I only just discovered this. I'm scared by it and apalled, but it makes so much sense really. So many times any discussion about vegetarian/veganism on the net is flooded with anti-veg*n comments, and I've often wondered why there seem to be so many people with a rabid hatred of veg*ns drawn to veg*n websites just to spout anti veg*nism and post spurious "data" against a plant based diet.
Astroturfing suddenly makes it all clear. Being naturally cynical I shouldn't be at all surprised at the sinister ways these industries go about protecting their profits. I just wish it could be stopped, made illegal somehow - of course that would need politicians and lawmakers not in the pockets of these industries and corporations.
I wonder how many people have been put off going veggie because the volume of pro-meat & dairy comments make it seem acceptable. How many online polls are skewed, and I wonder how much notice, official or not, is taken of the seeming "grass roots love of animal products".
I just wondered how well known is it that this goes on?
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