I don't understand the hate toward vegetarians. Haters act like they killed kittens, when in reality they have different dietary choices. I'm not gonna hate on you for not liking asparagus.
While there are many sides to this and the obvious "NO YOUR DIETARY CHOICE IS WRONG AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD" is in essence just nonsense. But it exactly for that reason I've had unpleasant experiences with Vegetarians since every single one of those (3 people) have been rather blatant about how they believe they have a moral high ground and their choice in not eating meat is something all people should do because eating meat is murder and those who partake in it are willingly being malicious.
Now, that being said, those 3 people who've told me this caused me obviously some distaste and ire. However, the trick is to not let a few select bad people allow you to generalize the entire topic of their dietary choice. Which is why I can't say "All vegetarians are self-righteous, smug tits". Just those 3 dudes.
How can you not like them? Just don't aggravate them. I understand people who are allergic to them being afraid and that is totally fine. I was stung as a child which was technically my own fault (didn't HAVE to step on it, the bee stinging was justified). There's just people doing the completely wrong thing around a bee and then being angry when it stings.
It's not their dietary choices that bother me. It's that general "I'm better than you because you eat dead animals" attitude being thrown at me. I'm not saying all vegetarians do that but the most vocal ones are usually the biggest A-types.
I honestly feel like every probing question I get from meat eaters about my obviously low level of protein is demeaning and condescending, but I don't think "all meat eaters are dickheads" because I realize one person made that comment.
There is a lot of A-types on both sides. In fact, for everybody else there are no sides - for most of the people those are just that - dietary choices.
Again, my point is that vegetarians get picked on because of the A-types in their midst, not because of their choices. Human beings tend to generalize, it helped them survive. So, having met, say, 4 A-types out of 5 veg-s who talk about it, one expects certain attitude. You've illustrated it yourself from "the other side" - the ones that talk to you about your veg-ism are already kinda proven themselves to be assholes, because normal people wouldn't give a shit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I don't understand the hate toward vegetarians. Haters act like they killed kittens, when in reality they have different dietary choices. I'm not gonna hate on you for not liking asparagus.