Have you ever tried to not eat in front of people ever? Turns out it’s pretty hard to do. Sometimes, if you’re nice to people, you get invited to go out to eat to a place. Often those places have no vegan options, and you have to explain why you can’t eat there so people don’t just think you’re blowing them off constantly. We don’t just go around telling everyone we’re vegan like all the hate memes like to say.
Most vegans I’ve met, myself included, don’t pick fights with people about veganism. We just live by example. It’d be cool if more people went vegan, but arguing with people about doing it doesn’t help. Doing that is like trying to push religion on people or make people experience empathy. It isn’t easy to go vegan (getting easier at least). Food is tied to a lot of people’s culture who have a hard time relearning how to cook/eat and make generational recipes or comfort foods they’ve always eaten.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ooh I know that one! They are in a social situation that involves food and the vegan politely declines an animal product. Then they make an anti vegan joke and the vegan politely disagrees. Have been there many times.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Really? Because I have seen quite a few times vegan claiming that eating meat is a “murder” when people were trying to enjoy their steaks.
Here on Lemmy one idiot even claimed that cutting sheep wool or something similar is a sexual assault
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
I’ve seen quite a few times black people have abused welfare programs. Usually they’re posted under conservative accounts, and I get flamed in the comments for pointing out that these are videos posted by someone with an agenda who wants their audience to think certain things about certain groups of people without providing actual data on the subject
Do you think maybe some of the videos of vegans being douchebags that you’ve seen have been posted by someone with an agenda who wants their audience to think certain things about certain groups of people without providing actual data on the subject?
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 day ago
You know mate you get people with extreme opinions in all walks of life.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No doubt about it, but I am yet to see someone who eats meat calling for vegans to be forcibly fed meat - and I have seen vegans saying that eating meat should be forbidden.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
Have you seen how wool is actually collected? It’s quite violent.
Cypher@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yes, in a sheering shed and not on youtube.
It is not violent when done correctly, and the best shearers in the industry who can smoothly and quickly sheer a sheep without injury are highly sought after.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Are you one of the idiots claiming sheep are sexually attacked during wool cutting?
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 21 hours ago
Here’s a video on wool, but content warning, it is graphic despite blurring.
spoiler
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8jNev6KVFnM&pp=ygUNdmVnYW5p…
FelixCress@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Is wool cutting a sexual assault according to you?