Vegans being banned and comments being deleted from [email protected] for being fake vegans.

From my perspective, the comments were in no way insulting and just part of completely normal interaction. If this decision reflects the general opinion of the mod team, then from my perspective, the biggest vegan community on Lemmy wants to be an elitist cycle of hardcore vegans only, not allowing any slightly different opinion. Which would be very unfortunate.

PS: In contrast to the name of this community, I don’t want to insult anyone here being a ‘bastard’. I just want to post this somewhere on neutral ground. I would really appreciate an open discussion without bashing anyone.

PPS: Some instances or clients seem to compress the screenshots in a way they’re unreadable. Find the full resolution here: https://imgur.com/a/8XdexTm

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  • @[email protected]
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    -25 days ago

    From my limited knowledge, Kant was concerned with rationality first and foremost. But suffering just happens to be one of the most irrational things there is. In no world is there ever a benefit to increasing suffering because if you apply this universally you too would experience increased suffering which is irrational.

    I don’t think this is a coincidence. You could create a deontological philosophy that bases everything on irrationality and it would remain consistent if viewed through the lens of itself. Irrational maxims lead to contradictions, meaning this philosophy too is irrational and contradictory - which is consistent if you seek to apply irrationality universally.

    Why didn’t Kant come up with the inversion of his philosophy if it remains consistent? I’d argue because it would have lead to maximizing suffering which (mostly) nobody wants.

    • NSRXN
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      45 days ago

      you don’t know what you’re talking about.

      • @[email protected]
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        -14 days ago

        Indeed, I have not studied philosophy and have only received an introduction and high-level overview from school. Which is why I’m continuously stating that I am far from an expert in regards to ethics and philosophy and this is more of an amateur reading.

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          24 days ago

          if you don’t know, you can just not say anything.

          • @[email protected]
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            04 days ago

            I don’t know maths beyond university linear algebra and calculus. I can still provide my opinion on math problems despite my limited knowledge because knowledge is not binary.

            • @[email protected]
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              24 days ago

              If you presented your ideas on mathematics that are above your understanding level, you’d be called out on the same way.

            • NSRXN
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              -14 days ago

              you didn’t frame it as an opinion. it was stated as fact. and it’s wrong