Studies have shown that pigs are more intelligent than dogs. By your logic, eating pigs is more cruel than eating dogs.
And there it is. The gotcha.
I just pointed out your code of ethics
I'll make sure not to eat peppa pig if I ever run across her.
My whole point in the first damn place was that making a comic with humanized pigs doesn't make me feel anymore empathy than I already do. It doesn't change my stance. It's all propaganda.