Vegans have no obligation to serve you flesh or secretions.
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MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThe vast majority of people love bacon and bacon memes and jokes are part of the mainstream culture. Do you accommodate non-vegans? Why do you expect them to accommodate you?
Beaver@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Have your consisted simply minding your own business? No one wants you to serve them anything. The simply want you to keep your false sense of moral superiority and sanctimonious comments to yourself. It’s really quite simple.
Beaver@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’m not going to mind my own business when people are misrepresenting my community and spreading slander about it.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What exactly do you think I’m misrepresenting? Have you heard of the Antler Kitchen and Bar in Toronto and the months of threats, harassment, and abuse that was hurled at the owner and patrons in attempt to bully them into not eating meat?
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s because they don’t consider non-veganism a morally acceptable option. Pick any action that you would personally find morally repugnant and ask yourself if you should accommodate people who do that action.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Precisely. They make the same mistake that all extremists make. They believe that they are morally superior which justifies anything they say or do to anyone they see as inferior. The problem is that the rest of the world does not agree with them so they are reviled for their antisocial behaviour then constantly whine about how the people they harangue treat them badly.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Just because the rest of the world doesn’t agree with them doesn’t mean they’re wrong, though. Societal norms progress with splinter groups that are willing to put their convictions above group conformity. The process is always unpleasant.
MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yup, that’s exactly the mistake that extremists make. There is a great quote from a judgement out of a court in the UK. Let me find it…
“But the plain fact is that each of you has some time ago crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. You have appointed yourselves as the sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change, bound neither by the principles of democracy nor the rule of law.
“And your fanaticism makes you entirely heedless of the rights of your fellow citizens. You have taken it upon yourselves to decide that your fellow citizens must suffer disruption and harm, and how much disruption and harm they must suffer, simply so that you may parade your views.”
This really sums it up. Sometimes fanatics are right. Often, they are wrong. Their ability to self-absolve their abhorent antisocial behavior is why so many people so violently hate them and it’s the reason that many vegans feel like they are being painted with the same brush. They’ve appointed themselves holy crusaders who will bully, harass, and intimidate anyone who doesn’t agree with them.