[quote=FlyerInHi]Then why the hostility and mockery of people who choose to be vegetarian or vegan? Otherwise be prepared to receive equal mockery in return.

Calling Vegans crazy is not nice. That fits in with the pattern of labeling stuff “crazy” that challenge mainstream culture — Vegans, AOC, treehugggers, etc…[/quote]

The hostility is because deep down we all know it is wrong to keep eating meat.

Who really “doesn’t know” clinically depressed pigs and cattles are raised in disease riddled crowded factory styled pens and that animals would not naturally grow in such environment, thus the overwhelming doses of antibiotics, growth hormones, and beta agonists to help the animals not only grow but add muscle.

People need to selectively block out such reality to enjoy their meat. Vegans and vegetarians just by existing are reminders to people the disturbing reality of how we get our meat. They don’t even need to say anything and people get angry. Because it means for that brief second that person needs to confront the reality that they have chose to ignore in order to keep enjoying meat. (This is why Tesla Sentry mode is catching so many people keying Teslas, because when everyone pollutes, it was ok, there’s no alternatives. But now that you drive your less polluting EV, I’m now pissed off because I now have to justify why I still drive something that’s contributing more to climate change)