Why do so many people criticise vegans?

Because they can’t just get on with it. My sil posts on Facebook every single day about being vegan, constant pictures of animals, photos from weekly vigils she goes to outside abattoirs. Give it a rest. I’ve never felt the need to mention what I eat, or don’t eat on Facebook ever.

if humans vanished from earth meat eaters would still rule the animal kingdom

This is why. This sort of insufferable sanctimonious nonsense gets up everybody's nose.

@MissysMeemaw

your post is exactly why vegans get a bad name. With your pious attitude and your existing making us meat eaters ‘feel guilty’

well shock horror I don’t feel guilty. I think of all the farmers, butchers, transport companies and the rest I am helping create an income to live on

I think this is well observed.

yet what about all the protests vegans do, the spraying paint the harassment of food restaurant's etc ? at least the meat eaters are innocent of any of those tactics

@Turophilic those are good points. My son-in-law isn't making me feel guilty (he's very nice, doesn't preach or talk about it unless asked). I do it to myself by not owning my choices.

"rabbit food" just another example of the inane abuse vegans have to put up with.

That somewhat proves my point.

Because the few vegans I know are intolerant of anyone else’s view and bang on about it

not interested. I am a meat eater

I have a biology A level. Basic biology 101. A bit baffled that you would even ask TBH.

Also, kill an animal - it's dead. Harvest a vegetable, the plant keeps growing back...

Not to mention the carbon footprint, water consumption, environmental impact etc etc. etc. It really is a no brainer...

(You did ask)

And - "but we all need to eat something - are are you suggesting we vegans should all just eat nothing?"

you didn't answer my question?

why would i feel guilty about eating meat when its natural as it happens in the animal kingdom ?
personally i feel disappointed about all the vandalism that is caused by some vegans wanting to impose their will and views on others

i eat meat because it tastes good and yes i like salads etc but i dont always want rabbit food.

When I first went veggie - I was 14 I think- in the 90's -very shy and introverted, still am. I remember being round at a friend's family Sunday lunch and her uncle who is quite a high profile journalist interrogating me about not eating meat I was absolutely mortified.
The same happens to me now to some extent ( 30 years later!) , like PP said it's usually slightly aggressive men. I absolutely do not want to talk about my diet choices let alone lecture others I hate the vegan stereotype

There's a big difference between eating a plant (and its related nervous system) and an animal (and its nervous system)

Why? And how do you know? And why is it better for planets to feel pain?

I think vegans simply by existing make people question the ethics of eating meat, and that makes some people very uncomfortable. Cognitive dissonance is a powerful force. Easier to criticise the vegans for being woke/boring/holier than thou than it is to consider whether they might have a point.

I don’t know any vegans, but if I did, I’d think ‘good for them’.

I think there’s an unfair perception about vegans beating a drum, not helped by all the different memes that say, ‘How do you know someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they'll tell you’.

They can be wherever they want, I just do not want to be preached on. Which I think is why people mostly dislike them. To be fair is uncomfortable to be a meat eater in from of a vegetarian or vegans. So I would also prefer that we have separate options for vegetarians and vegans at restaurants. However, now restaurants only offer vegan options so if I want something vegetarian I only get vegan options. Crap!

I've been a vegetarian since my teens (now in my fifties) and I found that soen years ago at work, I'd get a lot of hassle from meat eaters who would criticise my food choice - it usually only came up at work lunches though when vegetarians were woefully under catered for by whoever ordered the food not realising that some meat eaters might also enjoy sandwiches that don't contain meat.
More recently though, I've been criticised by a vegan colleague also, for not being vegan. I don't want to be vegan. I like dairy foods and I'm happy with my choice.
It is only that one colleague I felt annoyed with though. I've had another vegan colleague who is lovely and very respectful of everyone else's choices and so everyone also respects hers.

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This… this is why people hate vegans

I don’t need to make excuses for my choice to eat meat and diary, I just want to.
And no, I don’t feel guilty

Another good example of how aggressive some non-vegans are towards vegans, totally unnecessary.

I think people's choices re: choosing to be vegan or vegetarian are no one else's business.
I will say 90% of vegans that I've met have made it their entire personality. And it's utterly tedious.

They may feel pain (in a different way to an animal as the nervous system is completely different), but we all need to eat something - are are you suggesting we vegans should all just eat nothing?

There's a big difference between eating a plant (and its related nervous system) and an animal (and its nervous system).

It's not facts at all. That's my point. I think animals are there for us to eat. That's their purpose. If you don't want to eat them that's fine, but claiming people that do eat meat and somehow repress guilt for it is exactly the kind of attitude from some vegans that it being mentioned here.

This is nonsense. You do know marmite contains B12? And it's vegan. Also nutritional yeast.

Usually its not the vegan who mentions it, its the meat eater, much like drinkers and non drinkers