• TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldOPM
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    29 days ago

    The pamphlet referred to veganism in general, and one out of every 25 people in the UK is vegan. This would be like saying “Hey, better watch out if your coworker starts wearing a hijab”, or better yet “Coworker talking about being more environmentally friendly? Probably an eco-terrorist.”

    It was completely ridiculous. If you’re offering what you think is their reason for doing this, then the actual information they put in the pamphlet doesn’t reflect that. If you’re attempting to justify this, you’re off the mark.

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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      29 days ago

      not trying to justify; it sounds, like you wrote, ridiculous.

      based on experience, knowing how confused most people are regarding vegetarianism and veganism + flexitarianism, pescetarianism and finally anti-speciesism—i was “offering” confusion, as an explanation, instead of nastiness or bad faith.

      this was an interesting article that’s later casted to listen: why do people hate vegans?