• zovits@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m not a vegan, nor claim or aim to be one. But if I went about loudly proclaiming that I was, using this to justify my actions, and then it became public knowledge that I am in fact not a vegan, then it would be the same hypocrisy. When a group claims to need weapons to quell a threat to democracy, and then proceeds to ignore the threat when it arises, then they are hypocrites. Hope that helped understand the point - let me know if it did 👍

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      1 day ago

      I get you, but being a vegan requires zero risk of injury or incarceration.

      Like I told the (much less pleasant) other user, it’s no surprise that people are less brave than they’d like you to believe. That’s just… human nature.

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        10 hours ago

        Sure, it was them who acted tough for the rewards when there were no risks and now are reluctant to actually take those risks. And this is textbook hypocrisy that deserves to be called out.

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          3 hours ago

          You’re missing my point and I’m not sure if it’s because you refuse to accept it or you aren’t understanding what I’m writing, so I’ll throw a commonly accepted axiom out:

          Easier said than done.