Comment on Maybe this is better for everyone
benignintervention@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThis is precisely the circlejerking mentioned in the meme. Whether true or not, the community presents itself as unwelcoming and self-aggrandizing. These are not traits that easily convince people to listen to the cause.
mathemachristian@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
There’s nothing to listen to, either you believe animal ag is horrendous and unethical and act on it or you don’t. That’s it. No pretty pleases are going to convince someone they have to give up their beloved steak and cheese for nothing in return.
benignintervention@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Then why are you trying so hard to explain yourself?
naught@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Why are you so smug while plugging your ears and kicking your feet? Would you kill the animals you eat with your own two hands? I doubt that most would. We’re so far removed from the horrific violence of the industry and so inundated with farmed meat that people don’t even register what it actually is anymore. This isn’t even to mention that animal meat is carcinogenic, particularly in the amounts we eat. We don’t have a problem with people being anti-smoking or anti-violence, but as soon as “loud annoying” vegan asks you to reflect on the environment, people’s health, or the nightmarish violence we inflict on farmed animals, it’s absolute pandemonium from the meat eaters.
IMO most don’t/won’t want to deal with the cognitive dissonance.
benignintervention@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sorry, I’m not going to participate if you’re going to be abusive.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That word is doing some heavy lifting. What does asking look like to you?
Aphelion@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Right, we get it, but if you tried attracting people to veganism with amazing recipes, and annecdotes of how much healthier you feel, people might come have a conversation and try making some vegan food. Instead these communities drive anyone non-vegan right out the door.
What’s the expression? Honey will catch more flies?
mathemachristian@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Reformism doesn’t work. People that are vegan because it’s “actually really good food” or looking for applause for “saving the planet” stop being vegan once it becomes too inconvenient. Because their mindset is that they are doing something good and you can stop doing good things or balance them out with other good deeds and there is an inherent expectation of a reward for being good.
Not supporting slavery and murder however should be the norm, not something that feels like a burden. Being vegan is not doing something good, but not being vegan is doing something evil. This is our position. If someone can’t accept that what their doing is evil but needs to be asked nicely not to kill the screaming orphan who never got to meet his mom because we wanted to steal her milk then they won’t accept that it is an actual real evil that is taking place. It will remain a theoretical. But there really is a room where these orphans are brought to be murdered. A person murdering them. And a mother who screamed bitterly over losing their child. It is a real evil and being polite about it masks the horror taking place not to mention is completely insincere since we aren’t interested in debating or in weighing pros and cons. This isn’t a debate like how should we reduce plastic accumulation or the carcinogenic properties of red meat. There is an evil inherent to not being vegan. Fuck the non-vegans.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
it is. most people oppose slavery and murder.
EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Animal agriculture isn’t slavery. I can tell your exact skin tone by the fact you had the gall to make that comparison cx