If you want to be vegan, more power to you. But please talk to your doctor first (and optionally do a bunch of reading about how the food is grown from non-vegan sources). The nutrition-feasibility, health benefits, and current, real-world environmental impact are frequently and loudly lied about by vegans.
This is more of a rant than a shitpost. There are some extremely vocal groups in regards to veganism and their followers can be equally annoying. I would hesitate to only limit scope to just Americans though.
Proselytism, bigotry or someone that is just domineering is just annoying across the board. A healthy argument or discussion is one thing, but being a jackass is something completely different.
Hegar@kbin.social 3 months ago
Christianity in the US actively contributes to almost every major problem facing our country whereas veganism improves the environment, reduces the suffering of some life and annoys some people. Sure, like any group of people vegans can be liable to groupthink and sometimes wrong about things. But you're ignoring a whole bunch of reality if you think both vegans and evangelicals are equally harmful.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Doing the same patronizing bullshit doesn’t become ok because you think you have better reasons.
Hegar@kbin.social 3 months ago
My point is that being annoying isn't the same as being annoying and actively harmful.
If your main complaint about vegans is that they're patronizing, that still doesn't put them in the same category as say, the catholic church or the evangelical movement which have protected rapists, encouraged violence and spread hate.