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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    6 months ago

    There are some very militant vegans out here on Lemmy, equating eating meat with rape and murder and generally being annoying without actually contributing to the discussions.

    They are actively harming their cause. So much so, I suspect them of actually being trolls trying to make vegans look bad.

    Or they are just dumb as a brick and don’t understand common discourse. That’s possible too.

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      6 months ago

      Well if you support the rape and murder of animals (both common in animal agriculture) don’t be surprised when people get upset

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          Eh, sometimes it makes sense to just call things as they are instead of trying to tiptoe around peoples feelings.

          If you don’t think artificial insemination is a form of rape/sexual violation, then idk what kind of meaningful discussion we can have. If you don’t think unnecessary killing is murder, then again idk what kind of meaningful discussion we can have. (Note that there’s not really any good reason for the term “murder” to only apply to humans. If someone kills your dog would you be opposed to the use of the word “murder” then?)