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athena

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10. Meat eaters
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:53 PM
Sep 2016

get so defensive when they see a vegetarian. Seriously. Someone posts a positive message about a vegan food item, and all the meat eaters feel they have to speak up and justify their choice to eat the bodies of defenseless animals.

In real life, too, all you have to do is ask someone at a party whether one of the dishes is vegetarian, and suddenly you find yourself surrounded by meat eaters defending themselves and treating you like you're a narrow-minded, dogmatic, and rude person. Whether you like it or not, you end up having to discuss and defend your dietary choices, feeling like you're walking on eggshells because everybody is clearly looking for something to attack you with. I wonder how other vegans and vegetarians deal with this.

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