Veganism - cultural appropriation
Veganism - cultural appropriation
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pquinn

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7,167 posts

70 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Just had a read of this https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/31/five-t... (find your own paywall workaround) and just had to laugh.

Seems that when you invite professional complaining types into the fold they'll always find something to moan about. However far you go will never be enough to make them happy.

Maybe one day people will work out the best way to deal with loons is to leave them to gibbering to themselves somewhere quiet rather than waste time trying to pander to them.

Electro1980

8,931 posts

163 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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pquinn said:
Seems that when you invite professional complaining types into the fold they'll always find something to moan about.
If they didn’t it would make it a very small society.

pquinn

Original Poster:

7,167 posts

70 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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Maybe.

Though they should have been warned when they realised that the one thing that will beat a vegan to the punch in telling you they're a vegan is someone who insists on telling you their pronouns.

bitchstewie

64,412 posts

234 months

Saturday 31st July 2021
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I literally don't understand half the terms in that article.

How the hell do people get themselves into that kind of a mess when presumably they're there because of a shared enthusiasm for their lifestyle confused

Supercilious Sid

2,698 posts

185 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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pquinn said:
Just had a read of this https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/31/five-t... (find your own paywall workaround) and just had to laugh.

Seems that when you invite professional complaining types into the fold they'll always find something to moan about. However far you go will never be enough to make them happy.

Maybe one day people will work out the best way to deal with loons is to leave them to gibbering to themselves somewhere quiet rather than waste time trying to pander to them.
They will all be examining their hierarchy of victimhood. Thus is the life of the professional tankie.

BlueFocus

399 posts

57 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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What is a safe space ?

Does Pistonheads offer me a safe space ?

With regard to the Vegan Society does anybody actually care?

GadgeS3C

4,727 posts

188 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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BlueFocus said:
What is a safe space ?

Does Pistonheads offer me a safe space ?

With regard to the Vegan Society does anybody actually care?
Somewhere I can enjoy a juicy steak? laugh

Iamnotkloot

1,856 posts

171 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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"Zuri claims to have “brought a perspective to council that challenged not just trustees as individuals, but also the systemic racism and oppression that exists in any organisation set up without any time taken to look at diversity or inclusivity … and with a white supremacist structure...”

Come again? The Vegan Society? Yep.....

"Robb Masters, the former chairman of the society’s council, complains of a “toxic environment” which saw Zuri face “hostility”, with other “oppressions” being commonplace, including transphobia - prejudice against transexual or transgender people - and ableism - discrimination in favour of able-bodied people."

Jeeze, these people need to get proper jobs smile


Biggy Stardust

7,068 posts

68 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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Iamnotkloot said:
Jeeze, these people need to get proper jobs smile
What do you honestly think they are capable of doing?

Crackie

6,386 posts

266 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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Tom Walker and Andrew Doyle, once again, hit the nail squarely on the head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq74bZqbOqA&t=...

dudleybloke

20,553 posts

210 months

Monday 2nd August 2021
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Biggy Stardust said:
Iamnotkloot said:
Jeeze, these people need to get proper jobs smile
What do you honestly think they are capable of doing?
Crash test dummies.

aka_kerrly

12,498 posts

234 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Crackie said:
Tom Walker and Andrew Doyle, once again, hit the nail squarely on the head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq74bZqbOqA&t=...
beer

That's good....

Jamescrs

5,923 posts

89 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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I'm struggling to eat now, a couple of days ago I saw a video of a female saying eating meat was cultural appropriation with a spurious link back to slave trading and now i'm told veganism is also cultural appropriation? What am I supposed to eat as a Caucasian male?

Supercilious Sid

2,698 posts

185 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Biggy Stardust said:
Iamnotkloot said:
Jeeze, these people need to get proper jobs smile
What do you honestly think they are capable of doing?
Trolling N,P & E claiming to be disillusioned Tory voters?

rxe

6,700 posts

127 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Groups like this are self selecting for the barking mad members of society.

Why on earth would the average person join a group on the basis of what they eat? I’m not a member of the “Bacon and Pork Products Appreciation Society”, though I do eat a lot of bacon. It would never cross my mind to join such a group, even if it existed.

If you take 1000 vegans, statistically about 10% of them will be weapons grade loopy, that 100 vegans will be the members of the Vegan Society, and once you have enough loopy people in a small space, weird st like this happens.

dudleybloke

20,553 posts

210 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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rxe said:
Groups like this are self selecting for the barking mad members of society.

Why on earth would the average person join a group on the basis of what they eat? I’m not a member of the “Bacon and Pork Products Appreciation Society”, though I do eat a lot of bacon. It would never cross my mind to join such a group, even if it existed.

If you take 1000 vegans, statistically about 10% of them will be weapons grade loopy, that 100 vegans will be the members of the Vegan Society, and once you have enough loopy people in a small space, weird st like this happens.
Because they need to feel special and it also gives them victim/minority status thus their feelings MUST come before everyone else's..

BabySharkDooDooDooDooDooDoo

15,078 posts

193 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Jamescrs said:
I'm struggling to eat now, a couple of days ago I saw a video of a female saying eating meat was cultural appropriation with a spurious link back to slave trading and now i'm told veganism is also cultural appropriation? What am I supposed to eat as a Caucasian male?
Could try eating Vegans?

donkmeister

11,767 posts

124 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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rxe said:
Groups like this are self selecting for the barking mad members of society.

Why on earth would the average person join a group on the basis of what they eat? I’m not a member of the “Bacon and Pork Products Appreciation Society”, though I do eat a lot of bacon. It would never cross my mind to join such a group, even if it existed.

If you take 1000 vegans, statistically about 10% of them will be weapons grade loopy, that 100 vegans will be the members of the Vegan Society, and once you have enough loopy people in a small space, weird st like this happens.
Exactly.
It's the same with any club or society, it attracts far too many people who are obsessive about that one aspect of their lives to the point of being a complete tit about it.

I'm sure that somewhere on a vegan forum someone is making the same joke as Isaac Hunt, but about car enthusiasts, even though I doubt many of us go around telling random strangers we like cars.

Edited by donkmeister on Tuesday 3rd August 14:27

trails

6,573 posts

173 months

Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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rxe said:
Groups like this are self selecting for the barking mad members of society.

Why on earth would the average person join a group on the basis of what they eat? I’m not a member of the “Bacon and Pork Products Appreciation Society”, though I do eat a lot of bacon. It would never cross my mind to join such a group, even if it existed.

If you take 1000 vegans, statistically about 10% of them will be weapons grade loopy, that 100 vegans will be the members of the Vegan Society, and once you have enough loopy people in a small space, weird st like this happens.
Being vegan isn't just about what you eat though...whereas your example is entirely about what you eat.

Pretty effective display of ignorance smile