Vegan bullying makes me sad

[BlueDragon]

You're welcome

People screaming come off to me as disingenuous. I get the passion, that's one thing. But some people just want to put others down to feel "holier than thou," and to me, they're not very good representations of the lifestyle. Having logical conversations, as you put it, is more convincing than making people feel guilty.

[BlueDragon]

Thank you for that addition!

I agree that every step is at least some reduction of suffering. It's hard to change one's culture and up bringing. Doesn't mean it's not worth while, but baby steps can be best for many people vs cold turkey (I'm a baby step person myself XD)

[Kittosaurus]

Also with small changes it will make the transition easier and therefore more likely to stick in the long run!

[Wumbl]

Same. I can't have dairy cheese on my pizza, so I always ask for my own one. If somebody wants to have mine then they can, but the dairy free one shouldn't be the only one we order.

[indagold]

People are pretty chill with vegans from what i've seen, even strangers getting defensive for vegans if people don't like them? Mostly i've seen it the other way around, vegans calling people heartless and murderers or whatever wayyy more. Maybe its cause I live in a big city or whatever where veganism is chic.

personally for me meat is expensive so I limit it my diet though wouldn't cut it out. Less meat is healthy anyway.

[jjfresh]

There was a group of certain individuals who consider themselves Vegans who felt the need to tell everyone why their decision to not eat animal products is superior to those who eat meat.

I can think of a specific YouTuber who lives in an echochamber of Í know better." And there's quite a few who use their diet as a reason to feel superior. With the internet being the internet, that turns into a stereotype that gets reinforced by every time they see a Vegan who wants to explain their food choice.

Should never read comments, or rather, never respond no matter how much you want. It will only make things worse.

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The internet is full of edgelords and "gotcha"comments. It's not worth the energy to participate in it, or to resent it. This is how people are. We vent on the interwebnets.

Vegans bashing is only one of many, many toxic behaviours.

But as much as we may have toxicity or unpleasantness around the subject, that doesn't mean it should be avoided.

EDIT: Welp, didn't know this was old until someone tried advertising on here :\
lul ignore me!

[gempompadour]

Attacking vegans is absolutely ridiculous. Not eating meat is one of the most powerful ways to combat climate change. My sister is moving from vegetarianism to full veganism and when she says she doesn't eat any meat people act like she's the one attacking them!

I think this is partly because people know that eating meat is bad for the environment/ factory farming is brutal, but love meat too much to give it up. I only eat meat a couple of times a week and plan on cutting beef entirely. It's the least I can do for the future generations who are going to inherit this shithole of a planet after us.

[NickRowler]

I can’t eat meat due to health reasons. So it does annoy me that people get offended when someone doesn’t eat meat. I’m sorry if me not wanting to vomit on a daily basis offends you. My life was hellish before I went vegetarian.

[Random_Guy]

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[Memento_Mori]

I completely agree that people shouldn't attack each other because of their food choices, both vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores deserve to be treated equally. I know many people who get angry at vegans (not as much vegetarians) and people who get extremely angry at people who eat meat. Its our choice to eat meat or not, it's no one else's. One of my good friends is deathly allergic to gluten and has not eaten it for many years, but people constantly ask her if it is okay that she eats a little bit of gluten. We should be allowed to eat what we want without scorn from other people.

[DiegoPalacios]

We should be allowed to eat what we want without scorn from other people.

As long as we are not talking about canibalism i agree with you

[domisotto]

I had that lady at work, that constantly asked me if I was vegan/vegetarian. I was primal at the time, ultra low carbs. She remembered that I am on an exclusion diet, just could never pinpoint the right one. Lol.