For example:
Carnist: “Hey, you want a slice of this pepperoni, triple cheese pizza?”
Vegan: “Sorry, no thank you, I’m vegan.”
Carnist: “Oh, wow! Nice! I respect that! Yeah, I would go vegan, but I just would struggle with protein, B12, and iron if I did! Like, I tried being vegan for a week and got so sick! I still eat plant-based alternatives every now and then, though! And I totally get where you’re coming from with your ethics! Yeah, the way they treat animals on those factory farms is crazy, bro! I hope those cruel practices can be abolished one day. Complete solidarity with you and the animals, dude! ✊ In the meantime, I absolutely try my best to get my meat, dairy, and eggs from local, free-range, humane, and organic farms!”
Vegan: “Okay?”
Like, seriously, just saying “Oh, okay.” and moving on with your life would be preferable over this shit.
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Sorry, we’ll try to do better about not offending meat eaters in our vegan comm. I hope you have a good day.
The first 2 people I told I was vegan after I switched over both got super defensive about eating meat and would only back down after I told them it was for health reasons due to me having gout.
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I shouldn’t have to defend myself against my own family though.
Smug dismissive carnists? In my vegan comm?
Literally yesterday a guy told me to not eat the food of his food. Twice, because i forgot to laugh. I didn’t even told him i’m vegan or anything, i just ordered a vegan kebab. I get what you mean, but it’s just absolutely not true that only one out of 1000 is weird about it. Same with alcohol. I can’t tell people that i don’t drink without a: just one glass. It’s really good. You can’t taste the alcohol. You can still drive after one glass.
Feel free to try it.