• WraithGear@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    it’s not because they are trying to spread awareness. now obviously not all blah blah blah., but they have a tendency to be highly sanctimonious and abrasive, they accept no partial measures and treat it like like a cult would in the eve of the coolaid tasting party.

    kind hard to see their point of view in the other end of a carnist label spat at you.

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      2 days ago

      Have you tried not doing exactly what you’re accusing them of doing?

      Everybody needs to move away from the extremes, both sides, all of us.

      Not all vegans are militant. Not all meat eaters are blood lusting demons.

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        2 days ago

        sure? but i am not arguing for the benefits of the KFC double down with bacon. i already acknowledged that not all vegans are like that, but you are being dishonest if you are claiming my critique of the vegan spaces being dominated by the loudest and most brash of the extremes, is unwarranted. in lemmy it’s usually directed at randoms who wander in from /all. and it’s an all or nothing situation, where vegetarians are branded with the same iron as people who advocate for animal harm.

        i prefaced with understanding that a community is not just its loudest and obnoxious people, but nonetheless they set the tone