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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

in one episode of the culture war the right wing focused on soy as leftist and woke and disgusting because it contains phytoestrogens, which are very unhelpfully named and don't actually function like human estrogen but they love to pretend they do. there's also vague bigotry because wow soy is sooo different and different is bad. there's also the fetishization of history and white men's culture of drinking cow milk, and if you are lactose intolerant they probably also expect you to just deal with the pain and the shits because a real man must always experience pain or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

IMO the real issue with alternative milks is that they're popular with left-leaning people, because of concerns about the environment or animal welfare. And rightwingers hate everything that might make the world a better place and/or is popular with left-leaning people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

oh wow i totally forgot about anti-cruelty ideas and initiatives, but you're totally right. i apologize.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Soy aggravates my IBS, and I am forever getting people looking at me funny because avoiding soy has become a right-wing talking point. I hate it so much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

that's unfortunate

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

WTF soy bean is such an important source of protein besides animal products

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I don't understand why people are so surprised right-wingers don't have rational consistency to their thought processes. Have none of you been paying attention to them for the last 3-5 decades?

Nothing they do is surprising based on their historical words and actions but people still be out there voting Republican (or not voting Democrat in every election) because "they can't be that bad!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

You'd think their natural human reason would emerge every once in a while, but no, they have developed a memeplex to keep it suppressed. "Hypocrisy is their secret handshake" helps me remember that they practice dishonesty and irrationality diligently.