Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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”.
Inui@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
You might not like how upfront they are, but the point is to get you to consider why you selectively care so much about a single dog but presumably don’t care about the thousands of animal that are killed every day. It also comes up when people criticize parts of Korea for eating dogs. People have a soft spot for them as companion animals, but spare no thought for other animals that our own countries kill.
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 2 weeks ago
How is that smug?
braxy29@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
It completely disregards other people’s feelings.
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 week 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.