I've only recently looked into the issue and it's been honestly...freightening to some degree. Firstly, because the ethical and environmental sides of veganism seem frankly impossible to argue against. I don't think I've seen a single debate where the person to argue in favour of animal product consumption didn't resort to fallacies, rationalizing, ignorance and whatnot, whereas abstaining of meat and dairy product seems trivially easy to justify.
Secondly, and the actual frightening part, veganism might be one of the most beneficial things to humanity that has a terrible reputation. If reddit is anything to go by, people'd rather not be reminded they're hypocrites. Can't handle the dissonance I guess. Seeing a thread about animal abuse on the front page, and yet having to sort by controversial for the "go vegan" posts is pretty fucking bizarre. If you guys care about animal's well-being, why the fuck do you eat the for no other reason than recreation? Honestly, if this isn't brainwashing, what is lol?
Mind you, I'm not vegan yet (I'm entirely abstaining from meat, will definitely go vegan down the line), but I can kinda see why some vegans are preachy or aggressive, given how stupid and disingenuous the opposition is to be honest.
edit: Provided you have no condition that would require animal products.
Secondly, and the actual frightening part, veganism might be one of the most beneficial things to humanity that has a terrible reputation. If reddit is anything to go by, people'd rather not be reminded they're hypocrites. Can't handle the dissonance I guess. Seeing a thread about animal abuse on the front page, and yet having to sort by controversial for the "go vegan" posts is pretty fucking bizarre. If you guys care about animal's well-being, why the fuck do you eat the for no other reason than recreation? Honestly, if this isn't brainwashing, what is lol?
Mind you, I'm not vegan yet (I'm entirely abstaining from meat, will definitely go vegan down the line), but I can kinda see why some vegans are preachy or aggressive, given how stupid and disingenuous the opposition is to be honest.
edit: Provided you have no condition that would require animal products.