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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2025
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Quite ironic to read this during the war in Ukraine. /j
What's the connection between the two?
As a queer person I've read plenty of comments like these. It's a common fallacious argument against liberatory movements that people who perpetuate the status quo use to defend their indifference to injustice by deflecting blame onto the people who call out their complicity. If you see veganism not as a lifestyle but as a movement for the libration of animals everything clicks.