Dealing with omni hostile friends.

[iwillcomeagain]

Do any of you have friends that ever try to argue with you about veganism? You know the type, gets drunk and then wants to debate everything, wants to belittle your decision for being vegan, says humans evolved to eat meat. I know, I know. The argument is getting old. This isn't really a post to complain about this or ask for help refuting his very

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[soiamme]

it depends on the level of friendship really, but if I realise people are just trying to annoy me (this particularly applies to one of my friends) I first simply ignore them, then I give them dirty looks, then I give them ONE information (like he implied the lack of iron and I simply said 'check out how much iron brokkoli has and then we'll talk again'.. he hasn't bothered me about health issues since then), then I tell them if they're really curious about my reasoning I could give them links and a few books they can read.

thankfully my friends are really more curious than anything. my family is a much bigger problem -.-

[darkenedminds]

I end the conversation. My food choices are personal. I'm always up for debate and conversation and explanations, but I am never up for mindless bashing.

[liadlaith]

I'm with socraticomatic, I would end that friendship as soon as they start in on the arguments. You have better things to do with your time (like eat a delicious vegan dinner!) than put up with that crap.

[iwillcomeagain]

Luckily before I went to my friends house, I ate at a great vegan restaurant meeting other vegans for the first time. The night wasn't a total waste.

[bizwac]

When a friend actually argues with me (rather than 'pokes fun'), then I have learnt to just end it. I had a friend who would constantly get into arguments with me about veg*nism, and I eventually thought "this isn't worth it" so ended the friendship. They know how important veg*nism is to me, and how big a part of my life it is, so if they can't respect that, then they don't respect me.
Just like I didn't put up with someone saying my sexuality was 'stupid' (yeah... seriously. No longer friends with that arsehole), I will not put up with people disrespecting me and my choice to be vegan.

[miss_roark]

If this person consistently attacks you after drinking then there probably is something else there besides the fact that you're vegan. The most common emotion behind anger is fear. Then sadness. Maybe they are afraid that they don't have the willpower you do, or because they don't understand it makes them upset. There isn't much you can do about it because 1) talking to drunk people is often useless and 2) they are going to keep coming after you until they reconcile your veganism in their own head. Seems ridiculous, but people sometimes are.