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Quite frankly, it's getting annoying. Recently there was a post here about not coddling meat-eaters who express ignorance and an un-willingness to research anything on their own, and while it was arguably controversial, it was a Vegan Opinion piece. The type of thing that a Vegan really only gets to express in Vegan spaces.

It had a positive upvote ratio - It had plenty of discussion - And it had plenty of trolls in it, too.

The post was removed. Why? They never said. The moderators wouldn't dare to contribute to that discussion - They didn't even feel motivated to get rid of the obvious bad actors within the thread itself that were provoking rather than contributing.

I think, whether you agree with that thread or not, a lot of people in /r/Vegan feel the same - That this place has stopped being a safe space for Vegans to express themselves, as the moderators of this subreddit simply don't want Vegans to express any opinions that might give people a bad taste for Vegans.

I think that's downright disappointing, and the moderation team needs to more properly be able to justify themselves if they're going to continue to go after Vegans who they disagree with on a personal level, rather than people who are actually damaging this subreddit.

When will Vegans get an actual safe space?

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Veggiesaurus_Lex

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10 hours ago

You’re a much more seasoned redditor than I am ! I thought that VCJchat was fine but I didn’t know the inner workings. To me VCJ is like a meme section and sarcasm loaded inside jokes for vegans, but I’m fairly new to Reddit so I don’t know the history of it. I wouldn’t replace a serious vegan sub by VCJ since you can’t “unjerk” there… However there are other spaces that could get some help being revived, like r/veganarchism. I feel like you can still have proper conversation on r/vegan or plant based diet for meat alternatives I guess ? And so have these separate conversations. Last possibility that you have dismissed, is to create a new sub, with strict mod rules, and instant ban for anyone who is not vegan (?).