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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • This is not exclusive to Lemmy, this happens the same way in real life - when you critique their food choice people tend to get in the defensive. This happens whether it’s about their health, ecology or ethics and of course it gets worse when you are implying that their choices hurt others.

    Of course this is not exclusive to food. Everything that is seen as part of your identity leads to this defensive reaction (see politics, sports teams etc.) and they double down on their current stance. I bet vegans would be a LOT more successful if they would be more empathetic toward non-vegans and would approach this topic more tactically.






  • What other reason can you name for people being anti immigration when there are zero immigrants in their region? Why do they care?

    And regarding talking to conservatives: I do that all the time as (unfortunately) the sports club in which I’m heavily involved is pretty conservative, but I don’t see any reason why I should talk to people pushing and voting for Nazis agenda.

    Edit: And I believe that it’s not unreasonable in itself to try and control immigration. But just maybe beforehand we should stop actively exploiting and destroying their countries*.

    *wars, unfair free trading agreements, dumping subsidized food, climate change, dumping garbage…


  • Because they’re manipulated? Because they like easy solutions to complex problems? Because they like to close their eyes and imagine that every can stay the same? Because neoliberal and conservative politicians fucked the lower and middle class while blaming the left (who for the most part weren’t even in power) and immigrants? Because German education has neglected teaching critical thinking skills and streamline education to just provide economic value?

    Time and time again anti-immigrant tendencies are highest in areas with the lowest amount of immigrants (see the east of Germany). It’s just easy to hate people you don’t know…