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

      • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
        8·
        6 months ago

        The implication is that this is common. I don’t think even one vegan is vegan just to show off some kind of privelege. This is just a childish and unrealistic caricature that does not exist in reality.

        • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
          1·
          6 months ago

          You’re going to have to quote me what I said, we are too far into the thread.

          I don’t doubt what you said, I just don’t know what I said. lol

    • Bonehead@kbin.social
      2·
      6 months ago

      I didn’t say that. I said if you’re buying the vegan substitutes and advertising that fact, that makes you privileged. I’ve seen it many times. There are even some in this post. People that eat vegan because they have limited choices don’t advertise it. People that want to feel superior over others will express how much of a vegan they are.

        • Bonehead@kbin.social
          2·
          6 months ago

          Congratulations, you’re finally getting it. They are two different people. There are people that eat vegan because they have no choice. Those people are not privileged. There are people that call themselves vegan and make sure everyone knows they are vegan. Those are the vegans the original comment was talking about, which someone took offense to. That’s why I pointed out the difference.

          It took a little effort, but at least you got there.

            • Bonehead@kbin.social
              2·
              6 months ago

              What if I can’t afford those things, still eat rice and beans, but I tell people I’m vegan to avoid awkward social interactions?

              But would you? Would you really turn down free food simply because you’re vegan? Would you really tell people you’re vegan to avoid an “awkward social interaction” when offered free food? If so, that makes you privileged. Being able to pick and choose food makes you privileged, whether it’s vegan or not. That’s the difference.

                • Bonehead@kbin.social
                  2·
                  6 months ago

                  Wow…so you’ve been so poor that you can only afford rice and beans, and you’ve been offered free food that you turned down because it wasn’t vegan? Really? See, that’s the kind of smugness OP was talking about. You put your veganism above securing food, and you’re proud of it. You willingly sacrificed your self-preservation for your principles. And now you’re advertising it.