veganism: Some people get very irritated when the topic of vegetarianism is brought up. I understand that it's annoying when people try to make others feel guilty for eating meat, but when the topic is just non-offensively brought up, why the negative reaction? Why are some people angered by vegetarianism/veganism? And likewise, why do some vegans get mad when meat-eaters talk about their delicious chicken soup? Why meddle in someone's personal, dietary choices if you're not eating their food?|||Veganism does not offend people, vegans do, just like Islam does not offend most people, but terrorist Muslims do. "Why meddle in someones personal, dietary choices if you're not eating their food?"... exactly.. if every vegan/vegetarian practiced this philosophy, the annoying "preachy" vegetarian/vegan stereotype would not have been formed in the first place.. Unfortunately though most vegans and vegetarians do not fall into this category there are enough loudmouth groups and individuals like PETA and ""activist" fanatics who try to speak for all of you. They are the ones you should blame..|||a lot of time, since veganism is something new, most people will want to immediately discredit it, most people are afraid of what they do not fully understand|||Omnivores tend to feel threatened and annoyed by anything that could break down their safe little world of ignorance. Like most people, they don't like being preached to or made to feel like what they are doing is wrong. If an Omnivore talks about how good his soup is, most V/V would smile and say "that's great". It's when it turns into "MMMM, this dead chicken soup with blood in it is SOOOOO good! Too bad you can't eat it, you don't know what you are missing. I don't know how you live without Chicken. I'd die if I couldn't eat meat. MMMMM, it's SOOOOO good. I feel so sorry for you." that it turns into a problem. What you call meddling is what some others call speaking up. Some people cannot let what they see as cruelty go unpunished. If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Apathy encourages cruelty. Edit: Crusader? ROFL.|||It's not just a vegan issue, it's a problem with ignorant people being ignorant in general. You'll see this reaction when people talk about politics, religion, the economy, business, sports, you name it. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but typically it's because that person mistakenly believes someone having a different opinion means that their opinion is being challenged.|||No one is angered by vegetarianism in general. It's only the ones who happen to be preachy that ever bother anyone, or at least that's how it is for me.|||Meat eaters have all those artificial growth hormones and antibiotics passed to them from their meat, which increases aggression. Er hem. Vegans get sick of hearing aggressive meat eaters taunt them, because as much as it sounds like a harmless joke when they do it, it really is pointed and is not actually joking around in all fun most of the time. It's that underlying aggression thing going on again. Yep.|||I have nothing against veganism/vegetarianism, what I do dislike though are people who go out of their way to tell one side of a story to make them look better by comparison. In all honesty.. this applies to EVERYTHING, not just V&V; news, politics, science, arts, ect. Quite a few people make exagerated claims are made with no (or worse..a bias/ intentionally misleading) source to support them. Ignorance and generalization are two things that irk me the most. If people want to be vegetarian/vegan, like I said.. I have no problem with you. If you chose to eat meat... again.. no problem. Chose not to eat dairy, no problem... no fruit.. no problem. HOWEVER if you decide to talk about/discuss your dietary choices (whatever they may be), please use whole facts and avoid coming to brash conclusions. Nothing is worse than having to lie/mislead people to get your point across.|||As far as vegetarians getting annoyed with meat eater talk about their soup that depends on how the conversation is going. It it's just mentioned casually then usually wouldn't be a problem. I think most people who get upset about vegetarianism feel like vegetarians are rejecting their value system by being vegetarian and that makes some people very uncomfortable.|||It isn't veganism, it's vegans. It's because crusaders like Moxie and aqua exist. People aren't stupid; everybody knows what's coming, what their real intentions are, regardless of how non-offensively it's phrased..|||Why is anyone angry at anything? It's just how people work; you can choose to either fight against it or put up with it.|||they are insecure about their uninformed choices. they are embarrassed to be mindlessly following the herd. they are ashamed of themselves for the previous two reasons.|||Some people can't stand that other people aren't enjoying the wholesomeness of bacon.