Wednesday, March 21, 2012

My Two Cents

It's amazing how ignorant people can be. I was on YouTube and it was a vegan video, and there were so many comments from omnivores who were being downright cruel towards vegans. They were saying "all vegans are gay" and "vegans are ignorant for giving up meat and dairy" and other comments that were just mean. Now, I'm not anywhere near offended. I'm a vibrant, happy person who usually ignores the bad things that people say. I know who I am, and I love who I am. I know why I'm a vegan and in my head and my heart, I know it's the right thing to do. I know that half of these ignorant people have never tried the vegan recipes I cook up, so they don't know what decent vegan cooking is. So with all of that being said, I just wanted to point something out. Everyone is different. Some vegans love to talk about it with everyone and try to persuade them to become a vegan. While I believe that people should give it a shot, I don't go around saying it to everyone. If you ask me about it, I'll gladly talk about it because it's something I'm passionate about. If you don't, I won't push it on you. So if I don't push my vegan/vegetarian beliefs on you, then I don't think you should push your omnivore beliefs on me. Oh, and another thing, don't stereotype vegans the same way you shouldn't stereotypes a sex or a race. Saying "all vegans are gay" is so ignorant, I can't even begin to tell you. How would you like it if I said "all omnivores are gay"? Or is your ignorance level so high that you don't know what 'omnivore' means? Maybe if you started eating a diet comprised of raw veggies, fruit, nuts, and whole grains, you wouldn't be so angry. Just food for thought.

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