I had some thoughts about being vegan. Why does everyone have to be so uptight about it? I’ve had multiple people give me the straw man “it destroyed my health” line. Or people get nervous around the subject. or they think it is their job to educate me?
I get eating meat, used to be the scumbag. I see how there is some complexity to the matter. Like “deer populations can’t get too out of control” is a valid statement. But why does that make me a weirdo or some self righteous POS just because I don’t want my meals to come from animals?
It doesnt, its pretty normal to be vegan. Do what you know feels right.
I think some of it is people Know it is the right thing to do, and veganism aligns better with their moral stance, but they are not ready to try it. Or they perform mental gymnastics as to why its okay and you are wrong. When people give you a hard time about veganism, its really them having an internal battle with themselves, and you just happen to be the one triggering it and thus its your fault.
The “self righteous vegan” stereotype is, in some cases, real. It only takes one encounter to start generalizing - and sometimes not even that. People really don’t like feeling morally inferior.
I had some thoughts about being vegan. Why does everyone have to be so uptight about it? I’ve had multiple people give me the straw man “it destroyed my health” line. Or people get nervous around the subject. or they think it is their job to educate me?
I get eating meat, used to be the scumbag. I see how there is some complexity to the matter. Like “deer populations can’t get too out of control” is a valid statement. But why does that make me a weirdo or some self righteous POS just because I don’t want my meals to come from animals?
It doesnt, its pretty normal to be vegan. Do what you know feels right.
I think some of it is people Know it is the right thing to do, and veganism aligns better with their moral stance, but they are not ready to try it. Or they perform mental gymnastics as to why its okay and you are wrong. When people give you a hard time about veganism, its really them having an internal battle with themselves, and you just happen to be the one triggering it and thus its your fault.
The “self righteous vegan” stereotype is, in some cases, real. It only takes one encounter to start generalizing - and sometimes not even that. People really don’t like feeling morally inferior.