Well, this particular fellow isn’t being coercive, he’s just making a suggestion. I don’t think it’s even a bad suggestion.
Changing one’s own diet for health reasons is prudent & even admirable.
But as a political statement? Dathan Snurkle can make his suggestions and I can respectfully disagree, in this our still relatively free society.
Unlike some FReepers, I won’t boast about throwing more bacon in the skillet or another steak on the grille (both are rather pricy). That’s....juvenile.
But veganism itself isn’t always virtuous if it carries health risks. The debate is ongoing & vigorous.
How does a steer, foraging on corn stubble, consume "fossil fuel energy"? And how does the pig which follows the steer and the chicken which follows the pig consume "fossil fuel energy"?