Ban veganism debate posts for a week.
Preface because I feel it's necessary: I'm a vegetarian. The only animal products I consume are milk and eggs from a small local farm I know treats their animals well, and the unavoidable ones we find in our appliances.
Last post before I leave this sub and mute it. Will check back in a few months maybe.
I used to love the discussions and community here as one of the few subs with good enough moderation to stop the unhinged arguments that happen in many similar subs, but in the past weeks the veganism debate has reached a point of heat that it's consumed the sub. The last 10-15 posts I've seen have been all on this debate, despite my efforts to filter them out. It's just tiring. Not to mention the brigading going on on both sides of the aisle.
I believe veganism/vegetarianism is intrinsically tied to antinatalism. I also believe that, frankly, arguing about it this aggressively isn't going to convince anyone and just polarizes people against us and reinforces negative stereotypes about vegans.
Give it a week to force people to cool their heads and then hope people resume the respectful debate I used to like this place for.