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> Vegans own smug and 'ethical checkmate' inanity ...the loud, obnoxious ones you know about, perhaps. Most vegans and vegetarians in my experience (hopefully
by ergothus 7y ago
> Vegans own smug and 'ethical checkmate' inanity
...the loud, obnoxious ones you know about, perhaps. Most vegans and vegetarians in my experience (hopefully including myself) don't try to preach, lecture, or abuse...but you likely don't even know their eating habits as a result.
Likewise - are you even hearing from actual vegans/vegetarians? Or are you hearing repeated stories that curdle outrage?
When I was in high school I wrote an essay about how ridiculous it was that I could be insulted for daring to hold a door for a woman when I hold doors for everyone! It was a couple of years before I realized I never HAD been insulted, I had simply been told I could be. This has happened with any number of items in my life: the outrage far exceeds the actual experiences.
I won't deny there are _some_ smug and self-righteous vegans out there - there are annoying people everywhere. But have you actually encountered the "community" (to use the word from above poster)?
- sonnyblarney 7y agoI don't dislike vegans, nor dispute motivations, and I'm fully aware that 90% of them are as normal as can be. I'm de-facto a vegan every second day, without thinking about it. I do dispute however the OP's point 'non-vegans' splitting hairs on vegans 'a thing' or 'the thing'. The 'finger wagging and moral high ground posturing' is almost entirely a function of the vegan side of the equation. For example: GMO's, as someone noted below, it's 'not a vegan issue' - of course not strictly, but it's the same crowd of 'food concerned people'. 'Organic, GMO, Vegan' overlap quite a bit - this is where the discussion and marketing (as a result of demand no doubt) is happening.