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Vegans

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Theyreeatingthedogs · 11/07/2026 12:55

I find them a bit meh. I'm happy for them to do their own thing if they leave me alone. I think this is overstepping. Do vegans not have pets? After all, keeping pets is just forcing animals to live and be controlled by humans.

BBC News - Darlington birds of prey event cancelled after vegan groups' concern - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6214l61604o?app-referrer=deep-link

A bird handler is holding a hawk on his gloved hand. A blurred crowd is stood behind him. The hawk has food clasped in its beak.

Darlington birds of prey event cancelled after vegan groups' concern

Hopetown Darlington stops the event, which had been planned for 31 July.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6214l61604o?app-referrer=deep-link

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Greypanda86 · 12/07/2026 12:40

Kokonimater · 11/07/2026 13:09

I have family members who are plant based. They don’t talk about it or act remotely superior. It’s a private thing that matters to them. They care deeply about how animals are farmed. And live their life with as much integrity to their beliefs as possible. They did have a rescue cat that was found frozen in snow as a kitten and had life long breathing problems. They went without themselves to pay for vet bills. The cat lived for 15 years on special diet and an inhaler. Don’t judge. Many vegans are quiet and private about it.
they are good people. I wish I could be so disciplined.

Funny that that they don’t talk about it and are private yet you have an in depth knowledge of their reasons behind it and how they live their daily life….how do you know all this

CuteOrangeElephant · 12/07/2026 11:22

I absolutely love vegans. My toddler DD has a severe dairy and egg allergy and because of the rise of veganism there are more vegan options on restaurant menus than ever.

Lots of vegan recipes online as well so we have been eating vegan food a lot recently.

Werhere · 12/07/2026 11:14

HidingFromSunshine · 12/07/2026 11:10

There’s extremist twats in all walks of life.

edited because I realised this might be taken wrongly!
I don’t mean all vegans are extremist twats!! Ones who hand out inappropriate leaflets to children obviously are, or go on and on and try and convert you are.

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Many it would seems gravitate towards mumsnet

HidingFromSunshine · 12/07/2026 11:10

There’s extremist twats in all walks of life.

edited because I realised this might be taken wrongly!
I don’t mean all vegans are extremist twats!! Ones who hand out inappropriate leaflets to children obviously are, or go on and on and try and convert you are.

Werhere · 12/07/2026 11:08

Gloriia · 12/07/2026 10:19

'Not a chance!'

You don't care about the horrific suffering of animals in slaughterhouses? And to sound so proud of yourself too Confused

I buy organic farm. Reared blah blah chicken

beyond that, I don’t give it any thought. I just tuck in to my chicken and avo salad.

Werhere · 12/07/2026 11:07

Wynter25 · 12/07/2026 10:44

I wasnt being abusive at all. Im not that person.

Im going to stop biting to keyboard warriors now because thats what you are.

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You were banned

two posters on this very thread have said they recall your poison before getting banned

Werhere · 12/07/2026 11:07

Gloriia · 12/07/2026 10:19

'Not a chance!'

You don't care about the horrific suffering of animals in slaughterhouses? And to sound so proud of yourself too Confused

Not so confidence of your stance that you’re not willing to tell us if you raised your kids as vegetarian, pouring this judgement into their ears.

and more interestingly… do they remain vegetarian

Wynter25 · 12/07/2026 10:44

Werhere · 11/07/2026 19:20

Ok so the picture is emerging

You were abusive

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I wasnt being abusive at all. Im not that person.

Im going to stop biting to keyboard warriors now because thats what you are.

Gloriia · 12/07/2026 10:19

'Not a chance!'

You don't care about the horrific suffering of animals in slaughterhouses? And to sound so proud of yourself too Confused

Werhere · 12/07/2026 09:42

I don’t eat burgers and pork pie… but a delicious chicken and avocado salad? You’ve just inspired my lunch @Gloriia

Werhere · 12/07/2026 09:37

Gloriia · 12/07/2026 09:24

'would you judge someone eating a chicken salad in the same way as someone scoffing a pork pie?'

Well not the salad bit no, the chicken bit yes. Animals should not suffer horrific deaths in slaughterhouses so you can have your burger and/or chicken. So many healthy alternatives to meat anyway. Do better!

Not a chance!

again - did you raise your children as vegetarians? And, as adults, do they remain as such

Gloriia · 12/07/2026 09:24

'would you judge someone eating a chicken salad in the same way as someone scoffing a pork pie?'

Well not the salad bit no, the chicken bit yes. Animals should not suffer horrific deaths in slaughterhouses so you can have your burger and/or chicken. So many healthy alternatives to meat anyway. Do better!

Werhere · 12/07/2026 08:51

WhenYouAreReady · 11/07/2026 21:06

Being as you have said you didn’t do anything wrong yet you were banned, you’re the one full of BS.

Your posts make it very obvious each time you come back with another account or username. You are a pbp with yet another account. One of the threads was very dramatic with loads of your posts deleted because they were horrible, before they finally banned you. People don’t forget stuff like that.

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Oh I see. Thought so

Werhere · 12/07/2026 08:50

Wynter25 · 12/07/2026 08:28

Yep some were.

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So they were also abusive

Sounds like a cat fight and you all behaved poorly hence banned

Wynter25 · 12/07/2026 08:28

Werhere · 11/07/2026 22:02

You were banned

Were they?

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Yep some were.

SummitWrong · 12/07/2026 07:16

We know why some non-vegans get their knickers in such a twist about vegan choices though, don't we?

Its cognitive dissonance.

Not that they'd ever admit it.

And just like the preachy vegans, the goady, questioning non-vegans are a loud voice of a very small minority, but that doesn't fit their rhetoric.

Just have a vegan nugget and calm down 😊

Werhere · 12/07/2026 06:19

This is all quite strange to me… I eat meat, my best friend of 30 years has been a vegetarian for two decades, my other close friend is vegan, most of my other friends eat meat. My family is mainly meat eater with a few vegetarians….

and we never talk about it, aside from factoring in restaurants with good vegetarian options when we eat out.

WonderingWanda · 12/07/2026 06:17

I know quite a few vegans and I have to say the majority just get on with it and don't make any fuss. I know one who is of the virtue signalling sort who had become quite insufferable and I now keep my distance but I suspect they are just an annoying person. I also know a few men who are really quite dull when they start droning on about how they cook their meat on their Kamado Joe BBQ and how no other BBQ will do. Some people are just twats.

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 12/07/2026 06:13

AlgaeDreams · 11/07/2026 13:05

I couldn't care less, I'm yet to meet a vegan who announces it.

Surely the protest was about animal/bird welfare and they happen to be vegan.

I was vegetarian early 90s for over 15 years. My food was naturally vegan because there was no Quorn or meat substitutes.

I don't recall annoying anbody, but I think if I came across you, that you'd annoy me regardless of views.

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I am surprised you say being vegetarian made you naturally vegan as lots of vegetarian food contains eggs, cheese and other dairy products.

Werhere · 12/07/2026 06:10

tygertygers · 11/07/2026 22:05

Do you know who is more insufferable than vegans? People who go on about vegans. And I say this as a carnivore. Get over it.

You only eat meat @tygertygers ?

JustForAMomentLetsBeStill · 11/07/2026 22:23

met not meat….ironic typo. 😂

JustForAMomentLetsBeStill · 11/07/2026 22:16

I have been vegan for a long time and I’ve never meat a preachy vegan. I have come across lots of shitty meat eaters who make animal noises at meals, question me when I order a vegan meal, make a point of telling me how tender the lamb they’re eating is, tell me I’ll be ill and unhealthy, ask me if I think I’m better than them, try their ‘gotchas’ of what about the bees, avocado, almonds and water usage etc. I’m not interested in discussing veganism with people like that, I haven’t pushed anything on them, but they feel they can say what they like. When I have answered back, I’m preachy.

There are lots of threads on mumsnet where meat eaters have been the ones being preachy and behaving like arseholes.

tygertygers · 11/07/2026 22:05

Do you know who is more insufferable than vegans? People who go on about vegans. And I say this as a carnivore. Get over it.

Werhere · 11/07/2026 22:02

Wynter25 · 11/07/2026 21:55

I wasnt horrible at all. People were dicks to me.

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You were banned

Were they?

JustForAMomentLetsBeStill · 11/07/2026 22:01

Wynter25 · 11/07/2026 21:55

I wasnt horrible at all. People were dicks to me.

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Another vegan who remembers you. Your attitude towards vegans and some other women about their babies was appalling. A lot of your goady posts are still there to read for anyone that knows your past usernames, although a lot was deleted.

I’d give it up now because if you are reported, you’ll be banned again. You’ve admitted you’ve been banned before and they get rid of reported pbp. Your choice I suppose.