I think if the 'campaigning vegan' spent more time trying to espouse the virtues of reducing meat intake than the, frankly, bullying approach I often see, I sus

I think if the 'campaigning vegan' spent more time trying to espouse the virtues of reducing meat intake than the, frankly, bullying approach I often see, I suspect they'd have a larger impact on the issues they feel are important. A statement like: "Have you thought of eating meat one day less per week?" Followed by: "benefits the climate because..." or: "Have you thought of buying your meat from <insert local farm with good animal welfare>" followed by: "benefits the animal because..." Is a lot more likely to have a positive impact over: "you're the same as a murderer" Perhaps, just perhaps, the meatatarian would realise that the non-meaty food they have one day per week is pretty good, and worth expanding to more days. Even these small changes could have a positive impact on animal welfare and climate if enough of us did it.