I’ve literally seen “oh you’re vegan?? I’m gonna eat twice as much meat tonight” on Lemmy in response to my comments. It’s the exact same response as men who roll coal in their trucks whenever they pass a Prius.
People are so fucking weird about eating meat. A fatass, greasy, smoking taxi driver will preach to you about nutrition because he clearly knows what it means to be healthy.
It’s like its their religion or something. You’re not allowed to think differently, they fucking have to heal you.
I think it’s a mixture of toxic behaviours brought on by a patriarchal society, and an unhealthy dose of cognitive dissonance. Consuming corpses is for some reason a sign of masculinity, the less cooked it is the better, assuming you don’t char it on a grill because that’s the epitome of masculinity.
At this point, I believe most people know that a carnist diet isn’t exactly a good thing. There are severe effects on your health. It causes an immense suffering among animals. There’s an increased risk for various diseases being transmitted (salmonella, swine flu, avian flu, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, etc.) and making its way to humans. It’s an immense source of pollution and is actively destroying the environment.
Examining these things however takes volition, and plenty of people just lack that. Instead people compartmentalise it away because admitting you’re partaking and supporting an oppressive and negative system hurts so it’s easier to just pretend that you don’t.
“Vaccines? I strengthen my immune system by licking public toilet seats.”
That’s a good one! “I totally respect people trying to improve the world and decrease pandemic risk by taking vaccines. I just hate the kind of vaccinated people who ask others to get vaccinated. Makes me want to spread diseases even more!”
