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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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[–] mechoman444 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

No body hates veganism as a concept in and of itself. People dislike vegans that think they're better than everyone else because they eat no animal product.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There's definitely animosity toward veganism as a concept itself. The types who use the term "soyboy" and boomers who consider eating lots of red meat some kind of manly recreational pastime.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yea, those guys are just assholes though - even friends I have that love steaks are aware it's a luxury that shouldn't be expected everyday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They are used to there being teams in everything. If you are not like me, you are with the enemy team.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That’s definitely not true. Just yesterday I was eating a salad (with chicken and bacon and cheese even) and I had an older coworker pass by and grumpily tell me he didn’t eat rabbit food.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I do.

because vegans hate honey. And we need more honey because we need more bees. (Yes, this topic is more nuanced than that, and is species and geographically limited, but it stands.)

[–] mechoman444 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you have the ability to hate an entire demographic of people based on the actions of a few in that demographic you really need to take a moment for some self-reflection.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the topic was "hating the concept of veganism", not "demographic of people". if you can't separate people from concepts, there's something wrong with you.

and if you don't think that the planet needs more bees, there is something seriously ignorant with you.

[–] mechoman444 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How can you hate a concept that doesn't even make any sense.

It's like saying I hate the idea of the color red.

Also, I'm perfectly fine with bees. We need more bees.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 1 points 4 months ago

we do need more bees. But the concept of veganism means we can't keep bees, so we don't have a direct financial reason to support their numbers (just indirect).

So fuck veganism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

How can you hate a concept that doesn’t even make any sense.

I hate lots of concepts. Nazism, for example. You could call it a concept or an ideology, but I hate it all the same. I don't just hate the people who practice it; I hate the concept in and of itself.