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Refer to animals as:

Sentient beings, farm animals, he/him, she/her, they/them, fishes, sheeps, cows, chickens, turkeys, ducks, camels, individuals.

Replace idioms that normalize violence towards animals with better ones like "feed two birds with one scone"

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[–] ambiguous_yelp@vegantheoryclub.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like this one, I will do next time I read a wikipedia article including animals, probably each time I see it from now on, I don't read wikipedia as much as I used to but its a cool rebellious idea, I can just imagine the debates with wikipedia moderators after it sparks an edit war

[–] Well@vegantheoryclub.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We the people can always change the language to more accurately reflect reality, I'm also considering emailing the major dictionary publications to include vegan terms in their prints.

Sounds good, let me know if theres something I can do to support, and if you want to talk further I'm on simplex

[–] Seitansbraten@chaos.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@Well please don't be ableistic & add alt-text for the visual impaired

[–] Well@vegantheoryclub.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how alt-text functions, may I ask how it works?

I suppose I should add a description.

[–] Seitansbraten@chaos.social 2 points 1 month ago

@Well yes, it's the picture description.

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Sadly wikipedia is mostly controlled by white supremacists who have a vested interest in being against such things:

Medium article: https://medium.com/@kamy1/racist-wikipedia-da005c564d13

Privacy frontend: https://scribe.bus-hit.me/@kamy1/racist-wikipedia-da005c564d13

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

So what happens to male chicks again in commercial poultry factories?