As someone who's been vegan for eight years, I can empathize. There are definitely a lot of people very threatened by it. That said, I think the "socially-cons

As someone who's been vegan for eight years, I can empathize. There are definitely a lot of people very threatened by it. That said, I think the "socially-conscious hipster" is less likely to be vegetarian or vegan and more likely to buy "free range" eggs and eat "happy meat". The thing that makes them hipsters is their lack of commitment and their willingness to abandon the position once something more hip comes along.