Why would reddit want to romanticise pigs? Last time I've signed in, there were plenty of discussions about whether it was right to eat animals. Pigs being jerk

Why would reddit want to romanticise pigs? Last time I've signed in, there were plenty of discussions about whether it was right to eat animals. Pigs being jerks would certainly have made it easier for one side, and I didn't get the impression that people really fawned over them...