If someone says that they are vegetarian for moral reasons, then it’s an implicit (often explicit) claim that non-vegetarians are less moral, and therefore a status grab. If an omnivore doesn’t want to become vegetarian nor to lose status, they need to aggressively deny the claim of vegetarianism being more moral.
If someone says that they are vegetarian for moral reasons, then it’s an implicit (often explicit) claim that non-vegetarians are less moral, and therefore a status grab. If an omnivore doesn’t want to become vegetarian nor to lose status, they need to aggressively deny the claim of vegetarianism being more moral.