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

  • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    6 months ago

    And before I’m accused of generalizing vegans, note I said SOME.

    But this whole thread is about the general dislike of vegans and veganism. So you didn’t “correct” them, because you narrowed it down to only talking about people who are too preachy.

    • Agrivar@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 months ago

      this whole thread is about the general dislike of vegans and veganism

      I would suggest that the entire premise of this post is invalid then, as it begs the question. First, prove to me that there is a general dislike of all vegans/veganism. I’d be willing to bet it’s a LOT more “dislike of preachy/smug vegans.”

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I agree. Although, I also agree with the anecdote by the op that anytime vegans are mentioned, everyone here seems to have to bring up how annoying and preachy some are.

        It’s not like everytime a woman is mentioned, people feel compelled to point out how some of them are Karen’s.

        It’s like when conservatives bring up how flamboyant some gays are when talking about homosexuals. It just reeks of “i’m okay with them, as long as I am not forced to think of them.”