• Flying SquidM
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          116 days ago

          Yep. My vegan brother has two dogs and three cats and has no problem giving them meat (or meat-based food anyway) as part of their diet.

          It’s not some universal idea that vegans will be okay with keeping meat-eating pets but refuse to give them that meat.

            • Flying SquidM
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              216 days ago

              I agree with you, but this is definitely not an argument you want to go into because it caused an absolute massive shitshow. Check out the top pinned post on Lemmy.world.

    • @[email protected]
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      316 days ago

      Vegan is a philosophy, not a diet. The word you’re looking for is plant-based, not vegan.

      A vegan wouldn’t buy leather shoes or woolen sweaters. Someone on a plant-based diet would.

      • @[email protected]
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        116 days ago

        Sure, but the average person does not know or care about the distinction. It’s much easier to explain this way. I’ll see if I can incorporate this terminology instead next time though