Vegan scolds go Orwellian with proposal to eliminate meat metaphors

American Thinker ^ | 12/4/2018 | Thomas Lifson

[antidemoncrat]

Some (not all) vegans, convinced of their moral superiority in eschewing the flesh of animals, would like to see our language change so as to change or eliminate common English-language expressions like "bring home the bacon" that refer to the eating of meat.

[bgill]

... he must be speaking to another guy.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Mor’n one way to skin a cat. I’m so tight I’ve been accused of skinning a flea for it’s hide and tallow, or attempting to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

[oldvirginian]

In honor of all vegans everywhere I will now cook and consume TWO tender medium rare ribeyes.
Paging Mr Foreman.
Mr George Foreman, please report for kitchen duty.

[golux]

Y’all sure sucked the marrow out of this thread.

[Chode]

meatheads...

[Lean-Right]

Mutton chops (sideburns), what’s good
for the goose is good for the gander,
duck!, frog march, goose step, chicken
out, game of chicken, something is fishy,
sewer snake, cash cow, a bird in the
hand, grab the bull by the horns, horsing
around, horseplay, leap frog, sheepish,
froggy, dust bunny, post turtle, I’ve
got a beef with you, I’ve got a bone to
pick with you, ham it up, celebrity roast,
wing and a prayer....I could go on...
This is nuts.