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.
Oh my God, I wasn’t expecting a reminder of that guy today.
The cringy ass flashbacks to his anti-veganism are rolling in!
The only reason I even remember that guy is because carnists still think that quote is hilarious. It’s basically The One Joke of anti-veganism. That and “People Eating Tasty Animals 😂” I guess.
Don’t forget, “If vegans love animals so much, then why do they eat their food?” or some variation of that shit.
Totally unrelated to veganism, but this brought back a suppressed memory of a guy telling me he had Maddox’s book. “It has a Chuck Norris joke at the beginning!” This was around 2012 or so