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Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it IRL

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[–] [email protected] 122 points 6 months ago (32 children)

From what I have seen, it more stems from the activism vegans are engaged in more than the actual veganism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (31 children)

I think there's nothing wrong with explaining your ideas and why you believe them to those willing to listen, but I can see why pushy activism for any cause can get annoying quickly. There are often Jehovah's witnesses outside my local supermarket, for example, but they only give you a pamphlet if you specifically approach them

[–] [email protected] 80 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (21 children)

It's not just pushy, it's judgemental and vitriolic

Oh, you eat meat, murderer? Your shoes are made from the skins of defenseless creatures. The sugar you're so callously adding to your coffee was processed with ground-up bones, you unredeemable monster.

Even the arguments for veganism that aren't built on animal cruelty still take on an air of moral superiority. Don't you care about the planet and future generations? How dare you trade carbon emissions for the temporary comfort of a bacon cheeseburger!

The vegan movement has always been associated with anger and contempt, even if it is justified.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And it's history stems from religious ideology.

Edit: oh you downvoters. Go look it up. A woman had a vision from God that said "don't eat things with faces". Dead serious - that's where it started.

All the sciencey justifications today are post-hoc rationalization.

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