I think one of the reasons people hate vegans so much is because so long as we aren’t around, they aren’t really making a decision. In a group of meat eaters, no one is having to decide about whether or not to partake in eating flesh, it is the rule and the norm of the group and involves no moral judgement. But as soon as a vegan arrives, suddenly there are those who eat animals and those who don’t. A distinction must be made and staying in that group becomes a moral decision; suddenly they go from just “eaters,” to “meat eaters” and it is no longer an unnamed norm.
This is why a vegan can be silent and still be accused of showing their beliefs down people’s throats. It’s why a vegan can be a “live and let live” apologist and still be resented. This is why they mock us, revile us and try to derail our posts. Consciously or not, we remind them that eating animals is a choice.
We give huge amounts of food to these farm animals, and there are more farm animals in the world than people in poverty. We can change things. We can change our eating habits and reallocate that food. We can save real people’s lives by stopping animal agriculture. I don’t see any decent reason to continue factory farming. People don’t have to be hurt, animals don’t have to be hurt, the world doesn’t have to be hurt.
Person: Don’t you believe that God put animals on Earth for man to eat?
Me, a vegan and atheist: …………no
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