The conversation eventually led to them implying they might engage in cannibalism given the opportunity. Carnism takes the mind some weird places.
Ah the outrage when cats and dogs are eaten.
oh I thought you were a carnist? Meat is meat is meat, dig in, bloodmouth.
My mom said eating dogs is understandable but not cats because cats taste like shit.
One of the high up meat bags pretending to be human at a previous sales job said he only donates to animal charities because they’re better than people while we were at some ritzy steakhouse and I was eating just a potato
the trick is they mean dogs and cats, they don’t give a shit about livestock animals they never have to interact with
The best response I’ve seen to a carnist saying they’re an animal lover is ”no, you’re just a pet lover”.