Dec 052018
The whackadoodle scolds at PETA want to change language to suit their political ends:
Words matter, and as our understanding of social justice evolves, our language evolves along with it. Here’s how to remove speciesism from your daily conversations. pic.twitter.com/o67EbBA7H4
— PETA (@peta) December 4, 2018
They want to reduce “speciesism” by taking a common idiom that mentions an animal or animal-derived food product and replacing it with a non-animal or non-animal food product. Well… two sides can play that game.
“A piece of cake” = “A piece of bacon”
“Easy as pie” = “Easy as cheese”
“Cut the mustard” = “cut the steak”
“Icing on the cake” = “cheese on the burger”
I admit, these don’t exactly roll off the tongue. What’s better?