• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    A lot of these people get really uncomfortable when you point out they’re behaving exactly the same way racists do about black activism. Or homophobes to LGBT activism. The cry throughout that thread is repeatedly “You’re trying to force your beliefs on me” and yeah, they are, and that’s ok, they morally believe that animals shouldn’t be killed for food just as others morally believe trans people deserve equal rights. Some of them believe animals should have equal rights too, some might not, but the various rights causes are comparable.

    White supremacy is the contradiction for racial causes. Male cishetero supremacy(patriarchy) is the contradiction for lgbt people. Human supremacy over animals is the contradiction in the vegan cause.

    I am not vegan but I find it relatively easy to see this.

    The reactionaries in all causes that are fundamentally about supremacism of a sort are all very similar.