Just a head’s up, when meat eaters say things like “I’m glad you’re not like most vegans you’re cool about it” what they really mean is “I’m glad you’re silent about animal cruelty so I can eat animals without having to think about it.”
No actually what they likely mean is “I’m glad you’re not like PETA and compare women’s bodies to beef and pork” or “I’m glad you’re not the type of asshole who blames poor people for not being able to afford healthy vegan foods instead of getting upset at the grocery chains who throw out tons and tons of perfectly good produce”
see also: “im glad youre not one of those vegans who compares the meat industry to the holocaust”. anti-semetic, sexist, racist, and classist rhetoric is unfortunately quite common among vegans and it’s disingenuous as hell to act like having an issue with that is silencing vegans.
Also “I’m glad you aren’t one of those vegans who thinks I should put my health on the line”
“I’m glad you don’t harass me over my life choices because you’re a decent fucking human being who realizes that throwing humans under the bus so you can have an ego trip is a shitty thing to do”
Also: I’m glad you’re not one of those vegans who lies about what’s in food they’re feeding me when I ask about my allergens so that I don’t have to risk literally dying
“i’m glad you’re not literally blaming global climate change on me, personally, for liking cheese while corporations dump pollution directly into the ozone by the ton because it saves them a few dollars”
“i’m glad you’re not getting on a moral high horse about animal cruelty while ignoring the human rights abuses that go into farming your vegan faves like quinoa”
THAT LAST ONE
“I am glad you’re not one of those vegans who hates fat people or even the idea of being fat so much that they conflate eating a plant-based diet with weight loss and weight loss with health or social value.”
A lot of the rhetoric that those kinds of vegans use is incredibly fatphobic. I have seen it many times, and I have personally had people tell me that it is obvious I eat meat because I am fat.
“I’m glad you’re not one of those vegans who uses abusive rhetoric to try to shame me into following your diet.”
“I’m glad you’re not one of those vegans who acts like the moral food police and criticizes everything I choose to eat.”
“I’m glad you’re not one of those vegans who attempts to belittle me for following the diet that is best for MY health and well-being.”
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