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[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They're easy to hate - They're weird, eat funny foods, care about things nobody else does (who cares about chickens) and my god is there a subset of them that are the most truly obnoxious human beings (a statement that is, conveniently, true of every single group of humans). They're basically furries for the non-internet crowd. Nobody ever interacts with them to know it, so they get defined by the strawmen people create of them.

Edit: It's possible my explanation of why vegans are disliked has touched a nerve. To clarify; I don't think this, hell I eat vegan meals most of the time, but these are the qualities given to the Strawman Vegan that everyone onlines seems to love to hate. (I also quite like furries.)

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago

The cause has been tainted by the extremists, to the point where even some vegans are being pushed away from the movement.

Of course, the ones that are on a niche media platform, in a community dedicated to veganism, are likely to be the nutter ones.

[-] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

Yikes. You know, vegans are targeted by the extremely wealthy & powerful meat & dairy industries who spend untold fortunes making the vegan lifestyle look as unappealing and "crazy" as possible?

I mean, I'm sure you're galaxy brain is impervious to propaganda and everything, I'm just saying, you're painting with an awfully broad brush.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

That's getting a bit tinfoil hat, don't you think?

[-] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Or its tracing the money and influence of different lobbies in America. Just look at the original gerrymandered food pyramid made to accommodate the dairy industry. Or lawsuits against plant based alternatives.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I think the cause has been tainted by the rampant propagandizing and demonization across all forms of media that the movement has been subjected to. You're doing it now, even - what the hell even is an "extremist vegan"?

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Extreme vegans are the people who stand outside restaurants, grocery stores, butcher shops, etc. and yell at people just trying to go about their lives calling them carnists, corpose munchers, blood mouths, animal torturers, and talk about murdering animals (murder is the killing of one human by another) or eating cadavers (a cadaver is a dead human body.) They don't simply go about their lives living their best vegan life but harass and harangue people. They do the same thing online.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You should read the post the vegan@lemmy.world mods made in response to the admin actions. Phrases like "carnist Lemmy admin", as if that's the reason they didn't like the idea of starving a cat.

There was also a comment saying Vegan should be a protected belief, like other religions.

It's not a conspiracy by the meat and dairy industry.

A carnist lemmy world instance admin has stepped in and meatsplained to the mods

It's difficult to take people like this seriously.

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 24 points 2 months ago

who cares about chickens

Most people. Anyone who isn't a psychopath cares to some extent about animals, vegan or non-vegan

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think it's funny how quickly the outspoken anti-vegan types deliver the "I actually think it's ok to torture animals" completely unprompted

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Can you find me a sample of someone saying, "I actually thing it's ok to torture animals"? I'd be intersted to see that if it's actually happening. Or, are you creating a straw man?

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Literally that post's grandparent, which is the subject of that post?

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Can you link me to the place where it says these words?

"I actually think it's ok to torture animals"

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Your honor, my client never explicitly said the words "I'm requesting a bribe".

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This is the reason that people hate vegan extremists.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I hate chickens. They're loud, obnoxious, and they kill and eat each other. That doesn't mean that I'm going to abuse them. I take good care of my chickens despite the fact that they're assholes.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

They’re loud, obnoxious, and they kill and eat each other.

They're just like us! 😌

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

I had a pet chicken in elementary school. She was a sweetheart.

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