A Fox in Scotland Stole Some Milk. The Internet Blamed Vegans. Obviously.

In Scotland, a fox stole milk bottles from a doorstep, making headlines in the American news. The culprit was caught on camera, revealing a cute fox as the thief stealing milk. The story took a light-hearted turn until conservative outlets re-framed it as a culture-war narrative with jokes about "militant vegans."

Conservative outlets have been quick to turn innocuous stories, like vegan jokes or food orders, into culture-war fodder. Veganism is often associated with weakness or "wokeness" in the conservative narrative, despite real stories of compassion, strength, and resilience in the vegan community. While stories of vegan strength and community may not fit existing culture war narratives, they offer a different perspective beyond the clickbait headlines of "militant vegans," like the milk-stealing Scottish fox.