I have a health condition which causes pain and fatigue. Through years of stress and depression and medication changes, disability etc I found that a diet completely free from meat and dairy really helps and gives me energy etc
I try really hard to follow this diet and for a while was completely vegan but I’ve found it hard to maintain and I have occasional slips so have stopped calling myself vegan as it feels dishonest although I still eat primarily plant based and follow lots of vegan groups and buy vegan products.
As an aside, I also try and do volunteering when I can, low level community and eco stuff and some politics...I don’t constantly talk about any of this.
I have a group of friends who are constantly taking the piss out of my being a fake vegan, bloody do-Gooder and most recently a self righteous cunt.
This really hurts my feelings and I find it hard to defend myself as it’s all said with ‘love’ and ‘fondness’ and we’re only joking...
It’s also tricky as I’d only recently become friends again with one of the group as I’d got so sick of her putting me down.
I recently told one I found it a bit much when she sent me pics (unsolicited) of strangers’ cocks (men she is dating/chatting to) and I know I have a reputation for being defensive/ standing up for myself so I am treated like a prickly and oversensitive twat.
I’ve now muted the group chat we’re in (as clearly has another friend) but I don’t know if I should say something or not. I feel they’re trampling on my boundaries, I’m nothing but kind to them and would never pick on their foibles etc especially not in a shared arena.
This morning there was yet another poke ‘at least he’s not a fake veggie like dragon’ and I just ignored it.
The cock pics felt quite offensive and this constant tirade about my eating habits is just boring but also upsetting as they know how much my health impacts on my life 
Would you say something or am I being prefabs a self righteous cunt?
Aibu to mute them not want to face this crap on a daily basis?