Veganism is a lifestyle choice and, for some, a political cause.

A large majority adopt the lifestyle and politics without becoming insufferable gits, but that isn’t always the case.

The lifestyle preaches (and I use preaches very deliberately here) concepts like kindness, body positivity and anti-cruelty, not only towards animals, but also towards one another.

At least that’s a lot of what has been sanctimoniously evangelised to me by a number of vegans over the years, usually in response to a simple question like, “can you pass the salt?”

These ideas on their own are not bad ones – obviously. We could all benefit from thinking more carefully about what we eat and how we eat it. People who are cruel to animals deserve a special place in hell, and kindness is never a bad thing.

Hypocrisy, on the other hand, is just downright unforgivable, and many feel that some vegan activists are taking things too far and in doing so, failing to practice the kindness they preach.

Here’s The Guardian:

As a group of animal rights protesters roast a very realistic-looking fake dog on the streets of Sydney, butchers in France are attacked and campaigners in the UK hold noisy protests in supermarkets and restaurants.

Take a look:

Personally, I’ve found that if you alienate your target audience, then they’re not very likely to come around to your point of view.

Just a thought…

[source:guardian]