• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    It’s a term vegans developed and marketed to label their out group.

    Whenever anyone labels an out group, they are doing so to feel superior. Considering people already felt vegans have an heir of superiority, the term acts to reinforce this notion.

    Vegans that use the term are not smart people. They are displaying an inability to apply logic and reasoning to move their cause forward. Indicating they did not use logic and reasoning to make their decision but rather emotions. Emotions which they then attempt to deploy in an effort to manipulate others. They do not understand that not everyone is as easily emotionally manipulated.

    They will of course backfill their choice with dogma from the movement. But they do not lead with that dogma because it is not how they became one.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      17 hours ago

      Why didn’t carnists come up with their own term for themselves? Vegans made up a name for themselves. If carnists come up with a term for carnists and market it, vegans will probably use it.