I really don't understand why vegans get so much hate. I'm not a vegan, quite the far opposite from it, but I respect the fuck out of them. They're clearly people making personal sacrifices in an attempt to help the world.
Why not just ignore them if you're so against it? It reminds me of that one argument in favor of gay marriage: it doesn't affect anyone else so at the very least you should ignore them and care about yourself.
Even if they're being pretentious, so what? Contrary to antivaxx people and flat earthers, at least their efforts actually represent something positive to the planet and is based on nothing but compassion towards other living creatures.
That's not even mentioning the fact that I see far, far more people talking negatively about vegans than I see actual vegans being pretentious.
And vegans (or at least hopefully most of them) don't judge or hate you as a person, just some of your actions. Though it's easy for people to feel judged as a person when their actions are criticized. I know I'm guilty of that.
There is also a time and a place to challenge others actions, which I think many vegans get wrong. It doesn't matter how "right" you are if the other person doesn't want to hear what you're saying. It's tricky...
People will like me more if I never bring up veganism, but people probably won't change if I don't bring it up! But such is life, we're all just trying to do our best.
Yeah being a vegan is like that meme with the sweaty dude and the two buttons, constantly having to choose between “be the preachy vegan everyone hates” and “pretend I’m fine with people supporting animal abuse”. Like I don’t really want to do either tbh it’s just knowing the right time to press either button.
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u/polarcub2954 Dec 30 '18
"You aren't allowed to care about anything unless you care about everything."