I’m not some out-n-out rampant meat evangelical. I eat some. I eat most things.

A post came up in my ‘all’ feed which happened to be from a vegan community. I didn’t even look at the community, I just added a quick reply to the post.

It was something like “Another benefit of being a vegan is not worrying about contaminated chopping boards”.

I said simply “Thank goodness hot water and soap exists”. Or something like that.

I got banned instantly and couldn’t even reply to the person who posted after me along the lines of “you are clearly outing yourself as a Carnist and you’ll find no love here.”

I’ve got nothing against vegans as such and have enjoyed many a vegan meal. I find this knee-jerk banning and blocking a very sad and pathetic reaction. No wonder ‘The Left’ in all its forms is so easily targeted as ‘cancel-happy snowflakes’.

I say this as a rock-hard Lefty.

  • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    11 months ago

    You didn’t have to reply at all. You added nothing to the conversation except snark and you paid for it with a ban. Aside from all that you’re post here screams rightwing even using their words as insults.

    Tldr you’re the problem.

    • Lophostemon@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      14·
      11 months ago
      1. How did they know I wasn’t vegan?
      2. Snark is the currency of the interwebs.
      3. I’m sure as shit not Rightwing. Quite the opposite.
      4. I really don’t care about a ban from a community I don’t care about. I’m slightly annoyed by the instant shut-down of communication however. This strikes me as poorly thought-out behaviour.

      TLDR: I’m not the problem. Knee-jerk reactions are.