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In reply to the discussion: Do People Hate Vegans? [View all]KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)101. I personally am not an ethical vegan… I just don't buy or cook meat for myself.
And as I posted elsewhere in this thread
I eat meat if it's served to me at a friend's house.
That said, the overwhelming majority of meat-eaters cannot stand to have their habits brought into the light and feel threatened when it is.
My responses in this thread are largely playing devil's advocate with the intent of pointing out how many liberals will support activists who go to extremes for other environmental issues but can't deal with bringing up the negative impacts of the meat industries.
Even if we limited the discussion to buying local, organic and humanely raised meat- many DU'ers would call that being elitist and say there's no difference between industrial meat and local/organic meat.
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huh. i havent seen it. the few i know, people seem to work hard toward their sensitivity.
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#4
i got an easy, yummy, low cost recipe this summer. i kinda appreciate them. lol
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#62
Life eats life, meat or veg, it's not a defense mechanism, but if it helps you sleep...
elias7
Oct 2014
#174
One of the biggest anti-CAFO spokesperson is a meat eater. He agrees that our meat production
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#178
I knew someone that went vegetarian when his college made a field trip to a slaughterhouse. I forgot
freshwest
Oct 2014
#215
Listen - if God hadn't wanted us to eat animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat!
wyldwolf
Oct 2014
#12
My philosophy on Vegans is the same as my philosophy on Fundamentalist Christians
brooklynite
Oct 2014
#13
So you prefer to eat your meat ignoring the huge environmental costs its production
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#55
What part of that post even remotely invokes an attitude of "morally superior"?
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#94
Right, your unthinking habits must not be highlighted because your feel threatened.
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#91
So, if I advocate for renewable energy, I'm an environmentalist. If I advocate for
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#97
Ultimately, yes. And, as an environmentalist and a social and political activist,
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#125
I personally am not an ethical vegan… I just don't buy or cook meat for myself.
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#101
Just curious, when you eat meat at a friends house, do you spend dinnertime telling them about the
hughee99
Oct 2014
#110
Either don't invite vegans to dinner or ask them to bring something for themselves--problem solved.
justiceischeap
Oct 2014
#28
Exactly, these days vegan baking has improved dramatically. And without eggs, dairy and as much oil
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#44
I am preferably vegan and bake the most amazing breads, cakes, brownies. It isn't difficult
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#42
Dear "frazzled" .... you have captured the intresting dynamic of having dinner guest who proclaim to
Ninga
Oct 2014
#45
Agree with you. When my vegan sister in law visits for a week, its really hard
riderinthestorm
Oct 2014
#72
She is right that our food choices can have a huge negative impact on the environment.
kestrel91316
Oct 2014
#88
Don't forget the environmental impact of her airplane trips (which we are taking up part of
kelly1mm
Oct 2014
#190
You know, it's funny but I'm sure you could find videos from any segment of the population
justiceischeap
Oct 2014
#35
Why would there be "activists" for meat-eating when it is ubiquitous? Even though the vast majority
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#46
No, I'm pointing out to the inability of meat-eaters to really examine their habits and the impact
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#106
There’s been plenty of pushback against shark fin soup. I imagine if dog was more popular in the US
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#126
Antagonism to fur is far more wide spread than just PETA. It used to not be uncommon to have people
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#133
My "cause" is primarily environmental. Telling people not to care about what other people are eating
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#151
Truly and bribing states to criminalize animal rights activists from secretly recording their
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#172
Yeah, admiration is EXACTLY what I was feeling the other night at a company dinner
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Oct 2014
#201
Funny how every group is "one of the last remaining minorities that can be made fun of"
Orrex
Oct 2014
#19
Conversion is not the only issue. And it's about all kinds of special dietary requirements, not only
merrily
Oct 2014
#40
No, he expected several people to run their lives to suit his special requirement, with no
merrily
Oct 2014
#69
I suspect he just liked certain places more than the ones others in the group were suggesting.
merrily
Oct 2014
#115
"If you are vegan, you probably avoid mentioning your dietary habits at all costs. "
Oktober
Oct 2014
#233
nobody really cares about vegans, I guess this person is trying to make up a "they hate us" meme
snooper2
Oct 2014
#24
I view militant vegans in the same way that I view religious fanatics and those who have given up
Sheldon Cooper
Oct 2014
#30
How do you view militant or ignorant meat eaters? The ones who don't give a crap what the pig shit
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#33
Right, it's better to just ignore the damage and costs meat production has on our environment-
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#52
Oh yeah! Saying you are vegan is taken as an affront or insult to those who eat meat.
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#32
I posted my new recipe for a savory Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Bacon recently
KurtNYC
Oct 2014
#39
Food is the end result of industrial practices. So no, it isn't just love. Although intention
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#47
I have to ask, What makes you think you know so much about what other people do ?
KurtNYC
Oct 2014
#75
OMG, I love your life! I haven't had chickens for years. Kept them mostly to keep down insects. They
freshwest
Oct 2014
#219
How do you heat their roost in the winter? I used hay. The cold weather greenhouse/coop
freshwest
Oct 2014
#240
this will be the first winter on this farm so I'm not exactly sure what the plan is
KurtNYC
Oct 2014
#241
MUCH food is "the end result of industrial practices". Not ALL food. And for the most part, vegans
kestrel91316
Oct 2014
#109
I'm a vegetarian. We also get our share of "What is the word for bad hunter in Apache?"
Zorra
Oct 2014
#51
It's not what they eat, it's the self-righteousness that so often accompanies it.
Paladin
Oct 2014
#77
I haven't had a working TV in years and most people I know personally are unaware of that fact.
kestrel91316
Oct 2014
#113
I have been a vegetarian since 1996. I have found that people go out of there way to accommodate me
DeadEyeDyck
Oct 2014
#78
I eat mostly vegan meals, but I am not an "ethical vegan", so I don't preach it like religion and
kestrel91316
Oct 2014
#80
This is my point in posting throughout this thread. Meat eaters do not want to examine their habits
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#112
no, but i have yet to know one who doesn't have an eating disorder
La Lioness Priyanka
Oct 2014
#120
Saying you aren't preachy, then lecturing on how bad things are? Yes, you are preachy in that case
uppityperson
Oct 2014
#129
By that measure, so is just about every editorial against violence and war.
LanternWaste
Oct 2014
#145
My complaint is not pointing out facts, but saying "i am not preachy" and preaching.
uppityperson
Oct 2014
#146
Everyone's against people preaching morality...until they run into things that morally offend them
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#156
The very existence of vegans tends to remind carnivores of the grotesque cruelty
Karmadillo
Oct 2014
#159
Thanks for posting this but as I suspected, it turned into yet another opportunity to bash vegans.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#160
My sister-in-law (knowing I was a vegetarian) once offered me a bowl of vegetarian chili.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#196
They don't. Having to answer the occasional stupid question is hardly oppression.
LeftyMom
Oct 2014
#203
I have to go to the SDA store for supplies. But I keep remembering on Saturdays.
LeftyMom
Oct 2014
#206
I reduced my blood pressure by 20 points this year by giving up most meat and butter
Starry Messenger
Oct 2014
#210