• thoro@lemmy.ml
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    13 days ago
    1. It’s a joke to point out there is nothing inherent to “leftist” political philosophy regarding veganism. And there isn’t.

    2. Behold! The anarchist free thinker, unburdened by such base reactions as tribalism!

    When I joined this platform, the choices were .ml and lemmygrad and I see no reason to change.

    • Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      13 days ago

      Animal Liberation is 100% inherent to leftist political philosophy, because liberation for all is leftist.

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        13 days ago

        Pretty sure liberation of the working class of humans is the defining feature of leftist politics, and also tends to include liberation and equality of oppressed peoples as well.

        You can include animal liberation in your politics, but no, it’s never been intrinsic to leftism as a political philosophy.

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        11 days ago

        What? Saying leftism doesn’t entail veganism is not the same as saying vegans aren’t leftist.

        Did I miss something?

        Insert the “wtf are you talking about, Jesse” emoji

        • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          11 days ago

          It’s the campism of mocking anarchists for adhering to a better definition than what someone didn’t consider in the past. You know, the thing you explicitly said that I quoted.

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            11 days ago

            No I’m mocking this specific user, who is obviously an anarchist (instance + ML “cultist” as insult), for judging me based only on my instance being .ml, and yeah, I found some irony in that prejudice

            I guess I also assumed they were an anarchist, but I’m only giving them shit for the prejudice, not for being an anarchist.