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There is nothing morally wrong about eating meat, and vegetarianism/veganism aren't morally superior to meat-eating.
That looks like a mainstream position, not contrarian.
It's contrarian among LWers, which is what the OP asked for.
Is that so? I know there are some vocal vegetarians on LW, I am not sure that makes them the local mainstream.
I think there are more LW members who are meat-eating and feel hypocritical/gulity about it than there are actual vegetarians.
Looking at the 2013 poll:
I can't speak to the feeling of guilt, but vegetarians are a small minority here.
At the time of the poll people had requested more granularity in the answers. I think a lot of folks leaned towards veggie ideas in the sense of reduced or substanceualy below average meat consumption without actualy being vegitayians.
As to how many a lot was, who knows. I think it's likely that vegetarianism is probably more acceptable here than in the population at large and so disagreeing with it would be more contrarian
agree (mostly), (not vegetarian) would you prefer to eat a bacterial-produced meat product? Assuming it could be made to taste the same...
If its price was less than or equal to the price of normal meat, I'd buy it, otherwise, I'd stick with normal meat.
I suspect it will end up being cheaper because it would be faster to produce than an entire life-cycle of an animal...
For most of the vegetarians I know, the issue isn't inherently eating meat. It's the way the animals are treated before they are killed.
Maybe you know a weird subset of vegetarians, but I don't think most would be fine with eating a dead animal that has been very well treated throughout its life.