I do admit it was kinda spiky. To defend that I wanna point out how obviously and loud the instagram aspect of veganism is taking over over the past 15 years (at least for the veganism I could observe during that time).
And I don’t know if I understand you right, but it’s exactly the “lifestyle” encoded into diet-questions, that differs between veganism and other progressive movements. Logically this is where it’s ideology (ideology in a descriptive, non-normative sense) is taking place, developing, and bringing about cultural practices including the implicit creation of “meaning”.
In other words, a salad recipe with alsmost no practical value, presented as another revoltion in your personal lifestyle (feat. instagrammable images), can tell you a lot about how meaning is created.
This is what I thought is a obvious challenge for political veganism and just became visible so blatantly in the thing I commented on.
The biggest misconception for non vegans when talking about veganism, is that vegan is not a diet, it’s a lifestyle.
Commenting or discussing a plant-based diet is one thing. Commenting about a diet or anything in a vegan forum is another.
When people understand this, there’s a better balance to the discussion.
FYI, I’m not a vegan.
Edit:
also, I did not see your comment before it was removedI read your removed post. “Critique” is a stretch. I’d say it leaned into combative criticism. See above.
I do admit it was kinda spiky. To defend that I wanna point out how obviously and loud the instagram aspect of veganism is taking over over the past 15 years (at least for the veganism I could observe during that time).
And I don’t know if I understand you right, but it’s exactly the “lifestyle” encoded into diet-questions, that differs between veganism and other progressive movements. Logically this is where it’s ideology (ideology in a descriptive, non-normative sense) is taking place, developing, and bringing about cultural practices including the implicit creation of “meaning”.
In other words, a salad recipe with alsmost no practical value, presented as another revoltion in your personal lifestyle (feat. instagrammable images), can tell you a lot about how meaning is created.
This is what I thought is a obvious challenge for political veganism and just became visible so blatantly in the thing I commented on.
I believe this may fall under sidebar “this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism”. <insert shrug here>
Mods’ interpretation is the definitive word, generally. Regardless of community.