No, not defensive. You do you, and your thoughts on what I do, don’t affect me at all.

I just think it’s odd that you draw the line between plants and animals, when the animals themselves don’t even draw that same line. Some animals are designed to eat other animals, and some are designed to be eaten. It’s the natural order.

Sorry to keep referencing cats, but they NEED meat. Some people have tried to force their cats to go vegan, only to kill their feline friend.

By all means, if you need to create an illogical moral superiority to justify your existence, go right ahead, but know that there is no prize for whoever voluntarily suffers the most. In the end, the animals will thank you just as much as the plants would if you stopped eating those.