It feels like user wasn't talking about specifically people on the carnivore diet. It came off as a slur against people on the most common diet on earth.
If you are describing omnivores as "carnies" then that would be a slur since most people consider people on the carnivore diet to be unhinged or misinformed.
Slurs exist to denigrate and diminish ones character.
Without argument, more vegetarians will help the world, but I don't think name calling wins hearts and minds.
This is a really neat system for making your uneducated populace healthier. People can't be bothered to read so a single number to indicate something is unhealthy is rad.
It's clear this guy is an asshole. You are frothing trying to make an enemy of me but read with a little more care. I was always an ally and you are here trying to divide us. I feel like you didnt understand my comment so I'll repeat with emphasis.
It(Your use of redneck and hick as a pejorative.) drives those undereducated and uninvolved people(Single issue/peer sensative voters) to identify more with this asshole( The racist asshole that you somehow need me to clearly point out is both racist and an asshole.)
There is nothing wrong with living in a rural area or being a blue collar worker. The last sentence there is unnecessary.
As someone who has been in both those demographics, this guy doesn't represent me or the hardworking albeit sometimes simple people I grew up around.
Please don't use those words as a cudgel. It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole than the progressives that have more in common with them beneath the surface.
They generally expel the water out the nostrils so drinking straws love to get lodged in their noses. Then they slowly die of starvation. Isn't life beautiful?
The rest of the UN could step up and reorganize to eliminate the permeant veto ability. UN contributions should be increased to a %GDP so that we can have a UN peacekeeping force with actual teeth.
To be fair. I don't hate China and it's clear you failed to back up your previous claim.
Religious intolerance by the state directly contributed to the staged and incremental reduction in that groups QOL.
For Americans, 1A protects religious speech even if it is a bit frustrating when you hear someone preaching in the street. I wouldn't hazard undermining 1A even though we are all tired of bad actors abusing it.(Westboro Baptist Church, Proud Boys, etc)
The only example you call out doesn't even ban religion. It's restricted in China and I think the Uyghur population there can explain that it's not sunshine and rainbows.
'China’s constitution says ordinary citizens enjoy “freedom of religious beliefs” and the government officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and Daoism (also called Taoism). '
This comment is a breath of fresh air in this doomer echo chamber. Somewhere along the line people stopped wanting to fix things and now the people we need to save this country are leaving in droves. We need to remain positive and organized.
That would be shortsighted. Religious though has been on the decline for centuries. Driving it underground and radicalizing it just empowers the bad actors.
Germany handles religion in a fine way. Kirchensteuer is a tax you pay directly out of your paycheck to your registered church. You can opt out of paying this tax by dropping your church registration. If this system was adopted in the US you would see far less people who identify as "religious".
I encourage you to get to work on the systemic issues outside your control so that in 50 years you won't feel guilty. By the numbers, Gen Z men are supporting right ring autocrats so I ponder if ignorance is a better excuse than apathy.
I have been hearing this term used to demean meat eaters since the late 80s. I guess they were all misinformed too.