▲ 194 ▼ Is jellyfish vegan? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Cortell@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 268 comments fedilink hide all child comments They don’t have a brain really and kinda just float there. Do they even feel pain?
[–] TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's lemmy.ml. I think most of us just want this to be a place with less politics and extremism on either side because it's exhausting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's more extreme: not wanting to harm and exploit animals or killing and exploiting them to use them as products? I think it's pretty clear. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (2 children) The former, by definition, because the vast majority of society does the latter. Extremists always try to reframe themselves as the moderate ones and say mainstream society are the extremists instead, so I'm not surprised you're saying this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bolt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it's always said doesn't mean it isn't sometimes true. Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? Yes, I can, but I can't think of any that were extreme despite being the most widely held views in a given society, because that's an oxymoron. Once something becomes a widely held view it is no longer extreme. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Using violence towards the animals is extremist. permalink fedilink source parent [–] _finger_@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago We want to be rid of the poop wars permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's more extreme: not wanting to harm and exploit animals or killing and exploiting them to use them as products? I think it's pretty clear. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (2 children) The former, by definition, because the vast majority of society does the latter. Extremists always try to reframe themselves as the moderate ones and say mainstream society are the extremists instead, so I'm not surprised you're saying this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bolt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it's always said doesn't mean it isn't sometimes true. Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? Yes, I can, but I can't think of any that were extreme despite being the most widely held views in a given society, because that's an oxymoron. Once something becomes a widely held view it is no longer extreme. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Using violence towards the animals is extremist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago* (2 children) The former, by definition, because the vast majority of society does the latter. Extremists always try to reframe themselves as the moderate ones and say mainstream society are the extremists instead, so I'm not surprised you're saying this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bolt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it's always said doesn't mean it isn't sometimes true. Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? Yes, I can, but I can't think of any that were extreme despite being the most widely held views in a given society, because that's an oxymoron. Once something becomes a widely held view it is no longer extreme. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Using violence towards the animals is extremist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bolt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just because it's always said doesn't mean it isn't sometimes true. Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? Yes, I can, but I can't think of any that were extreme despite being the most widely held views in a given society, because that's an oxymoron. Once something becomes a widely held view it is no longer extreme. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 years ago Can't you think of examples of views that were fringe but became the moral baseline? Yes, I can, but I can't think of any that were extreme despite being the most widely held views in a given society, because that's an oxymoron. Once something becomes a widely held view it is no longer extreme. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Using violence towards the animals is extremist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _finger_@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago We want to be rid of the poop wars permalink fedilink source parent