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[–] GrammarPolice 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

When i speak of ones that push their moral philosophy on others (rather aggressively i might add), I'm talking about the vegans that walk into restaurants to cause a fuss. I'm talking about the ones that criticize and talk down on meat eaters for their habits. There are many who do practice veganism as a personal philosophy. I guess dogma always attracts "bad apples"

Also, i never claimed all vegans were revolutionary. I'm specifically referring to "bottom-up vegans" who advocate for more aggressive and hands-on methods in preventing animal farming rather than waiting for government reforms akin to a revolution.

[–] Miphera 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't you feel that you just see it that way because you're on the opposing side on this? This sounds to me exactly the same as how a homophobe for example would describe gay rights activists.

Just go through all the points you mentioned in this and your previous comment, and replace those scenarios with the issues of various types of bigotry and ethical issues like transphobia, racism, child labour, slave labour etc.

Don't get hung up on how bad these are in comparison to each other, that's not the point. Just look at how they're all ethical issues where a group of sentient beings are being harmed, and what kind of advocacy you're in favour of to prevent that harm. And why you would see the one issue you might be on the side of the harm being carried out so differently.

[–] GrammarPolice 3 points 1 month ago

Your analogy makes perfect sense, and i can understand from a vegan point of view why they would advocate in such manners even though i don't agree on the equivalence of human rights issues and animal rights issues.