This itself is a conspiracy theory. I’ve known a lot of right-wing people, and none of them made a connection between Soy and Asian cuisine. They don’t like tofu, in particular, because they didn’t grow up with it and see it as some weird, hippy thing.
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blackbelt352@lemmy.world 11 months agoI’d wager its also got a lot to do with how prevalent soy is used in various Asian cuisines, so like anything even remotely tangentially related to China is also a commie plot to take over The West™
number6@feddit.nl 11 months ago
theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 11 months ago
Just tell them how many Good White Americans™ living in flyover country make a living farming soybeans and watch their head explode.
xkforce@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They dont care. As far as theyre concerned, these farmers arent farming good old murican crops and deserve to fail.
Scrof@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Yeah it would blow his mind knowing that China is the biggest importer of pureblooded American soy beans.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh yes, I’m quite familiar, the first university I went to was surrounded by corn and soybean fields.
number6@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Nobody’s head is going to explode. Most conservatives are well aware that soybeans are an American croup and are even proud of the fact. They just think that the soybeans should be served to cows.
Vilifying people you don’t like is no way to establish understanding or communication.