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In reply to the discussion: Do People Hate Vegans? [View all]Oktober
(1,488 posts)230. I feel your pain... I only eat animals that were left paw dominant...
Most restaurants don't understand and time and again I have to give my speech to the wait staff, cook staff and my fellow patrons about the benefits of a left paw dominant diet.
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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