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

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You can accept that they are making a better choice,

    That’s exactly where it starts. You simply assume that vegans are the better people. And then you preach. That’s exactly what people dislike in vegans and similar people.

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      2 months ago

      If we remove the ethic argument from the conversation, veganism is definitely a better choice for the planet, factually.

      People have a hard time detaching their ego from the issue at hand. Since veganism is better for the planet, they are “better” in that specific area of their life.

      But it doesn’t mean that vegans are better people than non-vegans, because we don’t know what else they do.

      Eat meat if you want. I do. But I don’t feel personally attacked because vegans are right about the carbon footprint of meat, and they preach for it.

    • Lowlee Kun@feddit.de
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      2 months ago

      No. It is one better choice. Does not say shit about the millions of other choices we do.

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          2 months ago

          If the fact bothers you, maybe you should refrain from discussions on this topic. Or tell me why it is not a “better choice”.

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      2 months ago

      “Making a better choice” doesn’t “make you a better person”, necessarily.

      And also like I said in my post, just accept that you’re not always going to be a perfect person. None of us are. You don’t have to get mad at anyone else for that.