Vegans being banned and comments being deleted from !vegan@lemmy.world for being fake vegans.

From my perspective, the comments were in no way insulting and just part of completely normal interaction. If this decision reflects the general opinion of the mod team, then from my perspective, the biggest vegan community on Lemmy wants to be an elitist cycle of hardcore vegans only, not allowing any slightly different opinion. Which would be very unfortunate.

PS: In contrast to the name of this community, I don’t want to insult anyone here being a ‘bastard’. I just want to post this somewhere on neutral ground. I would really appreciate an open discussion without bashing anyone.

PPS: Some instances or clients seem to compress the screenshots in a way they’re unreadable. Find the full resolution here: https://imgur.com/a/8XdexTm

Linking the affected users and mods: @Cypher@lemmy.world @gaael@lemmy.world @gredo@lemmy.world @iiGxC@slrpnk.net @veganpizza69@lemmy.world @veganpizza69@lemmy.vg @jerkface@lemmy.ca @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world @Sunshine@lemmy.ca @Aqua@lemmy.vg

    • Draconic NEO
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      46 months ago

      So you believe that shit BP made up about us watching our carbon footprints so they can blame us for climate change? If so then shut the fuck up, because you don’t actually care about stopping or reducing climate change, if you’re going to advocate for the solutions that were literally made up by the oil companies so we wouldn’t protest them and/or get their business BANNED, which is how these problems are actually solved.

      https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/big-oil-coined-carbon-footprints-to-blame-us-for-their-greed-keep-them-on-the-hook

      • @threeduck@aussie.zone
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        -36 months ago

        Yes I’m aware of that. You can go vegan AND protest oil companies, look at Greta Thunberg. Just because a bad corporation tells you to cut down on your emissions, doesn’t automatically make that message bad.

        I like the passion though, doesn’t it feels frustrating being so anti-oil company, but defending the meat industry? They’re both horrible industries destroying the planet, propagandizing the populace, and destroying our health.

    • NSRXN
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      26 months ago

      as far as I can tell carbon emissions keep rising.

        • NSRXN
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          but you just said that you weren’t vegan, and they didn’t reduce. the evidence does not support your theory.

            • NSRXN
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              -16 months ago

              which farm farmed less because of you?

              • @threeduck@aussie.zone
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                16 months ago

                And if I and all other vegans started eating meat, they’d need to produce even more.

                You do realise me eating meats means the world has to produce more meat right?

                If Billy has 5 marbles, and Johnny asks for a marble, Billy now has 4 marbles. Billy will have to get another marble to have 5 again.

                If Johnny doesn’t ask for marble, Billy will still have 5 marbles.

                Am I going to fast for you?

                • NSRXN
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                  if I and all other vegans started eating meat, they’d need to produce even more

                  there is no reason to believe more could have been produced than already was.

                  edit: I have been politely asked not to engage in the off topic discussion in this community.

                • NSRXN
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                  -46 months ago

                  You do realise me eating meats means the world has to produce more meat right?

                  that’s not causal

                  • @threeduck@aussie.zone
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                    46 months ago

                    Billy is making marbles. Billy now has five marbles. Johnny buys all five marbles. Billy now has to make more.

                    One day, Johnny stops buying marbles. Question, does Billy endlessly continue making marbles forever? Or does Billy stop once he realises demand is causally linked to supply?

                    Let me know if this is still too complex.