Is this normal when becoming a vegetarian?!


Question: Is this normal when becoming a vegetarian!?
Well, I've been vegetarian for 5 years now (Just this November), and I've always noticed that since becoming a vegetarian that I have become a bit of a misanthrope!. It seems utterly ridiculous, but when I watch the news or documentaries about people, and then about animals being killed or hurt, I feel worse for the animals!.

I really don't try to think that animals are more important then my own kind!. I just feel that since I can't understand them like humans do, that it makes them more innocent!.

What do you think!. Am I being insane!? I'll read all answers, so be completely honest if you like!. I know it's wrong, but I'm just wondering if anyone else feels the same way I do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
It is completely normal to feel compassion for those without a voice!. Humans can scream for help, voice their gripes, pain and anguish!. Animals depend on our compassion to care for them when they can't care for themselves or another human has mistreated them!.

As long as you don't wish Ill will towards your fellow human!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't know if it's "normal", but I do think it's common!.

I have those thoughts a lot as well!. I feel strongly about the welfare of animals - and as others have said, they are unable to speak for themselves like humans can!.
It's okay to be compassionate towards creatures that humans regard is soulless and unintelligent!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

My dad's a firefighter and he feels worse for injured animals than injured people!. He's not even a vegetarian!.
I have a soft spot for animals, even though I'm a vegetarian for environmental reasons and not ethical reasons!. I feel like they can't help their predicament or convey their feelings the way we do!. I dunno!. Maybe I'm crazy too =\Www@FoodAQ@Com

Who knows!? It sounds like you are a compassionate person!. I eat meat but I can recall telling someone a few years ago that it is more hurtful to me to see a dead animal on the side of the road than a dead person and I have seen both!. I believe that we are a self destructive species!. The only innocents in the world are children and animals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

good to be compassionate for the animals and humans!.

since 280 million people eat meat in the us, i could see why you would feel more sorry for the animals!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I was a misanthrope before I became a vegetarian!. I despaired of Humanity a long time ago!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

oooof sometimes i do too
i think its because their so innocent
like if someones house burns down
and 2 cows die im like
awww poor cows
and my moms like poor man
and im like yeah that tooWww@FoodAQ@Com

I do!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.and agree with u we no offense have no much more value than them were all living on this same world together:)Www@FoodAQ@Com

I wouldn't label that as insane, but natural!? Definitely not!. It is deemed natural to care about your own species more than any other!.

Show me a bear that would kill another bear to save the life of 1,000 rabbits!.

You really need to think long and hard about what's going on in your mind, because that thinking behavior is not normal, or healthy !.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Becoming vegetarian is not normal by itself!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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