Carnism would still technically cover “vegan plus (animal-based) bacon”

And this all-or-nothing approach is precisely what I’m referring to. I consider myself pretty well-read, and the only time I’ve ever seen the word “carnist” used in the wild is when someone who’s vegan is hurling it as an insult

“I’m reducing my meat consumption by doing (x).”

“Fuck off, carnist!”

It really isn’t being used that way when the intention is flagrantly insultive.

That you are judging them is the correct answer

Why do you think they feel compelled to lie to you?

I know quite a few vegans in my life who are amazing, nonjudgmental people. On Lemmy, I’ve been called a “murderer” and a “carnist” for mentioning I’m reducing my meat consumption.

If that were true, then Austin wouldn’t have been what it was for awhile. I would say the acceleration of population increase went down around 2016.

In what world do you live? Austin has grown like crazy since 2016. Not only is the city itself still growing, but several of its suburbs are consistently among the fastest growing towns in the country

Not only was this a single special election rather than a statewide vote, but the numbers you cite are wrong because this was for a Texas State Senate seat, not a US House seat

But the question still remains, what would be accomplished by shutting down DHS right now, given that ICE already has $72 billion appropriated to them and would continue to operate no matter what? If the goal is to rein in ICE or abolish ICE, how do you realistically get there this way?

How exactly would the Democrats do that, having control of none of the branches of the federal government?

I assume the goal is to neuter ICE and maintain funding for things like FEMA and the TSA, right? What would shutting down DHS right now do that couldn’t be accomplished over the next two weeks? If DHS shut down right now, ICE still operates, because they already have $72 billion allotted from the “BBB.”

That Republicans agree to fully fund the government without fully funding DHS is a serious win for Democrats. Agreeing to this current deal is a no-brainer and is not “folding.” I’ll reserve my judgment for how things end up after the next two weeks

All you have to do is mildly flatter Trump and then he’s your best friend

It should be law that all public officials’ tax returns be released publicly

The Sandy Hook parents were private individuals who had no desire to be public, and who were then relentlessly attacked by the right with bald-faced, abhorrent lies about their children.

Erika Kirk stepped into the spotlight the moment Charlie Kirk died and started giving speeches and hosting events and fundraisers. And while the left thinks it’s really weird how she seems really unperturbed and happy throughout all of this, the Sandy Hook-style attacks are again coming from the right in the form of fucking Candace Owens.

It’s definitely a more conservative part of the Austin-San Antonio corridor

People who perceive artificial intelligence as destroying jobs are significantly more dissatisfied with the functioning of democracy.

This line from the article is significantly different from the headline

What would you have Barack and Michelle Obama do?

You’re worried about privacy, and your answer is Rednote?

I very much agree, but also (though this is the lowest of low bars) I do appreciate Jamie Dimon not going full sycophant like we’ve seen from other C suites across the country

So you’re saying soldiers should have no personal lives …

I would very much prefer my military be composed of soldiers with tethers to reality rather than be purely antisocial loners. If Trump gives an abhorrent order to attack domestically, soldiers like this man will be the ones to stand up and refuse

You’re focused on the wrong thing here