Why are new vegans preachy?!

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I think its because they are "proud" that they are doing something to help. Like with all things in life, once things become routine things settle down. Nothingn wrong with that.

I think maybe, some vegans who become so for the animal welfare side, are just so shocked and saddened by shocking and cruel animal videos they have seen or things they have heard that go on in the food industry that they wish it would all stop. The only way for this to happen is if everyone gave up the animal products they consume so maybe, some might not mean to be cruel and forceful to people but it comes out that way so that people will listen to them. It can be more a case of trying to convert people to veganism for the animal's sakes. Some may just be boastful anyway or whatever but some may not mean harm and only do it for the animal's sakes. I think I can be a bit like that tbh but I don't mean to be forceful or annoying lol.

Haha, I know what you mean. I'm a fairly new vegan and I'm just getting over that phase now, thankfully I was never that bad though.

I think it happens because you're so excited and interested with your new decision that you just want to talk about it and tell people how right you are. I don't think it only applies to veganism, either. I mean, when I first became an atheist I couldn't stop blabbing about religion and the bible and blah blah blah. It took me a while to rediscover religious tolerance. That also works for people who get into a religion - they feel enlightened and want to tell everyone they know all about it.

I think it's just when someone finds something they're interested in or passionate about, they sort of want to shout it from the rooftops, but the closest they're getting is just shoving their opinion in peoples' faces. It's not really a vegan thing, more of a people-in-general thing. :)

I don't think vegans are generally arrogant. I think that after about a year, vegans can't imagine ever eating meat again, and they just want to share their knowledge with others. I've been vegan for just over three years, and i can still be a little preachy. I would never gag while someone is eating, or get in someone's face telling them that meat is murder. I do however, share my beliefs when asked.

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I think it's just because they're excited about it and want to share all the information they know with everybody they can. I would put up videos on my facebook of animal cruelty and slaughterhouses and constantly wear shirts supporting animal rights (I still wear them sometimes). Unless they're going out there and actually hurting others, its completely harmless.

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Not all vegans are preachy... though I've certainly met my share who were. For instance, I wear a leather coat that I bought 10 years ago, when I was a carnivore. Many vegans would throw that coat out, while I see it as a bigger crime to the earth to throw this coat, already purchased, out and buying a product made of plastics. Of course, I consider myself Vegetarian, and am not a vegan. (or a Free-gan, or a Fruitarian, or any other "lifestyle" choice)

I think,in general,when you embrace a new belief,you want the world to know it and to support you.
Later on,when you are more settled and confident you let people be.This does not mean being passive.To me it means respecting other people's habits views and beliefs if you want to be respected by others.
I never preached vegetarianism or veganism. I only talk about it if people ask me. If/when people are ready,they'll change. if not,it can't be helped.

I have never been like that. I believe it is personal choice and my choice is veganism. I cannot stand people preaching so I do not do it. If people ask me about veganism I will tell them about it. I channel my energy into supporting animal charities.

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I think vegetarian/veganism is like religion... Once you "find it", you think you need to "convert" everyone so they don't go to "hell".

Think about it... All the born-agains are the exact same way!

I never went through that phase.
I think the majority are like that at that phase because they are brainwashed and feel superior and haven't had time to balance out their heads yet.

I've never met a "preachy" vegan..

I've been vegan for a while now, and though I haven't met any preachy vegans, I suppose there must be some out there. I think a lot of the assumption that new vegans are preachy has a bit to do with their fresh enthusiasm being interpreted by nearly everyone who hears it as being confrontational, even if it's sweet as can be. We've all been so brainwashed, including vegans in our former omnivorous lives, to hear any vegan talk as being crassly strident, even those who've consciously always disagreed with that assessment. Those disdianful attitudes, taken for granted by society-at-large, seep into our consciousness and take the form of seasoned vegans feeling embarrassment or seeing the speaker as rude, when (s)he says anything about veganism in the company of omnis. That's my take, anyway. Since I haven't personally witnessed any vegans being preachy, but HAVE personally witnessed omnis getting extremely huffy about anything that might be interpreted as revealing one's hidden vegan core, no matter how polite/respectful the vegan is (or isn't, as I suppose *someone* must be) my best hypothesis (restated) is that omnivores think any vegan talk is preachy/rude, and that even us vegans have internalized that attitude to some extent even though we may consciously disagree with it, sometimes vehemently so (as I do).

Hope this answer is helpful to you. I don't claim to speak for all us vegans, just sharing my hypothesis for why the whole notion of preachy vegans seems so prevalent, despite my experience to the contrary. All the vegans I've known have been quite considerate, and not the least bit "preachy."

I'm a new vegan (8 months) and I've never been that preachy or rude. I've never tried to shove my new choices in other people's faces, but I have had to defend myself against other people who made disparaging remarks towards me. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of screaming "meat is murder!" thirty times a day at everyone I dine with!

To explain the behavior, I would chalk it up to: 1. new vegans feeling really, really excited about their new choice, like when people convert to a new religion, or when college students discover a new political ideology or philosopher; 2. new vegans feeling defensive and preemptive against potential attacks.

I haven't met a vegetarian or vegan yet that didn't turn out to be preachy. Usually a coworkers girlfriend or some other person I didn't interact with on a daily basis, but they always had to finally come out and say something pro-vegetarian.

Because when you make a fundamental change in your life based upon your personal beliefs, you tend to want to psychologically distance yourself as far as possible from your "ignorant and immoral" past.

It's like that with new religious converts also.

old vegans are too.
so are vegetarians.