Revolutionary Veganism

“Available only because her own child was denied it.” I don’t think they care tbh. Unless there’s a psychological effect on the calf here I’m failing to understand why I should care

This point is usually made because an alarming number of people aren't aware of the basic fact that cows need to be made pregnant in order to produce milk. They believe that cows are just 24/7 milk producing machines, and thus it is no harm to simply just "take" the milk they produce automatically, rather than understanding that you have to separate them from their children who you feed formula while their mothers pine for them.

Firstly, goat milk is also a thing. Secondly it would make more sense to focus on things humans already consider unethical, i.e, shark fin or ivory. If we can live without those we don’t necessarily need milk either

Goat milk is nowhere near as ubiquitous as cow milk, so it's not as relevant. Also unlike shark fin or ivory, a large number of people believe that dairy is a necessary part of a healthy diet. This belief is reinforced in schools in many countries, as well as in popular media and culture.

Vegan arguments such as these are not made in abstract or pulled from thin air, it's because these specific points get brought up by people all the time, even if they do sound very silly to us. I've personally heard variations of these previous two (cows just make milk, dairy is necessary for humans) easily over a hundred times in real life.