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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious why so many people are opposed to veganism and not vegetarianism.  Do you find that vegans tend to be more self-righteous about their views?[/quote]

I do find that many Vegans tend to be more self righteous and vocal about all of their opinions.

"Of COURSE we didn't vaccinate or circumcise Micah and we don't do screen time and he only plays with wood toys..."

I find that Veganism is a very socially isolating choice and for a certain type of person a petulant brand of attention seeking.  Think of a 16 year old girl saying, "I will ONLY wear pleather because cows DIED to make those shoes" or "I don't eat anything with a FACE!" (and posting this on instagram with an accompanying lamb picture).

I also have known many eating disordered women that hide out in Veganism and then obsessively quiz the waiter at the restaurant "Are you sure there is absoloutely no butter in the sautéed kale platter?

I just find it kind exhausting to spend time with someone who must devote so much energy to controlling their intake.  Meanwhile, they go home and eat an entire tub of soy ice cream later.[/quote]

Because most of the ones I know have multiple children and drive SUVs on long commutes, and yet feel quite free to lecture me about my love of butter.  And because I just don't see anything really wrong (on the scale of having children, driving SUVs, taking vacations that require an airplane ride, living in the suburbs instead of in an urban area, etc etc) with keeping a few chickens and eating their unfertilized eggs.  Or drinking the milk of a cow that is living on a nice farm eating grass.  There are so many sins.  Eating butter from happy cows and eating eggs from happy chickens just does not make the list.  I can understanding being against cutting the throats of cows and watching their blood drain from them (although I myself eat beef), but being against milking a cow seems like something that a person should keep to themselves unless they have given up the bigger sins listed above as well (I can take a lecture from a Saint.)

To sum it up, I guess it is because they seem penny-wise, pound-foolish, hypocritical kill-joys to me.  [/quote]

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