Adjectives imply something unusual, something different from the standard object the noun refers to. If we say "cheese" for the animal product and "vegan cheese" for the plant product, we implicitly send the message the animal product is normal and the plant product is abnormal.
Strike that. Reverse it.
Say "milk" for plant-based emulsions and "cow milk" for stolen baby cow food. SAy "burger" for veggie protein patties and "cow/pig/turkey burger" for dead rotting animal flesh.
The meat industry doesn't get to control your language.
Words are activism.
Most likely the latter. I find anti-vegan stigma is worse here on Lemmy than it was on reddit, which is saying something. On reddit, we at least had strength in numbers. I think one factor is that there are a lot less posts period, so a higher percent of eyes from c/all come across vegan posts. Another factor might be the age demographic, Lemmy skewing a bit older, and the younger generations being a bit more willing to question the horrors of mass animal agriculture.
Spot-on, couldn't have put it better. Back on reddit, there were a lot of carnies "infiltrating" the sub and spewing their ignorance but at least the sub was big enough to foster a good sense of community and discourse
That is what I figured. As I say, I’m not a vegan and I came across this from /all, but I generally don’t downvote posts unless the content is harmful (racist, disinformation, discriminatory, etc).