John Dutton on vegetarianism: Plowing fields kill many animals — “How cute does an animal have to be before you care if it dies to feed you?”

Spoken by John Dutton (Kevin Costner) on the show Yellowstone, to a protester (Piper Perabo) demonstrating against cattle ranching and raising beef for food.

Yellowstone Season 4, Episode 5 Under a Blanket of Red Transcript

SUMMER: We’re here protesting the existence of a state-sponsored police force that protects industrialized animal farming and the mass murder of millions of animals every year.

COSTNER: You ever plow a field, Summer? To plant the quinoa or sorghum or whatever the hell it is you eat. You kill everything on the ground and under it. You kill every snake, every frog, every mouse, mole, vole, worm, quail… You kill them all. So, I guess the only real question is: how cute does an animal have to be before you care if it dies to feed you?

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