Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 5 months agoAnd I have yet to encounter a single smug vegan. Not online, not offline.
But I’ve seen countless people like you fighting the just fight against vegan windmills (awesome Rügenwalder double reference for the German people here).
So where exactly are those vegans? Are they in the room with us right now? Or are you defining every mere mentioning of veganism as an attack because you deep down are afraid of actually having to confront the cognitive dissonance you’re living under?
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
With the Kirsti Noem controversy going on I’ve seen quite a few smug shit takes about veganism including (paraphrasing) “why are all you non-vegans outraged by this, it’s no different than murdering a cow for their meat”.
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 5 months ago
How is that smug?
braxy29@lemmy.world 5 months ago
i mean, a great many people don’t appreciate being told they are murderers. it provokes defensiveness rather than an openness to pro-vegan arguments.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It completely disregards other people’s feelings.
Objection@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Well, it’s not actually that different. There’s no consistent moral principle that explains why the animals we treat preferentially ought to be treated preferentially, it just comes dowm to cultural norms and which animals you think look cute. It’s worth examining whether our behaviors are grounded on what we actually think makes sense.