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Calling things like veganism and LGBT political is sad to me. Are we really saying people who don't want to harm animals and people who believe all genders and sexual orientations should have the same rights are political? Politics should mean shit like taxes.
That's quite a narrow definition of politics. I'd say anything that humans do that is perceived by others to be part of a social structure that maintains or challenges social norms and power relations is political.
Only if veganism itself becomes something nobody would challenge (like health is better than death, breathing is important) or if you are the last person on earth you can become the first apolitical vegan.
Topics like sports are also very opinionated but no one calls them political.
That's not what they said at all lol
Welcome to the Olympics.
I mean they literally inseparably related to political policies so yeah I think they're political. How can you separate the lgbt movement from gay marriage or civil rights? How can you separate veganism from ag-gag policies and the laws around modern day factory farming. I mean as a vegan and a gay person I don't understand how they could not be perceived as political. Sure its sad that people are against gay rights and stuff but its certainly political.
That's what I'm saying. They shouldn't be political issues. Everyone would hopefully agree. I'm not saying we shouldn't call them political issues, I'm lamenting that they have become political issues.