• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    You’ve confused the term vegetarian with vegan. Vegetarians just don’t eat meat and fish, vegans don’t eat any animal products (no milk, eggs, or honey)

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      2 months ago

      Vegans follow a vegetarian diet, but it’s far from only being about diet. Lacto-ovo-vegetarians call themselves vegetarians because they are in denial about their own carnism

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        2 months ago

        I’m not sure what you’re trying to say. Vegetarian diets and vegan diets aren’t the same

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            2 months ago

            By definition, if they don’t eat meat, they’re vegetarian. I get that you believe it moral hypocrisy to eat cheese and eggs if vegetarian but they are still, by definition, vegetarian

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        2 months ago

        It sounds like you think the only options are veganism (which you call vegetarianism) or carnism

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            2 months ago

            No, they both describe diets. One refrains from eating meat, the other refrains from eating all animal products

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              2 months ago

              https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/definition-veganism

              Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.