"But what about plants?"

This "But" is often fitted to the particular plant food we happen to be eating: for example, "But what about that broccoli you're eating? Wasn't it in pain when it was cooked?"

Next to "But Hitler,” this “But" is the silliest of all "Buts."

No one really thinks that plants are the same as animals. If someone ate your tomato and your dog, no one would regard those as similar acts.

— Gary L. Francione & Anna Charlton