Opinion: The Vegan Teacher Controversy
Kadie Karen Diekmeyer, known as the Vegan Teacher on TikTok, looks into the camera. Photo Courtesy of: Amy Buxton
The Vegan Teacher has been one of the most infamous TikTok users currently in 2020-2021. She’s infamous for demanding people to become vegan and save animals. Due to this, people started disliking her and treating her like a clown.
In addition to her TikTok or Youtube videos, she limited most of the video’s comment section to avoid hate. Most of her videos consisted of her songs or lectures about being vegan. Because of her negativity on social media, there is a possible chance that the Vegan Teacher will be arrested after breaking most of TikTok’s community guidelines and sent to jail.
That Vegan Teacher’s real name is Kadie Karen Diekmeyer. She was a former elementary school teacher and loves to protect animals. She owns a dog named Bella, who is also a vegan. She also had a strong hatred towards McDonald’s due to the meals containing meat. This proved her hatred towards McDonald’s when she kept singing “Eating animals is wrong” in front of a McDonald’s in her TikTok video.
Most people hate her TikTok videos saying that it is “cringe” and “dumb.”Many people started mocking her by either creating other videos and making reviews like eating a cheeseburger while reacting to her videos. Some even threw death threats on her. People also rumored that she was responsible for making Bella vegan. They even made petitions to free her Bella and give her the care she needs. Even the developers of TikTok also criticized her.
Diekmeyer was also known for harassing and stalking other social media users especially, one of the most famous Minecraft Youtubers like Tommyinnit and GeorgeNotFound. She even harassed the famous chef
and TV star, Gordon Ramsay even replied back to her by calling her a “Vegan Donut.”
Diekmeyer broke most of TikTok’s community guidelines preventing discrimination, hate speech, and more- she should be banned from TikTok. However, she wasn’t removed due to her large following.
In spite of this, since she did do a lot of illegal activities in TikTok, people have speculated that she would be arrested and sent to jail.
Bryan Lee is a junior and a staff writer of The Jag Journal. Bryan is in journalism because he wanted to come back (he was in the class in freshman year)....
I think this is a very funny story regarding everything this vegan teacher does. I really liked how you included links as well. Great Job!
i like this story a lot
I honestly believe that The Vegan Teacher has pushed many people away from being vegan due to the fact that she is giving it a really bad name with the songs that she makes and the tik toks that she posts.
This teacher is super funny but she shouldn’t be demanding people to be vegan, like everyone has their own way to live.
I thought was funny and interesting, a great story.
This si so funny to me, I have seen her all over my Tiktok feed and all the controversy surrounding her which I find hilarious. I love this story and I will definitely check out the links!
i dont know who she is but this is very interesting how she tells people to become vegans and even making songs about that
Surprisingly, the ThatVeganTeacher drama is actually something that I’ve actually watched a lot on, and the idea that this grown adult is acting in such a strange way at first made me think she was just a satire account, before realizing how much trouble she gets herself into on the daily. And although you didn’t touch upon this, she had actually made a separate TikTok account a while back(that I’m not sure is active or not anymore) where she would pretend to be a nurse and spreading peculiar information, with her whole attitude being flipped to an eerily cheerful persona. ;._.
I have always found her incredibly annoying and disrespectful. Personally, I think if you are advocating for something or someone, you should not be disrespectful towards your audience because you will create hate for your movement rather than support. I really liked how you gave many details especially about her dog, Bella and how you linked further information for some details.
this was a great topic to write about, great job man
I think the way she approaches advocating for people to become vegan is weird, because usually when one is encouraging others to do something, they often do it in a respectful manner, as they see the different points of view and opinions. In Kadie Karen Diekmeyer’s case, she “demands people to become vegan and save animals.” Personally, I haven’t heard of her or seen her on my For You Page on TikTok, but this was definitely an interesting article to read.