• weastie@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    What if my dietary preference was cannibalism? Then would it be okay to shit on my dietary preference?

    Not eating animals isn’t a dietary stance, it’s an ethical stance.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      What’s this ethical stance about?
      Is it about what you eat?
      Is it an ethical stance about what you eat, and therefore a dietary stance?

      You really chose the person saying “vegans aren’t assholes, it’s the preachy people who are the problem” to get preachy at didn’t you?

      • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        I’m not a vegan, and I’m also not a fan of vegan preaching, but veganism extends beyond diet to include other products like clothes and makeup. So it’s not entirely a dietary stance, that’s just where it gets the most contention. Most people are mostly vegan outside the dietary sphere, so there’s not much fighting to be had there.

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          5 months ago

          Yes, I do know what veganism is. But in this case we’re talking about food, and in that sphere veganism is a dietary preference. That it also has other lifestyle implications isn’t really relevant to a conversation about food.