With the rapidly growing number of flexitarian vegetarians and flexitarian vegans . . .?!
Answers: . . . will "strict" vegetarians and vegans be able to contribute anything to anyone? If so, what do you think that will be?
The key to that label is "flex" as in flexible to change, flexible to dissenting opinion. flexible to logic, flexible to diversity of cultures, flexible to different foods, adaptive..... History has proven over and over again the those who adapt, those who are flexible in their thinking are those that survive.
I grew up as a strict lacto-ovo vegetarian. These days I am willing to taste a bite or two of meat at restaurants or at someone's home, for politeness or for curiosity, but I do not buy meat at grocery stores or treat it as a meal--it is just a taste. I end up eating a bite of meat maybe 6 or 7 times a year. So far I find most of it pretty bad tasting. Chicken and beef have a funky taste, sort of like armpit! Fish tastes... fishy. And this is even at nice restaurants.
I appreciate the existence of strict vegans even though I have never been vegan, because a wealth of tasty vegan recipes have come from that lifestyle.
I think "flex" vegans and vegetarians are actually omnivores, just like the trolls who ask questions about them.
--A REAL vegan.
My daddd is vejitareen, he knot strict at all.
Buttt weeen I finddd skwerrrl on strreet he knot lettt mee eeet it.
But I git away with all kindss of uther stuffff.
4 exampull, I ett the colored greeensss frum hizz guardian n he nevr git maddd
But, there was wun vejitarren whooo contrabutt to to you manatee. I tihkn his name Manhattan Dandy.
There is no such thing as a flexitarian either you eat animals or you don't! If you eat animals you are a meat eater plain and simple stop fooling yourself. Just because someone makes up a title and you use it doesn't make it so and it doesn't make you knowledgeable either.
Strict veggies are going to be a thing of the past. Their unwillingness to accept change is going to set them back years. The ones that deny flexitarianism in this forum are proof of that.
As far as I'm concerned, 'fexatarians' are known by another name, hypocrite.
Just like there is no way to be 'an occasional murderer,' you can't be a partial vegetarian/vegan. Either you make the commitment or not.
Being a vegetarian/vegan to me is more about personal choice based on a concern for the planet. If the world changes for the better, especially with the growing interest for actually taking care of the environment instead of obliterating it, all the better. Even if it doesn't, I know it has made my own life better, even just for me.