A “militant vegan” is under fire this morning after attempting to shame another vegan who had given non-vegan ice cream to a crying little girl.
Here’s the tweet from @itsalzara, a vegan blogger in England, that started it all:
Pulled up to my driveway to find a little girl crying, she didn’t have money for the ice cream van like her friends did so I gave her enough money to get herself a nice big ice cream with sauce, sprinkles and a flake. She was so happy (and soon had ice cream round her mouth)
— Avocadhoe Ⓥ (@itsallzara) April 28, 2018
Enter the “militant vegan,” Anthony Dagher. Dagher read the tweet above and then decided to private message his fellow vegan to chastise her. And when @itsallzara to Dagher to “lighten the f*ck up,” he posted the private messages to Twitter to call her out:
I usually do not do this, but I feel like this is appropriate to post since this person is claiming to be a vegan even though she admitted to buying non-vegan ice cream for someone else, defended what she did when I spoke with her privately (hoping that would make her less likely pic.twitter.com/uBOSo6qR4m
— Anthony Dagher ⓥ (@7AnthonyDagher7) April 28, 2018
Dagher then encouraged his followers to private message @itsallzara on both Instagram and Twitter to tell her off:
to be defensive, though I should not have had to worry about that) about it even though I was respectful, and blocked me rather than admitting I was right and that she should not have bought the non-vegan ice cream for that child. To my vegan followers, I know at least those of
— Anthony Dagher ⓥ (@7AnthonyDagher7) April 28, 2018
you who she is following should be able to send her a private message here. Just in case that is not possible, one of my screenshots shows her Instagram account. I do not want her to be attacked. I just want her to see she was wrong, which I hope enough vegans talking with her
— Anthony Dagher ⓥ (@7AnthonyDagher7) April 28, 2018
will accomplish. Please let me know if that happens.
— Anthony Dagher ⓥ (@7AnthonyDagher7) April 28, 2018
What an a**:
Also this is the kind of vegan who makes me need to tell people I'm not THAT kind of vegetarian https://t.co/rfnoq60Fgq
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair (@senatorshoshana) April 30, 2018
What the hell is going on here. https://t.co/CERVKYyduy
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) April 30, 2018
Who knew vegan Twitter was so messed up:
Me: The truly fringe, hardline contingent of social-justice Twitter is one of the most psychotic online communities I have ever encountered
Vegan Twitter: Hold my nondairy frozen snack https://t.co/8HUSRTSfpk
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) April 29, 2018
Vegan Twitter is truly in another world. https://t.co/5moc7g70Lg
— gina cherelus (@jeanuh_) April 30, 2018
This thread and its replies are AMAZING… Vegan politics is vicious. https://t.co/JD3lc1RiS2
— Dylan Reeve (@DylanReeve) April 30, 2018
Keep in mind, this was over an ice cream treat for a sad child:
All this because I bought a sobbing child an ice cream, I guess next time I’ll leave the poor kid crying outside my house because Anthony didn’t like it ??♀️ https://t.co/8O23XO5vIW
— Avocadhoe Ⓥ (@itsallzara) April 29, 2018
I never thought in a million years me buying a kid an ice cream would result in me getting publicly roasted by a seriously militant vegan ???
— Avocadhoe Ⓥ (@itsallzara) April 29, 2018
Also of note, it’s not just the “militant vegan” who attacked her:
This ALL started because he got it into his head that he was right and I was wrong and I was going to damn well hear about it – if not by him then other people. And yeah I’ve had a ton of support but I’ve also had judgement from complete strangers who know NOTHING about me.
— Avocadhoe Ⓥ (@itsallzara) April 30, 2018
Sheesh.
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