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I <3 pizza
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Disclaimer: Ok so yes, I am aware that "pizza" is a code-word for human trafficking victims according to the right-wing "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory. I renounce this theory, which I did not intend to reference, and I apologize to those who were hurt and/or confused.
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I'm also aware that pizza consumed in the US is a bastardization of indigenous Neapolitan culinary tradition, and that the domination of big American chain restaurants is a form of cultural violence that is erasing this tradition along with many others.
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I'm furthermore aware that pizza is generally produced using meat and dairy products by an industry which, in addition to inflicting extreme harm on animals, is among the most dangerous and exploitative for its workers.
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I am trying to educate myself as well as improving my own habits by switching to vegan options whenever possible. However, it has been pointed out to me that one of the leading vegan cheese manufacturers is owned by a company that experiments on animals (https://theoutline.com/post/2145/daiya-otsuka-vegan-cheese-controversy?zd=1&zi=mvke54jb …).
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Several of you have now taken me to task for continuing to associate with friends and family who continue to espouse problematic views about pizza. I hereby condemn and disown these friends, along with any others who continue to associate with them.
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I was remiss not to mention earlier that the harm caused by the dairy industry is better appreciated from an ecofeminist standpoint that recognizes the fundamentally patriarchal mindset underlying the exploitation of the female reproductive functions of dairy cows and the
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commodification of lactation without respect to its environmental impact which, coupled with the overuse of fossil fuels, is predicted to cost millions of lives, beginning with the most marginalized but eventually making the Earth uninhabitable, precipitating the end of humanity.
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The erasure of Sicilian culture in this thread is utterly unforgivable. But as Freire elucidates, the oppressed also acts as the oppressor, often without awareness of their own complicity. Also, the crust is so much better.
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Calabrese pizza is better. Because we are the real Italians! (ALSO, you just took a side in a century long debate between the Italians and the Lebanese)
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the real horseshoe theory
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