Why do people get so mad at vegans?
If you’ve gone through your whole life believing in something and then one day, someone comes along and challenges that belief – you can understand why people get angry and defensive. Veganism makes people question their lifestyle, which makes them feel uncomfortable. People feel guilty because deep down they know murdering an innocent being is wrong. But instead of reflecting within themselves and understanding this feeling, they choose to react. Ultimately, people generally think they are good people. But when they suddenly realise that their actions prove otherwise, it’s a slap in the face. Their ego doesn’t want them to believe they are a bad person participating in terrible things. When people know what they’re doing is wrong, they try to justify their own selfish acts with ignorance and excuses.
If veganism makes you feel uncomfortable then know that there is a conflict within yourself.
People often perceive vegans as being ‘perfect’ or living a ‘superior lifestyle’. This is honestly total bullshit. Perfect does not exist. Vegans just want to live a life of compassion and kindness. It has nothing to do with being superior. If vegans believed they were superior, they wouldn’t give a shit about animals and the environment. If anything, people want to put vegans on the ‘perfect pedestal’ and then immediately rip them down when it comes to not living 100% eco-friendly. I mean god forbid using a plastic bag. Sometimes certain things are unavoidable and that’s unfortunate; but the most important thing is the effort that goes into minimising as many negative side effects from our own behaviour in any way we can.
Vegans challenge the norm. The problem is that people like ‘normal’ because normal means ‘safe’. People just don’t understand that ‘normal’ is making them sick and destroying the only place we have to call home.
I believe the majority of people who aren’t vegan aren’t bad people at all. They’re good people doing bad things. They’re just still unconscious and haven’t made the connection yet. Everyday people are bombarded with information like ‘meat for protein!’ and ‘milk for strong bones!’ not to mention the hundreds of fast food ads. It’s in your face all the time and this is what has been accepted as ‘normal’. So when people are presented with an alternative view of the world, they get upset and angry because it challenges their idea of ‘normal’.
What is a little bit hard to understand is is why, once people are presented with the truth, they choose to defend the corrupt organisations who have lied and deceived them with false information, whilst profiting from their ill health. I suppose it’s easier to fool people than to convince them they’ve been fooled.
You need to understand that you’ve been lied to all of your life. Billions of animals are killed to make you sick and dependant on the pharmaceutical industry. And this is just one part of the bigger picture. The reality you experience isn’t ‘normal’. Normal is an illusion. There’s no such thing. You’re sold the idea of normal. ‘Normal’ is based on a reality of lies.
‘We accept the reality of the world we are presented with’.
People don’t like it when their lifestyle is questioned. People don’t like to feel they are doing wrong. People also don’t like change.
And this is why veganism faces such opposition.
