Vegetarians: do you look down on people who eat meat?!
Many vegetarians that I know look down on/pity/hate poeple who eat meat!. They view them as lazy, uneducated, uncaring, or just plain stupid for their personal decision about what their diet should be!. Just curious as to whether most vegetarians feel the same!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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I don't care what they say because they do!. They might not consciously be aware of it, but based on all the comments i read everyday on here, they do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Personally, I don't look down upon them!. I know that my choice to be a vegetarian is a far healthier one, but eating meat is a personal choice, as is vegetarianism!.
I pity vegetarians who are conceited and chauvanistic!. Isn't the general point of vegetarianism to be compassionate and caring to all living beings!? Vegetarians and vegans who look down on meat eaters are fools and blind to society!. If I looked down on meat-eaters, I'd have only my girlfriend and my only other vegan friend!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I pity vegetarians who are conceited and chauvanistic!. Isn't the general point of vegetarianism to be compassionate and caring to all living beings!? Vegetarians and vegans who look down on meat eaters are fools and blind to society!. If I looked down on meat-eaters, I'd have only my girlfriend and my only other vegan friend!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm a vegatarian, and no, i don't look down on them!. Its my decision to be a vegatarian, and i don't expect anyone else to be pressured by it!. I think its very rude when vegatarians look down on people who meat!. I think people can eat whatever they want!. I'm not against killing of all animals, im aganst HOW they kill them!. Meat that is halal and kosher is okay, because they kill the animal the kindest way to make sure it doesnt hurt!. I still don;t eat meat though because i don't like killing ANYTHING, not just animals!. I just think its pathetic when people look down on non vegatarians though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think it can be ignorance, not in a bad way but due to the fact that many meat eaters don't know!. I used to eat meat and when I started looking into the health issues, and the treatment of animals I had to stop!. I think it is important that people are not judged but given information about the health and ethical issues of eating meat!. For example I never tell people "you are wrong to eat meat", what I do is tell people that eating meat can be harmful due to the antibotics that farm animals are fed, and the fact that meat is really bad for your heart!.
The problem is that there is a lack of knowledge about vegetarianism out there, many people still thing that us veggies eat grass!. But a plate of pasta and tomato sauce is just as vegan or veggie as a steak is to a meat eater!. You don't need to eat tofu or seitan to be a veggie, you just change a little of what you eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The problem is that there is a lack of knowledge about vegetarianism out there, many people still thing that us veggies eat grass!. But a plate of pasta and tomato sauce is just as vegan or veggie as a steak is to a meat eater!. You don't need to eat tofu or seitan to be a veggie, you just change a little of what you eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
That is a pretty harsh opinion, to be honest!.
My background is that I don't eat meat generally!. I only eat meat at family gatherings because it's part of a cultural tradition that I don't want to disrespect!.
But I believe that is my personal choice, and I really don't judge someone if he or she chooses to eat meat!.
I don't like starting drama over such a petty issue as what someone else prefers to eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My background is that I don't eat meat generally!. I only eat meat at family gatherings because it's part of a cultural tradition that I don't want to disrespect!.
But I believe that is my personal choice, and I really don't judge someone if he or she chooses to eat meat!.
I don't like starting drama over such a petty issue as what someone else prefers to eat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm a vegan and no one else I know is, except for one of my friends!. I still love all my friends and family the same because veganism is MY choice, not theirs!. And yes, my man is also an omnivore and I love him!.
One thing I did notice is that some people (usually online, but a couple in real life) always like to make it known that "VEGAN AER STOOPID!." Some of them try to make themselves sound educated by bringing up the fact that "OMG VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENTS DON'T GET ABSORBED" while ignoring that not all B12 is in the form of the harder-to-absorb cyanocoalbumin and that the B12 found in meat is, you guessed it, the harder-to-absorb cyanocoalbumin!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
One thing I did notice is that some people (usually online, but a couple in real life) always like to make it known that "VEGAN AER STOOPID!." Some of them try to make themselves sound educated by bringing up the fact that "OMG VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENTS DON'T GET ABSORBED" while ignoring that not all B12 is in the form of the harder-to-absorb cyanocoalbumin and that the B12 found in meat is, you guessed it, the harder-to-absorb cyanocoalbumin!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Not at all!. I think it's more the other way around!. I don't know anyone else that a vegetarian in my community, so there's a lot of stereotypes that get thrown my way!. I don't look down on other people because of their diet; that would be like looking down on someone because of their religion- something they believe in wholeheartedly!.
As much as I'd like to have my friends and family convert to vegetarianism for their health, they never will, and I've accepted that!. All I can hope is that they can respect me for making my own decisions that I believe (well!.!.!.know) and healthier, environmentally responsible, and respectful to all life!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
As much as I'd like to have my friends and family convert to vegetarianism for their health, they never will, and I've accepted that!. All I can hope is that they can respect me for making my own decisions that I believe (well!.!.!.know) and healthier, environmentally responsible, and respectful to all life!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Sometimes they feel like they have to fight back when meat eaters insult them or something like that!. It kind of makes me dislike them a bit!.!.!. But I won't judge anyone based on whether they're vegetarian or not before I know them!. When I decided to be vegan, my friend wanted to be a vegetarian, but I think it was only to be cool or something!. Because after she met her meat-eating boyfriend, she totally gave it up and never even told him about it!. I think it was kinda sad!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I will get in a meat eaters face!.!.!.!.if he gets in mine!lol!
But no, I do not run around getting in meat eaters faces! The ignorant ones i do look down on, there i admit it! If they really are active healthy caring meat eater, no I have no problem with that, I would prefer if anyone ate meat, it was hunted so the animal had a free good life or that all the animals where treated right!. I still would not eat it, but I would not look down on someone who did!.
SOME meat eaters are lazy, uneducated uncaring and just plain stupid, heck I know a vegan who is to! I just get mad when they attack me! SOME meat eaters are uneducated and think there is no way for a vegetarian to get something as simple as protein! Some meat eaters don't give a sh*t about anyone but themselves! Heck, my brother is one of them(jk i luv my big bro but he can be really mean sometimes!)
For a lot of ppl it is NOT a personal decision, it is how they where raised!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
But no, I do not run around getting in meat eaters faces! The ignorant ones i do look down on, there i admit it! If they really are active healthy caring meat eater, no I have no problem with that, I would prefer if anyone ate meat, it was hunted so the animal had a free good life or that all the animals where treated right!. I still would not eat it, but I would not look down on someone who did!.
SOME meat eaters are lazy, uneducated uncaring and just plain stupid, heck I know a vegan who is to! I just get mad when they attack me! SOME meat eaters are uneducated and think there is no way for a vegetarian to get something as simple as protein! Some meat eaters don't give a sh*t about anyone but themselves! Heck, my brother is one of them(jk i luv my big bro but he can be really mean sometimes!)
For a lot of ppl it is NOT a personal decision, it is how they where raised!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
No I don't!. I'm vegan, but most of the people I respect and most of the people I love are meat-eaters!.
An example of the sort of people I DO look down on and despise!? - the sort of person who would troll the YA Cancer section :
http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
An example of the sort of people I DO look down on and despise!? - the sort of person who would troll the YA Cancer section :
http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't look down on omnivores at all!. Being vegetarian is my choice!. In the same way I get annoyed when people who don't have a clue try and tell me that my choice is wrong I don't think I should judge their decision!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
no not really, when my friends eat meat i really dont mind and im not going to criticize them and be like "you know that thing you're eating was slaughter and tortured and its as live as you are"Www@FoodAQ@Com
Rather than looking down on people who eat mea, I look up to people who do not eat meat!. If I looked down on everyone who ate meat, I would hate almost everyone I know!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Meat eaters need to stop seeing vegetarianism a personal an attack!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The action, yes!. The person, no!.
Hate the sin, love the sinner!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Hate the sin, love the sinner!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Only pity them!.
I've known so many people whose lives have been cut short by the habit or spent the last years of their lives with chronic diseaseWww@FoodAQ@Com
I've known so many people whose lives have been cut short by the habit or spent the last years of their lives with chronic diseaseWww@FoodAQ@Com
I dont care what you eat!.Or if you hunt!. As long as the hunting is for food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I do not look down on them, but my opinion towards them is different!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
no but i wish they were vegetarian so they could help save the environment and animals!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com