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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  • NSRXN
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    Imprisonment is often considered suffering and cows are not wild animals. They are rarely treated well.

    they’re provided, veterinary care, protection from the elements, protection from predators, drinkable water, space to graze, and opportunities to socialize. it’s not imprisonment.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 days ago

      Those have nothing to do with imprisonment.

      If I locked 10 people in a room and regularly gave them food and water they would still be imprisoned because they couldn’t leave.

      We know humans suffer from imprisonment and we accept since the mid 20th century that this applies to all humans. It’s not a big stretch to assume imprisonment causes suffering for animals as well.

      Besides, most cows on the planet have literally nothing of what you described. Except maybe drinkable water and protection from predators.

      • NSRXN
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        most cows on the planet have literally nothing of what you described.

        that’s not true.

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          Most cows on the planet are currently living in factory farms as cattle a few months away from being slaughtered.

          veterinary care

          Not in factory farms. Preventative antibiotics are not veterinary care.

          protection from the elements

          Limited protection. In summer extreme heat from being stuck inside without air conditioning.

          space to graze

          Not inside factory farms.

          opportunities to socialize

          Not inside factory farms.

          • NSRXN
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            14 days ago

            Not inside factory farms.

            most dairies, even large scale dairies, have pasture. beef cattle are raised 12 to 14 months grazing before going to a feedlot. so where are all these life-long confined cattle?

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            Limited protection. In summer extreme heat from being stuck inside without air conditioning.

            so you see they do get protection from the elements

          • NSRXN
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            04 days ago

            Not inside factory farms.

            it seems like you think cattle spend their entire lives in a cafo. they don’t.

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            Not in factory farms. Preventative antibiotics are not veterinary care.

            they are, and that’s not all the care they get

            edit: I have been politely asked not to engage in the off topic discussion in this community.

          • NSRXN
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            Most cows on the planet are currently living in factory farms

            care to cite this?

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              34 days ago

              Good lord you argue in bad faith. One line replies of basically “no”, “doubt it”, “citation needed”.

              Like, come on man. How insufferable.

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                a full 1/4 of all cattle never spend more than 45 days in a cafo, but even those that do don’t necessarily have the conditions you are describing, nor do they live there their entire lives

                edit: I have been politely asked not to engage in the off topic discussion in this community.

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        it’s not imprisonment. it’s husbandry