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[–] 72 points 10 months ago* (11 children)

"Name one cow you're friends with" is such as asshole response to an industry that sometimes treats animals worse than Nazi concentration camps.

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  • [+] -12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I've been seeing vegan defenders get upvoted in recent time on lemmy, did something change? I remember vegans getting quite negative feedback a few months ago only

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    The way you ask this makes me think you are a troll that wants to pick a fight.

    Just in case you are not a troll: "vegan defenders" and "vegans" are no homogenous groups. There are a lot of different individuals that are vegan. And they do this for a bunch of different reasons.

    Also your "vegan defenders": Defending against what? This implies that there are people who think veganism should be eradicated. This would be an extremly stupid opinion to have. You don't have to be vegan yourself but at least let other people live their life.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I honestly was being a bit of an ass for no reason, I do apologise. I'm a vegan myself, but only converted a few months ago. I'm just now depressed when I see how negatively people comment on anything vegan online, and spread misinfo frequently. Also I should've said "vegan-ism defenders"

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    People get paid a salary by meat/dairy industries to go online and astroturf against veganism. Its just part of being vegan online

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I don't know about online, but in my day to day life most people who talk shit about vegans are exactly the sort of people you'd imagine; edgelords who think masculinity is congruent with being a dick.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    FWIW I've come across multiple "PETA is the punchline" memes on Lemmy over the past few days, after having seen none that I remember. Not to jump to conclusions or claim conspiracy but I had already noted it to myself earlier today. I concur, the way some people approach the subject can be very depressing.

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  • [+] -9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    PETA euthanizes thousands of animals per year.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    Your comment is just trying to cause trouble. There is no extra context. Find something better to do dude. Insinuating that PETA is bad like the animal farming industry is just sad and pathetic.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    PETA euthanizes animals because there are simply too many to house and feed. At least they offer a relatively painless death, compared to other methods commonly employed.
    https://www.peta.org/news/euthanasia/

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