Vegan-centric troublemaker

[infloresence]

Have any of you ever been told you're sanctimonious or nasty because of your vegan views?

I made a jovial comment in my blog about wanting to smack a waiter in a Hare Krishna restaurant because he told me milk was a gift to humans from cows and it was "natural" for us to consume it. While I was ordering my meal and specifically asking if anything

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[recordplayeron]

It's happened many times. People tell me not to bug them with my vegan views (which I never do unless asked specifically to) and then I've had people from friends to the pharmacist at the local drug store literally argue with me that i'm being extreme and that i over-react when i get angry that they argue with me over my beliefs unprompted.
And yeah, I might crack a joke every once in a while, but it's always obvious and with people who get i'm joking.

[kejlina]

A couple of years ago, I read an article in the news about a school or workplace or something that had banned shellfish because someone there had such a bad allergy to it. I forget the exact story, but the gist was that somebody had ignored the ban, brought shellfish in their lunch, and the allergic person got very sick or died as a result.

I made a comment to the effect of "leave it to an omnivore not to care if their meal kills someone."

I had a few people jump down my throat for that.

seriously though, why am I not surprised when an omnivore has no problems with their meal killing animals or a person? after all, it's apparently their right to eat it, all other's lives be damned...

[jaymzeecat]

Yeah, when I went vegan, I thought people would think it was a good thing, seeing how I was sparing animals pain and suffering, but (my family mostly) acted like I had taken up a herion addiction. I was really surprised at most of my friends reactions too.. like "Why are you doing that?" "You're being extreme." and the like. My hasband and one of my friends were the only people who are supportive about it.

[neva_butterfly]

All the time. I get slammed for saying the smallest things sometimes. I posted about a really frustrating conversation I had with my friend. I showed her some stuff about veganism and she said "I just don't buy it, it's propaganda, I'd be much more inclined to read it if it said it's ok to eat a moderate amount of meat with every meal." And my response was "Um, you'd listen to what it said if it told you to keep doing the exact same thing you're doing right now?" I mean, I love my friend, and she is a smart person in other ways, but... So I got slammed for calling meat eaters stupid. Like I said that

[kristenny]

I think people are severely threatened by the fact that other people have the moral capacity and willpower to do something that, deep down, everyone knows is right (a.k.a. not senselessly killing other beings), and it shatters the beleif that "omg, that's too hard! No one can ACTUALLY live like that!" when confronted with people who are comfortable in their veg*nism. The best way to make an enemy is to point out his or her shortcomings by living a good life.

*shrug* Then again, I'm really ready to give up on humanity and buy a private island to get away from other humans, so maybe now's not the best time to ask. ;)

[sophia_corvino]

"*shrug* Then again, I'm really ready to give up on humanity and buy a private island to get away from other humans, so maybe now's not the best time to ask. ;)"

OMG, I HEAR you. Being vegan is like waking up from The Matrix and not being able to go back. And then you look at all of these ignorant people that continue to go on living lies like this (not to mention the workers and factory owners that continue to murder these animals in such pain) and its hard not to just give up on everybody entirely.

[kristenny]

I think that's the perfect analogy - damn. :( It makes it all the more confusing how people can go back to being omnivores after going vegan for moral reasons; how do you just "forget" like that? How do you reason your way out of it all