I love chicken, pork, and beef. I have tried the meat alternatives and I like most of what I have tried. I would be vegetarian if it honestly wasn't so expensive sometimes. Not to say meat isn't also expensive.

I work with a guy who is a vegan and honestly. I don't get the hate towards the life style. Guy is as healthy as they get and morally more sound in the area of food than I am.

What am I missing on Vegan hate or even vegetarian hate. No one imposes on me. Honestly, I feel like they have something figured out I dont.

[–] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

There is a small vocal minority that essentially equates anyone who keeps eating meat regardless of circumstances, preference or nuance, [to killers, murderers, etc]. Honestly a large amount of people would take a vegan option if it tasted the same, had the same texture, was as cheap or cheaper than meat, was as accessible, and didn't require learning a new skill set. There's also the availability when eating out.

Antagonizing people like that is a good way to have them disagree out of spite, and the militant vegans always have a way of inserting themselves into every conversation. I had to block people on lemmy because I just didnt want to deal with that here.

Unfortunately a vegan who is a good person isn't alwayd out there proselytizing at every chance they get in a non intrusive manner, so people rarely if ever see vegans who are reasonable people relative to vegan extremists.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Keyword is small. It’s important not to extrapolate against a populace based on the actions of their extremist or reactionary members.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's difficult when the small minority is much louder than the majority.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But isn’t that what racist say to explain away their racism?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No?

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It’s true.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Honestly a large amount of people would take a vegan option if it tasted the same, had the same texture, was as cheap or cheaper than meat, was as accessible, and didn't require learning a new skill set.

And businesses would stop burning fossil fuels if renewables had the same portability, same output, were cheaper, available everywhere, and didn't require learning a new skill set. They can still be criticised for doing so, I'm not sure what your point here is?

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately a vegan who is a good person isn't alwayd out there proselytizing at every chance they get in a non intrusive manner,

That's the thing imo, if a vegan is alwayd out there proselytizing at every chance they get then they are by default not a good person even if they do it in a supposed non intrusive manner and are by default vegan extremists imo. Proselytizing is in and of itself intrusive by definition imo, like ads.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think that's what they said. Also is your ` key broken

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

clearly working

lmao

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Of course

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