticeLastsForever]

For at least half a year I have gone in that comment section once a week to hold animal abusers accountable. Please join me in making this a regular routine of yours to help change minds. 💙

[@Prithvikalra660]

I will join you :)

[@GlossRabban]

@@Prithvikalra660 "Do' it!"

[@x-latetv-x6816]

Accountable 😭

[@PokeNebula]

Kind of a waste of time. If you really want to make a difference, talk about veganism with your friends who trust you. To youtube comments you are just another username.

[@x-latetv-x6816]

@@PokeNebula I would never trust a vegan with my health

[@suicune2001]

LOL! I love your response to the doctor. Also: Meat-eaters: "If we're superior to something then we can be as horrible as we want." Also meat-eaters: "BuT pLaNtS tHoUgH!" I'm superior to my mentally handicapped brother but people would get upset if I punched him in the face.

[@alexandramora1697]

I laughed so much at the ridiculous comments of these people and how you responded to them. Thank you Ed!!

[@andrebiribateixeira2710]

I went vegan after this ted talk when I was eating no fruit and all animals all day long! Thank you!

[@kathrynjohnson3204]

Good to hear from you again! Apart from your obvious morality and compassion, I love the way you use logic and rationality to make your point - to the extent that your arguments just can't be refuted! They have shaped my own thinking so much, and helped me when my views are challenged. Thank you!

[@LisaCooper-thevegan-123]

Hey Ed! Thank you so much for speaking up for the animals 🙏😊♥️♥️♥️

[@yuhuhuh]

Ed said SKIN!!! Please drop us your skincare routine! 😄 On a more serious note, that TedTalk was profoundly moving and thought providing! Congratulations on the 2 million views!

[@pegbuckner5074]

Just finished your book!! Absolutely OUTSTANDING! Thank you so much! 💚💚

[@valeriag.9182]

Your TED talk video made me become vegan almost 3 years ago. I challenged myself with it, I wanted to see if I could find even one weak argument pro veganism but I couldn't...I was so speechless that I said to myself "I HAVE to be vegan, otherwise I would go against all my principles". This is to say...thank you Ed! Somehow I feel like I'm doing my part

[@MichaelaHutchison]

Ed says that he got roasted in the comments but I think Ed was the one doing the roasting

[@chiara__mk]

Brilliant as always Ed! I had to laugh so hard at some of those comments. Love your arguments and the way you deliver them. Plus: your skin ist glowing. 🔥

[@MrTrevisco]

Amazing as always, congratulations on millions of watches of that TedxTalk, here is wishing and hoping for millions more to watch it in the years ahead.

[@devvyas6751]

hey, I loved your speech in VLL yesterday. looking forward to hear your conversation with Kyle.

[@roneliadelgrange8315]

I honestly don’t care about animals and you still convinced me to go vegan, mainly because of the video with the tofish truck and the lady that didn’t eat lamb. For context, I refused to eat mutton because as a child, I was convinced that my Teddy Bear was a sheep 🧸 .

[@maryjeannegilbert15]

Love you, Ed! My favorite was also the gp practitioner one and your response was everything. :)

[@myfoodisgrownnotborncompas362]

Ecosia is GREAT, but it is availiable only fof America, Australia and Western Europe. They forgot about Arabic, Slavic, Chinese, Indian.

[@smiller2114]

Love your "name"!

[@kattyaybar6365]

Thank you for responding to those questions Ed.

[@lucyhill5308]

I just love this man. You are AMAZING. THANK YOU for everything you do!!!

[@redbriarn6295]

I’m very happy about your partnership with tree planting. In my area the government has been working to destroy fruit bearing trees in public areas ( they are too messy). I’m vegetarian ( I’m allergic to animals protein) I do have a couple of concerns with the plant based diet. My first is what is the plan for plant product residue, soy for example the stover, hulls, seed coat and ect? Burn them? Make pillows? Package material? 2 what is the plan for crop failure for example corn crop during a drought, too much rain, disease, short growth season? 3 if digested vegetation and biological waste from animals produces methane gas , doesn’t compost? 4 if human beings are not capable of digesting certain plants ( like animals can) does that mean these plants will have to be eradicated and replaced with mono crop? 5 can we have wild flowers and native grass if the land is needed for tofu production?

[@redbriarn6295]

There are movements to produce fuel from animal waste. Animals convert solar energy from plants into food. Crops fail every year, animals eat the failed crops in the form of silage. Animals eat waste products ( think pigs eating slop) and convert these waste byproducts into protein, vitamins, and fats as well as textiles and other products. There is a civil war in north Ethiopia right now they need food, we need to supply them with a high energy source of food. Pigs can literally convert human feces into food. No plant on earth can do that!!!

[@redbriarn6295]

Human feces is 22 percent protein, a pig can grow 1 pound per day on a very poor diet. I’m not saying that every would should eat meat, dairy or eggs ( I don’t eat meat ever ) . But we really need to consider a world where people are starving, the agriculture department have a label “not fit for human consumption “. I’m not saying the killing of animals is a good thing, but what about the actual starvation of human beings. We really need to stop eating so much meat ( food in general). But we need to understand the TDN ( total digestible nutrition) that livestock can turn into food from waste products.

[@ClubuldeEngleza]

It only makes sense. ''The conclusion should be that they're not getting ill enough to go and see a GP or a doctor.''

[@randomguy5565]

Your response at 4:50 is pure gold xD

[@skippycoulter]

I used to say "there is nothing immoral you can do to an animal as long as it isn't worse than killing them for food" since that was logically consistent. I still stand by the logic, but now I realize that doesn't justify bestiality, it prohibits carnism.

[@8Prescott]

Even if plants feel pain they are designed to be eaten to spread their seeds

[@FrederickViedge]

Love the last argument 👍🏻👀

[@nataliefrancesliley]

Keep Calm and Carry On Ed... Sound information ... x

[@bleubird76]

Ignore the toxic hatred from internet trolls. They are everywhere and they only ever spread misinformation and poisonous negativity.

[@ElizabethRocher]

Oh man, I remember watching that TED talk when it first came out and falling in love with your activism!

[@paulchenpi7893]

Ed a general question. I always wondered: Are you trained in nonviolent communication (NVC)?

[@UncleLousKitchen]

The one that said your video made them go vegan. That 1 comment should fulfill you more than a million trolls. It's a butterfly effect because that 1 will influence someone else.

[@bananabrain2996]

The "not accepting morals" idea is surprisingly common. Apathy is worshipped in our society, but as you clearly pointed out, they don't actually live by this.

[@radkakopecka]

Gosh, I love you Ed!! Amazing arguments, as always!

[@efortunywhitton]

Ed… I’m afraid I don’t have any useful comments. I just tweeted and Facebooked your video with the simple statement: “ #EarthlingEd, as brilliant as diamonds in the sky on a perfect night… what a mind! I wish all humans were like this, what a world we would have.”

[@TofuAlwaysWins]

I have chronic lyme disease. And while i went vegan for the animals, i couldn't have foreseen the humongous health benefits i have received since. I can live a decent life again due to eating a clean vegan lifestyle. Better for the animals, environment and ourselves! Win win win

[@ritam3184]

That people still proudly bring up the plant argument...it's not even sad anymore, it's just mindless

[@jenniferd.4676]

I appreciate what you do for the animals.

[@jeannine7002]

Wisdom is here! 💕

[@jgoodwin977]

Another excellently put video! 💚

[@johannelanglois9800]

Keep doing what you are doing!

[@funkypunkypine]

I'm guessing a lot of doctors don't know the diet of their patients. None of the doctors I've seen know how I eat. I also want to add that people should see their doctor yearly for a physical. People don't only go to a doctor when they're sick or ill.

[@arturoarino]

My sister sent me that talk when it came out, and it made me vegan after I saw it, I really had no argument or excuse not to be vegan after it, so I started my vegan research for protein :) cause I am into fitness , I then discovered Derek Simnett , then Nimai Delgado etc. and I said like... hmmm really no excuse what so ever... so I went vegan just like that.

[@angelodicazzo3527]

@Earthling Ed hey Ed I hope you're gonna read this. I'm vegan for 2 years and really love your work, thank you so much. Although there's one argument (also used in other videos of yours) I catch myself heavily disagreeing with you multiple times already. this time it's starting at 9:16 where you basically talk about that plants are not sentient and don't make decisions. Now I don't wanna start a debate, I just wanna recommend to you one book which is "The Secret Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben if you haven't already read it. You may find yourself realizing that plants are indeed sentient and conscious with the capacity to suffer and feel pain, just like animals, they just have a "lifestyle" really different from us so I understand when people think they aren't. I myself didn't believe it either. Well of course I still agree with the argument that a vegan lifestyle is still better in that scenario as less plants are used. I realy don't mean to offend you or anyone, just wanted to share my opinion here.

[@nekochadechu]

Tbh the natural reaction of plants to a stimuli can still be comparable to our pain reaction it's also an automatic reaction to stimuli so i feel like it's not really an argument, i think what would be a good argument is that to lower suffering the most we can only go as far as removing animal based products since humans can live without them but not plants, which means we are obligated uhh plant eaters...(idk the word) and thus its moral!

[@angelodicazzo3527]

@@nekochadechu you know I think it's possible to reduce the amount of plants which are killed for our consumption by gaining a better understanding of the different types of plants and what our bodies really need. Fruit trees for example even need animals to eat their fruits in order to fertilize their seeds, so of course we won't cause them harm by eating fruits. But other plants work differently and I have to honestly admit that I understand it to an extent with trees but not with all those other plant like vegetables we mostly consume. I don't know if they are all similiar in the way they perceive and interpret their environment etc. There's certainly more learning for me to do on that but I think we can always try to go a step further to reduce the unnecessary harm we cause.

[@wobblybobengland]

@@angelodicazzo3527 Zach Bush talking about glyphosate maybe interesting for you.

[@1xxmariexx1]

“Well judge… what about your front lawn.. don’t you mow it?” I lost it 😂😂

[@Veganbytheway]

Sassy Ed is the best Ed

[@brookie_cuqui]

I haven't even gotten into the video yet, but Ed! Your skin! You always look good, but you're downright glowin! Alright... Now I'm getting into it. The comment about human superiority meaning it's our choice to do with animals what we will; To this I say, we have the choice to be kind.

[@anned6913]

I don't see that there is any superiority in being cruel, quite the opposite.

[@WTFisMYname24]

"meat eaters" is an old term. New one is pedo-phagians :). In depth and accurate. Also these comments you got are truly comedic. There is not a single valid/rational justification for not going vegan. Not a one.

[@v.a.n.e.]

don't go down that road. who knows what the term vegan might rhyme with.

[@WTFisMYname24]

@@v.a.n.e. the road or accurately describing something? I'm good thanks.

[@juliewake4585]

Carnists?

[@WTFisMYname24]

@@juliewake4585 yeah. Same thing. I like mine more I can't lie :P. It's more provoking haha

[@v.a.n.e.]

@@WTFisMYname24 I'm glad you're doing well, though. I believe you have a constrained ability to accurately express things as a vegan, at least. besides, you never know how quickly you will become one of us.

[@lamya9168]

So, actually, for the second comment, I think what she meant is vegans don't get sick at that age, and not that they don't live to over 70!

[@krishnaveganathar]

Ed, please see the channel Plant Chompers. He does an amazing two-part series on how long Health influencers have lived. His channel is based on very high-quality research and analysis.

[@sanja7489]

Ed, we are so lucky to have you 💚🌱

[@ocean34560]

Yuh

[@loadeddiaper4216]

Yuh

[@devvyas6751]

@@loadeddiaper4216 Yuh

[@vaurien3694]

@@devvyas6751 Yuh

[@Prithvikalra660]

Yuh

[@Llaaoo123]

Vegan4life❤ thanks for posting keep up the great work

[@thebowandbullet]

I do love the self-debunk anti-vegans. 😂

[@TubularBelles]

When people bring up plants to me, I say, if there was nothing else to eat but animals then we would eat animals, but eating plants is less cruel, and more healthy.

[@gavinturner5565]

The GP is the best one Ed. BTW, I read an article by Linda McCartney regarding her ideas of veganism. Two eyes have a brain. That did it for me. Good on you educating the public about your experience becoming vegan and investigating further the industry of harming. Pardon me, the industrialisation of farming!!!

[@mattsapero1896]

I wish I had learned about veganism as a kid so I could’ve woken up early. 🥲

[@thegratefulsteve]

From hunter and fisherman to vegan 5 years ago. Best decision ever. Thank you Ed.

[@estefaniamendoncadasilva5263]

That's amazing!! 👏👏👏👏

[@helenlamb2432]

Excellent! So pleased to hear that... 🙂

[@tedrodenborn8172]

Good for you! That’s awesome!

[@davidformosa3114]

Legend!!

[@TheINFJChannel]

Yay! Thank you for stopping hunting and fishing!!! Hunters give me the chills in a bad way. To see a beautiful animal then aim intentionally at it then pose for a photo with the dead beauty is sickening and quite cruel. 🤜🤛

[@krisp.1584]

I, a 60 year old female vegan had my check-up recently, and my doctor said: „Your health condition is actually bad for my business!“

[@ComplicatedInvisibility]

@BloodMoon If it is the cost, you can find quite a few KZbin videos about how to be vegan on a budget. :-). It often works out to be less expensive than a “standard” way of eating.

[@TheHestya]

@BloodMoon Do the best you can, that is all anyone can ask of you. And when you can be fully vegan, you will be. You clearly want to. Best of luck to you. :)

[@terrorindu]

@BloodMoon aww darling you're doing the best you can, I wish you lots of luck on your future

[@mass4630]

😅😅😅

[@BenjoCovers]

americans are crazy for seeing healthcare as a business tbh

[@berc1050]

I was vegan before I found your channel. My wife became vegetarian when there was a vegan table at our campus. They gave us vegan jerky if we watched 5 minutes of factory farming videos. My wife actually turned me vegetarian, and then several horror documentaries later, I choose veganism and she following shortly behind me. The reason why I love your channel is it helps me be a better vegan. I can debate non-vegans much better because I can use your key arguments against them. The arguments that I run into with the nonvegans in my life is the "but you have to eat meat to be healthy," but they acknowledge factory farming is horrible. The second issue I run into is the "but you can eat organic meat," even though those who make this argument are likely not eating organic meat. And then of course, if you asked them to watch the horrors of animal factory farming, they think you are disgusting and into gore. No one wants to see it, but you watch it so you can empathize and realize how you are apart of the problem when you eat meat. I feel like every vegan hears the same arguments, but not every vegan knows how to respond. You really and truly help with that process, I think.

[@vegancolleen]

Yes! So much. 🌱💞

[@jedex4645]

his arguments are terrible. and even if they were good, how does being able to argue against meat eaters help you be a better vegan?

[@Ayte888]

@@jedex4645 your arguments are illogical. We'll take terrible over illogical.

[@jedex4645]

@@Ayte888 terrible arguments are illogical, just like your response. how is any argument i have made illogical?

[@robdee9341]

Yes you are so right and there is nothing more satisfying than having a debate with a meat eater and boxing then into a corner. Because when they end up with. "But what about plants they also feel pain" you know your work is done.

[@barbaragregory4526]

As far as doing "whatever you want" to an animal, why would you WANT to harm them?? Some people make the worst arguments. Really shows what's inside them.

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

If you have power over someone, you should brutally torture, abuse and kill them. Great logic. Thinking of a psychopath. Or worse. Well, i would say i am superior to the person who made that comment. They should just submit to me to do with as a i please. It's very close to "might is right" thinking. Barbarians with axes > Genius scientists. But yeah, you are on point. If that's what you'd jump to doing when someone is at your mercy... 0 empathy or compassion. So disconnected from the reality as they drop comments like that. On top, there are countless logical holes in there.

[@smakko]

Cause they feel powerful over someone else who has no ability to protect themselves. They are quite literally psychopaths.

[@e-9227]

They literally out themselves as heartless, abusive psychos

[@seanmac5093]

@@oliviatreip2613 Agreed. People do want to eat animals and they do taste good sometimes. Question is whether the brief taste pleasure is worth the suffering inflicted. Personally, I say no. You may feel differently.

[@felixp535]

@@oliviatreip2613 Isn't that the definition of harming someone for your own benefit/pleasure? How is that different from rape?

[@cynicalidealist11]

The only thing getting roasted are my brain cells after reading the same thoroughly debunked arguments over and over again.

[@evilsbrother8247]

Name one

[@ystein5859]

@@evilsbrother8247 BUT PLANTS!

[@evilsbrother8247]

@@ystein5859 are you referring to the zillions of smaller animals killed by pesticides etc? Or is it gazillions?

[@MrMikner]

@@evilsbrother8247 are you referring to those plants being fed to animals so more animals die for animal products? Food conversion rate. Go educate yourself.

[@evilsbrother8247]

@@Mich-G i guess you think the only animals harmed in farming practices have fur and hooves.

[@teresajose2280]

That video made me see the truth. Those questions you asked made me think. No one had ever put veganism that way before. I was and still am traumatised from the realisation of what I did to animals. I only watched the video because I misunderstood the title and thought the video was going to help me debunk veganism. Once you announced you were vegan I nearly turned it off but something about your words kept me listening and by the end of it, I couldn’t stop crying. That was almost a year ago to the date and I’ve never looked back. I’ll never go back. I wish I saw that video sooner. I’m not even sure why it came up on my news feed but I would still be an animal abuser if it didn’t. This video turned my world upside down. I was so against veganism till I watched that video. Now I will fight for the animals till the day I die. I owe them. We all do. #goveganfortheanimals

[@emily4105]

❤️❤️❤️

[@TenTempeh]

That was so intense, damn, gave me goosebumps. It's inspiring to hear how lifechanging a speech can be. Indeed we owe them, it's our responsibility.

[@GS-lq2is]

👍❤️👍

[@vegancolleen]

🌱💞🌱💞🌱💞

[@AnnekeGrypstra]

I'm really curious: why were you so against veganism?

[@KarinaCappucci]

I've been vegan for 7 years and I will be vegan for the rest of my life. ❤️

[@robbiebouchart1551]

Love the commitment

[@flaggkatten]

Saaaame 🥰🥰

[@MrBCB]

no

[@wall-e4943]

same

[@chrisx5127]

I feel bad for you.

[@sskpsp]

For the "plants don't want to be eaten" comment, if they're really worried about it, they should realize that plants make fruiting bodies like fruits and vegetables for the sole purpose of being eaten. The same goes for some fungus like truffles. Also, again, if they're really worried about it, this means they should live their lives as fruitarians. The fact that plants, fungus, and other non-intelligent life forms might feel fear and pain beyond harvesting fruiting bodies is not justification to go out and slaughter animals. If you shoot down veganism as not enough because even plants can be harmed, then eating meat and other exploitation of animals is doubly immoral. Not the best pro-omnivore talking point.

[@roneliadelgrange8315]

This ☝️ !

[@sskpsp]

@Ryan Robinett I agree that Ed seems to have avoided the point I was making and that it is a blurry divide between sentience and non-sentience. I was just making an additional counterpoint to that original comment, not a counter-counterpoint to Ed's counterpoint. But the example with the huckleberry bush doesn't make sense. A single plant, or species that relies on passive modes of reproduction like spreading seeds doesn't make sense. It can't care less if you are a fruitarian or not, but it doesn't know what happens to its seeds when the berries are eaten, so it can't react to this anyhow, as an individual plant or species. So effectively, getting rid of its fruit somehow is the end of its business, as an individual. As a species, it would be to appeal to the species which eats the fruit and helps spread its seed, and to protect and deter against species and scenarios which fail to spread the seed, whatever that may be. Anyhow, my point was a moral one, not an evolutionary biological one. This is kind of getting off-topic. But in the spirit of your last question, I think the better way to go about it is if our actions harm or kill an organism when we exploit it. The definition of harm is fuzzy, once again, but it is fairly reasonable that plucking a fruit meant to be plucked or naturally drop otherwise, would not harm the plant. This logic could be extended to other parts of a plant like leaves and roots. See Jain ethics for a more complete analysis of that.

[@angelocarantino4803]

@Ryan Robinett Have you actually studied horticulture? It's entirely chemical, and their are many different mechanism responsible for various functions. For example, seeds decide when to emerge based on the light quantity and quality reaching them. This is because some seeds need to be fairly close to the soil surface due to the limitations if the energy stored within them. Is that decision sentient? Of course not. Reactionary awareness is not the same as self awareness and sentience.

[@veganm8918]

@Ryan Robinett Most plants and fungus will keep on living after you consume from them. All fruits, peppers, nuts, most fungus keep on living. Cashew trees live to 100. Name a slice of meat that comes from an animal that keeps on living. You snip a Morel and next year there will be more in the exact same spot because the mushroom part is only a flower or equivalent of an apple on a tree.

[@veganm8918]

@Ryan Robinett 97% of meat & dairy comes from factory farms. You believe factory farms are good for the planet. lol Bye Lyin Bryan

[@LisaCooper-thevegan-123]

Vegan almost 2 year's now thanks to you and Joey! Love you!👍👏♥️♥️♥️

[@mrmcecheese1456]

Same, had covid over Christmas and did some research about veganism, and Joey and Ed turned me vegan. 6 and half months in and feeling great 🌱

[@LisaCooper-thevegan-123]

@@mrmcecheese1456 Well done! I practically live on Tesco Plant Chef range! And Wicked kitchen too! Lovely..😁👍👏

[@colsylvester639]

I got told the joke " how do you know someone is vegan? Because they'll tell you". I responded with "how do you know a meat eater is a meat eater? Because their logical inconsistencies tell you before they do".

[@mprub4]

Or you’ll know because the meat eater will post a picture of their steak when you talk about veganism.

[@inauspiei3679]

How do you know someone is a meat eater ? - They tell the same lame joke everytime they learn someone is vegan.

[@flowersandlace]

or “mmmm steak” ; “mmmm bacon” 🥴🤡

[@paulb8251]

Pesky vegans… debating with facts, intelligence and compassion. Those meat eaters always win when they reply with “bacon” and “I’m eating a steak right now” you just can’t beat that argument.

[@colsylvester639]

@@paulb8251 True, they are tasty, but the screaming gassed to death pigs and bolt in the brain imagery sure helps me not want them anymore!

[@marishasveganworld2240]

That exact speech turned me vegan almost 3 years ago! 🌱 I remember not being able make excuses anymore because you pretty much debunked all of them in one video. It left me speechless. It was wonderful! Thank you 💚🙏

[@123thesophster]

Me too! It was certainly very thought provoking! There are simply no excuses unless you are that thick you block them and stick your head in the sand

[@NoInjusticeLastsForever]

Hope to see future content from you. 💙

[@josephstephenson1592]

Same here! I had been considering going vegan and then that speech singlehandedly dismantled every argument I had. My wife and I discussed it later that day and I used all the same logic to answer her questions.

[@evilsbrother8247]

Specific factors in cult behaviour are said to include manipulative and authoritarian mind control over members, communal and totalistic organization, aggressive proselytizing, systematic programs of indoctrination, and perpetuation in middle-class communities. Cult leaders are usually psychopaths with a desire for power and often take ideas from politics, religion and psychology to fulfill their purpose. Through mind control, they are able to filter their thoughts and behaviors into "fanatical faith and belief" among followers.

[@NoInjusticeLastsForever]

@@evilsbrother8247 You've spent at least half an hour on this video leaving pro animal abuse comments. Are you okay?

[@sageandbone]

I'm a nurse and I had a female patient who was 101! She was vegan and has been for over half of her life. She was doing very well for her age considering! I've had some elderly patients above 75 who are vegan or vegetarian. And I tend to advocate to meat eating patients a vegan influenced diet to aid in their recovery once home. The patients I have who are vegan tend to be on better shape than the none vegans 😅 and many have told me going vegan helped them improve existing conditions over time

[@michaelmcgavin7106]

@Ryan Robinett Then you'd surely know that the vegan 7th day Adventists live an average of 13 years longer than the non-vegan ones.

[@michaelmcgavin7106]

@Ryan Robinett The AHS2 study literally shows that the average life span is 13 years longer for Adventists who are vegan, compared to non vegan. Got nothing to do with ideology.

[@sageandbone]

Im gonna side step this argument 😅 I was just simple replying to the part about a doctor having never seen a vegan patient.

[@mattsapero1896]

Perfect comment.

[@mattsapero1896]

@Ryan Robinett You we’re doing so well until you attacked vegan activists. WTF, man?

[@robinwallace7097]

When confronted with that "plants feel too" argument the other day, I grabbed a bunch of leaves off a nearby bush and said "are you really comparing THAT to cutting off a pigs foot?!?!" Which made me realize another point ... the plant grows more leaves and is healthier for it, while the pig dies.

[@thatsalt1560]

Yep. We prune plants to keep them healthy and stimulate growth.

[@pegbuckner5074]

Great analogy. Thank you!!

[@evilsbrother8247]

Yes but we eat the pig. What did you do with the leaves?

[@robinwallace7097]

@@evilsbrother8247 You don't need to eat the pig. You can be healthy and happy without causing suffering.

[@evilsbrother8247]

@@robinwallace7097 who are you to try and tell me or anyone else what they need? I think your condition is a symptom of too much social media and not enough fresh air. Help end your own suffering and get a life.

[@Lilly-Schmitt]

This was actually the Video which made me Vegan, thank you Ed for everything.

[@Teneab]

Nice

[@evilsbrother8247]

Specific factors in cult behaviour are said to include manipulative and authoritarian mind control over members, communal and totalistic organization, aggressive proselytizing, systematic programs of indoctrination, and perpetuation in middle-class communities. Cult leaders are usually psychopaths with a desire for power and often take ideas from politics, religion and psychology to fulfill their purpose. Through mind control, they are able to filter their thoughts and behaviors into "fanatical faith and belief" among followers.

[@judykiny_4723]

So great, I wish you a happy vegan journey!

[@suzannevegancultleader8509]

Same!

[@maribel843]

It is easier to believe a lie then to accept an uncomfortable truth - for years I didn’t want to accept what inside of me I already knew was not right! Thank you Ed for all you do!

[@UrielCopy]

The only truth is that you are propably going to suffer as a vegan. Your vegan Jesus will never tell you that. No matter how much you try, you might get bloated, have stomach ache, low libido, no period ect ect.. who knows how many problems... I eat meat, and im happy, im strong, im alive... If you feel the same while eating just plants, kudos to you, continue with what you do!

[@rorybessell8280]

@@UrielCopy Getting bloated is far less likely on a vegan diet unless you're gluten intolerant but plenty of gluten is consumed on a normal diet as well. I'm yet to actually meet a vegan that has reported anything other than feeling healthier since the change

[@TenTempeh]

@@UrielCopy that's dishonest honestly. You come here to say 'the only truth' without knowing anything about the subject (I've studied the matter and you are profoundly wrong). Then you proceed to say that as you are happy, then it means it is the way. Nevertheless that's projecting your own beliefs to other people, in a channel that is obviously for a vegan audience. Are you really that happy, strong, alive... if you need to tell people what to do in order to feel better? The only truth is you aren't able to reflect on your habits and their impact on others and therefore judge whoever is able to, so you can actually release some of the tension. I can understand it, but please keep your shit for yourself and get educated.

[@UrielCopy]

@@rorybessell8280 I know plenty of ex-vegans who had pain, bloating, low libido ect. all kinds of problems. They get back to omnivore, and they suddenly feel ok again. Me too was in that same spot, suffering unnecessary on vegan diet..

[@rorybessell8280]

@@UrielCopy You do realise that provided you still obtain the required vitamins (which is easy) and consume similar macro levels. Eating a vegan diet should have no difference to your health aside from opening up your arteries as meat certainly clogs them. There could be a range of specific things that caused these issues but the only actual cause is lazy preparation

[@dorihungerbuhler7885]

Love the sarcasm! Your way of dealing with such idiotic comments, and people, with plain facts and humor is so much more effective than anger and hate.

[@juliewake4585]

It’s hilarious that someone is cheering, as a meat eater, because there are no vegans in the doctor’s surgery! 😂

[@GarudaLegends]

vegans die off around that age. that is why the oldest ppl on earth eat meat or are atleast vegetarians. dont fool yourself

[@evilsbrother8247]

Just the fact you believe no vegans need to go to a doctor is proof of just how gullible you are.

[@juliewake4585]

@@GarudaLegends I’m sure you have loads of evidence of that.

[@joshwiseman6295]

@@juliewake4585 they're talking about something from the video lol...

[@123thesophster]

Your TED talk all those years ago made me vegan Ed. You made a significant impact on me and my daughter.

[@Simoncanada]

Ed, You helped me convert from 5 years of vegetarianism into a fully fledged vegan! Thank you for your inspiring videos!

[@HimadriPatel]

I wish I had the patience like you to argue 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 you always make me happy

[@alisiademi]

This tedx talk made me vegan and changed my life

[@x-latetv-x6816]

So how many years in jail do u think you deserve for your horse abuse

[@evilsbrother8247]

Fake profile

[@MrMikner]

@@evilsbrother8247 three year old account with hundreds of posts just on Eds page. Yeah, of course it's fake ^^ You on the other hand just made your account four days ago and only posts troll comments. I ask myself who would be more likely to be a fake profile 🤔

[@alisiademi]

@@MrMikner lol thank you!!

[@suzannevegancultleader8509]

And then she sent it to her"fake" mommy who also went vegan on the spot! When you know better you do better!

[@Jay_No]

The erudition of Earthling Ed is truly something exceptional to behold. More power to you, Brother!

[@sadface6635]

Great word choice!

[@evilsbrother8247]

Cult leaders always have exceptional erudition.

[@prosandcons-fl2cc]

@@evilsbrother8247 cult /kəlt/ noun a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object. "the cult of St. Olaf" Ed is not the leader of veganism

[@evilsbrother8247]

@@prosandcons-fl2cc you have only posted about 1/3rd of the meaning of cult, would you like me to post the entire oxford dictionary meaning of cult or would that not suit your narrative? I can also post behaviours that define a cult. Would you like to see that also?

[@evilsbrother8247]

@@prosandcons-fl2cc noun noun: cult; plural noun: cults 1. a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object. "the cult of St Olaf" a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or as imposing excessive control over members. "a network of Satan-worshipping cults" Similar: sect religious group denomination religious order church faith faith community belief persuasion affiliation movement group body faction clique a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular thing. "the cult of the pursuit of money as an end in itself" Similar: obsession with fixation on mania for passion for idolization of admiration for devotion to worship of veneration of reverence for 2. a person or thing that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society.

[@BoilingOboe]

Ed’s response to that third comment about not accepting morals killed me LOL

[@kathygaskins7132]

Yeah, that one unglued me! 😆

[@evilsbrother8247]

What are the 2 types of morality? Hint: good and bad isnt the answer. Thinking they are however, defines your moral perspective.

[@MrMikner]

@@evilsbrother8247 wow, you really have no idea how morality is formed.

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

Great job Ed. You could probably do another 1000 videos on carnist comments on that video. As for that comment about the doctor, I mean, most people over age 75 don't even know what "vegan" means, so they certainly aren't living the lifestyle.....veganism is much more prevalent among younger generations than older generations anyway; that "argument" is flawed in so many ways, and as Ed mentioned (and I was thinking too), it actually could mean the opposite of what the commenter was getting at....

[@Vegannan]

I don’t think people with the plant argument are serious, I think they are just stuck for words 😂

[@ShadarHaran242]

That's the video that made me go vegan! Thank you so much Ed!