Thread by @fleroy1974

Because we used the word zealotry in the #DublinDeclaration, some people think we're overstating the issue. Here's @nyuniversity's "Toolkit for Local Policymakers" advocating taxes & bans on animal foods. Up to you to judge whether that's zealotry or not. s18798.pcdn.co/ceap/wp-conten…

BANS - do not rely on consumer behaviour - force them into compliance and stigmatize the dissidents.

Very similar to the language in the EAT-Lancet report: don't leave it to the "individual or the whim of consumer choice". thelancet.com/journals/lance…

The idea is to work via "cities" rather than nation-wide, because they are a "fertile ground for [.] progressive policy ideas, often stepping in front of their states and the federal government"

Which brings us to the @c40cities network for a reason...

https://twitter.com/fleroy1974/status/1551152472844025856?s=20

Several mayors of global cities within C40Cities have pledged to achieve the targets of the EAT-Lancet diet by 2030 - the ambitious target being zero meat/dairy.

https://twitter.com/fleroy1974/status/1551152489013166081?s=20

New York City is a signatory city, and so is LA, so NY University will have its role to play.

And with a mayor that is sympathetic to the cause...

https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1654205845226266627?s=20

But the "zealotry" and radicalism is widespread. Overview here: aleph-2020.blogspot.com/2020/10/toward…

Or worse: aleph-2020.blogspot.com/2020/10/toward…

Translated in practice as follows:

And (non-exhaustive):

Interestingly, the current rhetorical technique of anti-livestock activists seems to be to accuse the #DublinDeclaration of its own pro-livestock "zealotry". Or worse, biased profit-seeking.
Everyone can make up its mind on what & whom to believe...

https://twitter.com/fleroy1974/status/1653043558008381440?s=20

... but the Declaration hasn't been written to give a free ticket to the livestock sector-far from it. It wishes to correct a narrative that has become unhinged. You can either dismiss it or value it, but please do it based on what's actually in the text. dublin-declaration.org

And ask yourself the question if these thousand signatures are really just a greenwashing attempt by corrupt scientists, or if there may be a genuine concern within a scientific community who's voice has been overshouted by a crusading minority...
dublin-declaration.org/signatures