This is how some people react when they find out about things like factory farming. Instead of admitting their moral responsibility, they suddenly start to believe religiously and passionately in the 'spirits' of plants.
It makes as much sense as hearing that your friend's mother has died violently, and responding with, "Shut up, I don't care about your stupid mother! There are flowers suffering out there!"
From a biological perspective, plants don't have any anatomical systems that would give them 'spirits'. They're not biologically capable of suffering -> therefore, they don't have moral value the way we animals do. Plants can react to things like light and temperature, but that's really it. Their ability to react to chemical changes doesn't mean that they have minds any more than computers do. If they did in fact experience suffering, or if they did have minds, there'd be absolutely nothing that they could do with those gifts. Animals need suffering and minds; plants don't.
My worldview is scientific. I don't see any reason to 'advocate' for the humane treatment of non-sentient life forms.
Not all people have scientific worldviews, though. So, dear Spraypaintedgold, if you care about plants for spiritual reasons, don't eat factory farmed animals. Most plants in this world are fed to them, not vegetarian humans.
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