hannahlachnit:

hockeycrew:

Based on what I have seen on tumblr today, Vegans are not compassionate people.  They only care about their own beliefs.  They very much seem to enjoy harassing people who are making steps towards a more cruelty free existence.

Today I tried to defend a pescatarian.  The vegan attacked this individual for being weak.  Then told me that I was a horrible person because I am vegetarian who eats only locally acquired eggs and goat cheese.  One person even said that being vegetarian and being a meat eater were the same thing.

I am a vegetarian who eat vegan food for 90% of my meals.  That percentage is constantly increasing as I learn about better alternatives. But even if I completely eliminated animal products from my life I will never call myself a vegan now.

Are there any tolerant vegans out there willing to change my mind?

P.S. The tattoo thing I posted was because my coworker and I had been talking about her concern for her kids tattoos just before I saw it.  It was a joke for her, not me being intolerant, I have a tattoo in one of the “no-no” zones.

i’m sorry that you were offended by whatever was said to you, but please try not to assume that all vegans are not compassionate based off of a few individuals. i have no idea who this post was inspired by, but maybe they were being mean because they are just simply mean people, and not because they are vegan. whenever i act like a bitch (i admit it, i can be a huge bitch sometimes), people often assume it’s because i think i’m better than everyone because i am a vegan. but really it’s just cause i’m a bitch. i was just as mean, if not meaner, when i did eat meat!

Vegans certainly do not care just about their beliefs (well maybe some do, but none of the ones i have met), but when their beliefs are directly related to the subject being discussed, then some of them are going to speak their mind. at least for me anyways, veganism is something extremely important to me and i do speak my opinion when i feel the need to. however, this does not mean that i, or other vegans, only care about our beliefs. nor do i enjoy harassing people, but once again, i don’t know who was talking to you and can’t speak for them. maybe they do enjoy harassing people, but that certainly is NOT because they are vegan. the only reason that anyone enjoys harassing other people is simply because they are assholes.

so once again, please do not label and entire group of very different people as not compassionate simply because you dealt with a few individuals who were not.

i’m not here to make you think all vegans are great, because everyone knows that isn’t true. some of them are assholes, and some of them are the nicest people i have ever spoken to. it is an issue of personality, not veganism.

^^ It’s true, I’m not like that either. The vegans that shove things up people’s throat give true, compassionate vegans a bad name. Every vegan I’ve met is incredibly tolerant for vegetarians/pescetarians. In fact, most of them, including me, encourages that first and not just jump to veganism, because that actually made my brother sick. Any type of action to save animals is a good one. 

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   ^^ It’s true, I’m not like that either. The vegans that shove things up people’s throat give true, compassionate vegans...

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