*please note i deeply value and respect the vegan movement. i am just critical of how humorously it precipitates in online spaces, particularly this one. :)

  • @Wolf314159@startrek.website
    20•2 months ago

    Carnist seems to imply that they eat ONLY meat though. They’re not carnivores, they’re omnivores. It’s on the same level as using the terms pro-abortion and pro-life to describe the two sides of that debate. This kind of name calling of an out group is not too far removed from all the wacky names flat-earthers give to all the rest of us just living here on the globe not being wack-a-doos.

    Using the term butthurt is some straight up 90s era homophobia too. Nice.

      • Codex
        14•2 months ago

        It isn’t. It’s in reference to “having a stick up your ass”, which means being uptight and overly serious. Because they are stiff, as though a firm rod had been run the length of their body.

        People also mistakenly believe that to be a homophobic phrase too. Mind you, there’s a slim distinction here. Telling someone to “shove it up your ass” could be considered homophobic, though I think of it as just rude. I feel like context would matter a lot here.

        The youth today think everything insulting must be a slur of some kind and are obcesse with moral purity.

        • @Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          2•2 months ago

          The youth today have nothing to do with it. It’s reactionaries who take a genuine issue (people using actual slurs) and apply it to situations that work in their favour (acting like ‘carnist’ or ‘cishet’ are slurs).

      • @curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1•2 months ago

        I can’t find anything except random tweets saying as much, and a medium article behind a paywall saying it isn’t.

        So… I have no idea either.

    • @w_l_l_w@lemmy.world
      6•2 months ago

      From my understanding, carnism is closely related to speciesism. Most people wouldn’t eat dogs or cats, but happily eat chickens, cows and pigs.