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I totally hear you on that, though I'd add that the overly zealous are invariably new to it. In-group policing among vegans tends to moderate that vitriol withi

I totally hear you on that, though I'd add that the overly zealous are invariably new to it. In-group policing among vegans tends to moderate that vitriol within a few months. I wonder (now that I'm thinking back on instances of "the new and the loud" I've known in my decades) whether some adopt veganism /specifically/ to have an issue to be loud about. When that behaviour is rejected from both the in and out groups, they move on to some other issue. Certainly lines up with some I've seen... I dunno, just spit-balling here.

Mz 10y ago
Maybe not specifically to be loud about, but I do think it appeals to some people specifically to be able to claim or feel a sense of moral superiority. I was molested as a child and spent some years wanting to be vegetarian in part due to wanting to find some means to feel "pure." I am hardly unique in having grown up with a lot of emotional baggage. Most people are raised with either a shame or a guilt model. I think trying to find some resolution for having had that hung on them is a big motivator for a great many life choices in the world.