A Vegan Sued Burger King over Its ‘Impossible Whopper’

Re:A Vegan Sued Burger King over Its ‘Impossible Whopper’ by kaikai on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:34PM (#21635666)

You pointed out a way that vegan people are marginalized in your own comment, when you mentioned needing to seek out places that can accommodate vegan diets. The fact that many restaurants don’t have menu items suitable for vegan means that vegan are indeed marginalized, even if you’re kind to you coworkers and try to compensate for it.

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Re:A Vegan Sued Burger King over Its ‘Impossible Whopper’ by wooger on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:55AM (#21639343)

They aren't marginalised as people, they're marginalised because the world does not have to adjust to people's arbitrary diet restrictions.

If I decided that I only wanted to eat blue M&Ms and took offense at getting a packet with them mixed with the other colours (sorry, cross contaminated), it would be unreasonable to expect the manufacturer to make blue only packs to suit me, or to expect shops to start stocking them.

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Re:A Vegan Sued Burger King over Its ‘Impossible Whopper’ by idonotknowwhy on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:11PM (#21644074)

> The fact that many restaurants don’t have menu items suitable for vegan means that vegan are indeed marginalized, even if you’re kind to you coworkers and try to compensate for it.

I disagree with this. A steakhouse is expected to serve steak, a Korean BBQ, korean bbq, and a those juice bars are expected to serve fruit smoothies etc.

I follow the keto diet, and we need to make sure any places we go have options for me too (a lot don't). That doesn't mean I'm marginalized though.

The thing I do have a problem with (on behalf of vegans, even though I'm not one) is when a restaurant says they have "Vegan options" or are "Vegan Friendly", and then it's just a disgusting garden salad.

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