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I was only gone for a day or two... (lemmy.world)
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[–] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

This checks the Vegan Bullshit Bingo:
Calling veganism a religion sounds like an attempt at discrediting it as unreasonable and irrational, just to not seriously deal with it. As veganism is based on facts, logic and common sense, it is the exact opposite of a religion. Consuming animal products though, mostly means blindly following irrational traditions and ignoring the facts or refusing them by reasoning: "That's how we've always done it". That sounds more like a religion to me...

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    No one said veganism is a religion, but it IS a political standpoint and philosophical and moral practice.

    Just read the first two paragraphs of wikipedia, it makes it clear.

    Following a plant based diet is one thing, being a Vegan is different.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    You are a carnist. That's a political standpoint and philosophical and moral practice as well. You might not consider youself a carnist, you think you're just normal because eating like a handfull of animals and drinking one animals mothers milk was normalised to you from birth. I was raised a carnist too. Yet it's a decision, not a necessity. We don't need meat and milk to survive, we choose to kill animals because we are accustumed to the taste. So we keep the system running.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    you don't know what anyone else needs.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    we choose to kill animals because we are accustumed to the taste.

    almost no one does that at all

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Einstein said that common sense is the sum of prejudices acquired by the average person by age 18. Religions survive because of common sense. Because of biases taught to children and taken as fact because of their ubiquity. Anything based on common sense is a religion. If veganism is based on common sense, then veganism is no different from any other cult. I'll never agree with anything based on common sense.

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