Can someone tell me why I see so many reactionary vegans? I know one or two that are chill about it but everyone else I’ve interacted with are either insufferable straightedgers, libertarian anti vax people, or sam Harris fans.
Vegan here. There are vegans across the political spectrum, just like any humans. It is frustrating to see right wing vegans. Yet we are more left/liberal than the average person, and research backs this up.
Is it possible that people who became vegan from being Straight Edge later became more reactionary? It always seemed to me that more than a few Straight Edgers might be a little more prone to being fascist, just based on observations from when that was more popular.
As an aside, as someone who's into organic food, I've noticed in recent years that there are now plenty of chuds, libertarians, and all sorts of political affiliations among people who eat organic.
Can someone tell me why I see so many reactionary vegans? I know one or two that are chill about it but everyone else I’ve interacted with are either insufferable straightedgers, libertarian anti vax people, or sam Harris fans.
Vegan here. There are vegans across the political spectrum, just like any humans. It is frustrating to see right wing vegans. Yet we are more left/liberal than the average person, and research backs this up.
I think maybe the ones I know that are chill are more in the leftist artist camp while all the reactionary ones are loudest about being vegan.
Is it possible that people who became vegan from being Straight Edge later became more reactionary? It always seemed to me that more than a few Straight Edgers might be a little more prone to being fascist, just based on observations from when that was more popular.
Ya that's possible. But I don't know enough Straight Edge people to comment meaningfully.
my experience has been the opposite actually. there are plenty of reactionaries and libs but there are more leftists per capita than the general pop
As an aside, as someone who's into organic food, I've noticed in recent years that there are now plenty of chuds, libertarians, and all sorts of political affiliations among people who eat organic.
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Rod Dreher of all people wrote a book on this phenomenon called “Crunchy Cons.”