>This, like most stereotypes, is built around a core of experience, and then expounded. No, like other stereotypes, it is wrong, and mostly perpetuated by the

>This, like most stereotypes, is built around a core of experience, and then expounded. No, like other stereotypes, it is wrong, and mostly perpetuated by the same myth-engines that power urban legends. >With a lot of vegans, its often not that they're wrong about what they say, its how they convey it. This came up today in another HN discussion on smoking as well. Its ok for them to not like things, just don't be a jerk about it. I've had people go off on me just for saying that I was vegan. It has nothing to do with what, how, when, or why you say it; it has to do with what people hear.