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pass me a henrykerchief would you my lad

this one makes me violent

how hungry

as a proud dishwasher i take offense to this

trans pride halo 😱😱😱

hasan: be normal ffs

republicans: no

democrats: no #BLM 🏳️‍🌈

press and hold, save to camera roll

BE NORMAL

There are individuals that do attack moderates, just like there were individuals in the civil rights movement who literally physically assaulted white moderates

Yeah, precisely. Put simply my goal is to call out the fact that these individuals are having an outsized influence on Lemmy. I have no criticism of vegan leadership as a whole. I just hope we can continue to call out the toxicity that is present on Lemmy until a more constructive and representative-of-the-whole community exists on here. 💙

yeah, this is why i need a fediverse version of tiktok/reels.

i think we can be quite kinder versions of ourselves when we have the constant reminder there is a living breathing person on the other side of the username :)

I agree with your first paragraph 🧡

Second paragraph is a reach. I think it’s just a symptom of online toxicity, as in people feel enabled to do verbal abuse when they can’t see the person on the other side of the screen. You don’t need to stoop to the false flag accusations to see the cause, it’s literally just the same setting that brings about all uniquely online abuse.

I can absolutely defend and relate to being angry :) I can absolutely defend being a “mean vegan.” I can absolutely defend being disruptive and proselytizing and refusing to live and let live.

I cannot defend verbal harrassment. That’s not “being mean,” that’s using your position as a vegan as a token to do emotional abuse.

ew no not at all what i am saying

Holy shit you did not just quote MLK at me saying people who eat cheese should not be harrassed!

That is a disturbing twisting of both veganism and MLK. :(

Once again I participate with so many vegan individuals in ways that do not involve harrassment campaigns. Here is a list of direct action that I consider constructive:

• animal rescue
• investigations of animal abuse
• leafleting
• inline education campaigns
• protests and marches
• restaurant sit-ins
• graffiti
• civil disobedience
• many more

Again I cannot believe I am saying this, but there is no credible evidence that MLK participated in harrassment against individuals admitting minor disagreement. Attacking a person who admits to eating cheese, like maybe 60% of the world population, accusing them of being a rapist constantly and repeatedly, and calling that “advocacy for positive peace,” is really really fucking sad. It is absolutely terrifyingly in bad faith to quote MLK in defense of such behavior.

https://lemmy.cafe/comment/6369471

I see what you are saying but I don’t think it’s every. Perhaps every kind.

Once I see a group getting this toxic I just leave and make or join a new one that is being more constructive :)

I am cool thank you muchly

I get so scared to interact with the vegan users on here. And I am on their side.

But like why do I see people getting harrassed and banned for like admitting out loud they love cheese too much so that they haven’t been able to find a replacement yet but they are looking?

Why does veganism manifest in such a scary way here? Speaking as someone who participates in non-scary vegan commities 😭I wish the vegan movement so much success and I don’t want that to result in a schism on here but I feel like doing harrassment and name calling doesn’t work well. Just like, be kind.