Do angry vegans turn you against going vegan?

[UnderOpenSky]

Even I’m not sanctimonious enough to turn vegan, says Corbyn

 

[cupid_stunt]

Even I’m not sanctimonious enough to turn vegan, says Corbyn

JEREMY Corbyn has admitted that even he is not self-righteous and smug enough to become a vegan.

 

[ddraig]

what is smug about wanting to remove cruelty from your food?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Hooked one.

 

[ddraig]

are you playing the childish bully game as well then?? or don't have an answer so have to post a cop out

 

[cupid_stunt]

I am not playing any game, just laughing at your reaction to a bit of satire.

 

[ddraig]

I am not playing any game, just laughing at your reaction to a bit of satire.

i know it's satire but still asking you why it's funny
you're not in the cunty bee spy gang? just another tiresome twat getting a giggle from pointing at people who live differently then, how sad

 

[cupid_stunt]

Calm down, dear, it's a wind-up article, nothing worth getting angry about.

 

[emanymton]

i know it's satire but still asking you why it's funny
you're not in the cunty bee spy gang? just another tiresome twat getting a giggle from pointing at people who live differently then, how sad

I sent it to a friend of mine who is vegan. She thought it was hilarious.

 

[ddraig]

Calm down, dear, it's a wind-up article, nothing worth getting angry about.

case in point

 

[PaoloSanchez]

What Jeremy Corbyn actually said...

 

[PaoloSanchez]

what is smug about wanting to remove cruelty from your food?

The whole "smug" thing is yet another one of those bogus accusations used as a substitute for a valid argument. Mic sums it up quite nicely...

 

[Yossarian]

Not sure what other kind of reaction people were expecting from posting a sub-par Daily Mash story on a thread about veganism.

The Onion tends to do a better job of satirizing the issue from both sides:

More Realistic Meat Substitute Made From Soy Raised In Brutally Cruel Conditions

“Our vegetarian entrées and meal starters are the most authentically meat-like available on the market, because we make sure our soybeans are raised in filth-caked, overcrowded growing troughs in a windowless facility where daytime temperatures regularly exceed 120 degrees,” said Greenwood Farms marketing director Michael Latimer, adding that the beans’ rich, savory flavor is enhanced by the unsanitary conditions and the regular spread of disease and infection through the crop.

 

[mrs quoad]

They don't mention angry, tbf. So this is off topic.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Not sure what other kind of reaction people were expecting from posting a sub-par Daily Mash story on a thread about veganism.

It's the usual piss take and wind up tbh, nothing to be taken too seriously.

Adrian Chiles is apparently "a bit vegan" and discussed the topic following the Corbyn story on Radio 5 a few days ago...

 

[Jeff Robinson]

It's the usual piss take and wind up tbh, nothing to be taken too seriously.

Adrian Chiles is apparently "a bit vegan" and discussed the topic following the Corbyn story on Radio 5 a few days ago...

It's so rare to have a calm, rational discussion of veganism in the media. In praise of small things.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

It's so rare to have a calm, rational discussion of veganism in the media. In praise of small things.

There's a slow but steady increase in positive media coverage, so I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. Adrian tried to take a fairly balanced "devils advocate" stance in that broadcast, in spite of the number of ignorant comments. I think he did a reasonable job.

Here's another vegan media story I saw recently...

Meat-lover goes vegan for a month and this is what happened

 

[mojo pixy]

what is smug about wanting to remove cruelty from your food?

Nothing smug about that; the smug bit is behaving as if following a 'cruelty free' diet (which is a loaded and almost certainly inaccurate expression anyway) makes a better person than someone else who makes a different choice.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

case in point

It's up to you what you do but it's probably better to ignore the "no argument" goons and trolls, who don't really have anything useful to add to the topic and are simply out to make mischief.

 

[ddraig]

this is meant to be starting tonight
Pritchard's Proper Vegan Cookin' - Home

 

[PaoloSanchez]

this is meant to be starting tonight
Pritchard's Proper Vegan Cookin' - Home

lol @ mowing the lawn in a mankini.

 

[pengaleng]

fuck vegans.

 

[Lorca]

edgy

 

[pengaleng]

vegans kill the rainforest.

 

[pengaleng]

vegans contribute to global warming further by the vast amounts of methane they produce.

vegan facts

 

[pengaleng]

vegans care about the animals but they couldnt give a fuck about habitats destroyed by intensive crop farming.

 

[pengaleng]

vegan cheese is solidified pus scraped from the udders of dairy cows

 

[pengaleng]

vegans purely love the number 5 or the letter s cus they look like animals

 

[cupid_stunt]

Blimey, someone is on one.

 

[pengaleng]

who? I dunno who 'someone' is.

oh, whoops, you mean me dont you, you forgot a smiley

2/10 for trying.