I have been a vegan for 7 years and I love inspiring people just by getting on with my own life and being as healthy as I can so people can see that being vegan doesn't have t o be limiting or that you will waste away and look ill. I do come accroos a community of vegans with a SJW leaning who will just constantly attack people who are not vegan and I feel they make me sometimes assume people might judge me when I say I am vegan. I remember when I was transitioning and going into a vegan forum and saying I ate honey, rather than congratulate me on going vegan and giving some markers I got people saying I should die a cruel death and general abuse. I find this kind of attitude some vegans have to no tbe what veganism is about. Veganism should be a movement towards being ethical and kind to all living creatures.
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Sorry for your harsh experiences with some people and there are plenty of their kind. Veganism is not just a logical or intellectual decision but its a matter of heart. Some vegans don't evolve beyond their logical reasoning which they acquired intellectually while turning vegan and then start thinking themselves as some superior beings. Some of these get so frustrated & aggrieved that they start hating all non-vegans. Don't take them seriously. We need to be compassionate with these people too! Actually the term SJW itself include a very aggressive word viz. "warrior" and wars can't bring in peace. We need a language & action of peace, kindness & compassion to deal with all situations.
yeah i totally agree, it was crazy out there in some of the vegan forums I stopped asking for advice, it's a shame ppl couldn't focus on the steps already being made rather than the tiny bits they felt were 'wrong'. Of course it is't everyone and there are more and more people converting to veganism now and it is moving away from that highly judgmental place I feel. The inner duality will create the external wars!