Just recently peeked at my old Reddit account after talking with my partner about some communities they like there and how that keeps them away from Lemmy/hexbear. I looked at posts in generally left leaning subs so I expected better but I suppose I’m spoiled by you wonderful people. But they number of carnists who crawl out on any discussion of veganism and MUST tirade about how all vegans are mentally ill, nutrient deficient, don’t understand agriculture, are secretly backed by 7th day adventists (had never heard this one before), lie about their diet, etc etc was just dizzying. And so many people validating that perspective and supporting it. Even saw people claiming eating ground beef diets cured their depression, on some Jordan Peterson shit lmao. Don’t really have a point to this rant just wanna say I love this community and how welcoming it is towards veganism, it’s a breath of fresh air every day here
On the other end of it, I was never the kind of person to put pronouns in my name in 2019. And there was a bit of transphobia I had to (probably still need to) work on. And now some of the best comrades are queer and trans people.
Again going back to 2019, if someone made a comment shitting on men or white people, I'd probably get a bit defensive. Now I'm unironically the most self hating white dude I know IRL. I've read a heap of theory since then, and I'm much better on anti-settler and anti-patriarchy thinking.
I actually don't want to make my veganism the centre of everything. Other battles are important. I personally don't have the energy to attack carnist users here all the time. And for selfish reasons, veganism as a sole issue just gets boring; communism and the issues that surround it are more intellectually interesting.
I'm kinda rambling. Just want to say that I appreciate this place.