The Vegan Argument Hitler Was A Vegetarian
The Vegan ArgumentHitler was a vegetarian, comes up quite often and is one of the most nonsensical of them all. Like all the other vegan arguments, The Vegan Argument Hitler was a vegetarian is easily addressed and shown to be irrelevant. The worst part about this particular Vegan Argument is that it is not even true.
Well Documented
Hitler’s biographer, Robert Payne, tells us that the vegetarian claim was made up by Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda at the time, to make Hitler seem like a peaceful man and paint him as a Gandhi-like figure. Author Rynn Berry maintains that although Hitler reduced the amount of meat in his diet, he never stopped eating meat completely for any significant length of time. Berry claimed that many historians use the term ‘vegetarian’ incorrectly to describe someone who simply reduced their meat consumption.
It is well documented, in many books, that Hitler did actually eat meat including liver dumplings, Bavarian sausages, and stuffed squab. These are not just eyewitness testimonies from hotel and catering staff, but also from his personal chefs. A book called The Hitler Book, which was prepared by one of Hitler’s closest personal aides, states that “after midnight she would direct [for Hitler] that there should be another light snack of turtle soup, sandwiches and sausages”. I am pretty sure Linda McCartney’s vegan sausages weren’t on the menu.
Using Nazi Propaganda To Justify Eating Meat
Using the, “but, Hitler was a vegetarian” argument, is literally using Nazi propaganda to make an argument against Veganism. So if anyone says they won’t go Vegan because Hitler was a vegetarian (not even a vegan which is enough of a point on its own), then they are very much fooled by 1940’s mind manipulation. Nazis used propaganda to falsely sell the idea and people still believe it today. If anyone wants to be guided by Hitler’s behaviour, then how can they justify drinking water? I’m pretty sure Hitler drank that on occasion too.
Scraping The Barrel
This argument is really scraping the barrel and is so off point it’s not even funny. I shouldn’t have to mention that other leaders such as Pol Pot, Stalin, and many others, all ate meat. If the diet of dictators are important to measure how we should be eating, then surely meat is right off the menu too?
The logic is totally flawed in The Vegan Argument Hitler Was A Vegetarian and is just like saying:
Hitler had a moustache, Hitler was bad, therefore everyone with a moustache is bad.
Hitler wore a hat, Hitler was bad, therefore everyone who wears a hat is bad.
Hitler was Austrian, Hitler was bad, therefore all Austrians are bad.
Hitler liked to paint, Hitler was bad, therefore all painters are bad.
You get the idea.
The Vegan Argument Hitler Was A Vegetarian
Being vegetarian is not the answer anyway so trying to use it to argue against Veganism and for eating dead animal flesh is rather odd. Vegetarianism is still attached to the dairy and egg industries which as we all know by now are just as cruel and rife with exploitation and murder as the meat industry.
Even if the personal accounts, books, and other sources were somehow not true, and Hitler didn’t eat animal meat, and someone wants to stick with this argument and miss the fact that it has nothing to do with Veganism anyway, I would just ask them, ‘how does it feel to know that one of the evilest men in history was kinder to animals than you are?’
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Thanks,
Lee :0)
