Now days I try to avoid saying I’m vegan as much as possible because my mental health is fair and I feel lonely. Dealing with all the arguing can be too much sometimes. I hope in the future I would have more confidence for activism and informing others.
There was also a statistic that said vegans are the second most hated group after drug addicts. Neither social stigma is justified. People need to be more compassionate to other beings not matter how rough in a state they’re.
But I would never be a pick me vegan and attack my morals to please others. I don’t care if it makes meat eaters uncomfortable. Deal with it and do better!
Wouldn’t it be easier for others to accommodate your diet if you let them know you’re vegan?
Yes, I do appreciate it when people are accommodating but one time when I requested a vegan option in a class I was taking I was sent a sassy email in the tone"WE WILL NOT ACCOMMODATE VEGANS" but it was plain to see the discrimination, it would’ve be fine if I was jewish or muslim or allergic.
Hey, for what it’s worth, as someone who keeps kosher (and thus follows a lot of vegan groups as it simplifies a lot of things), if I’m outside of the New York tri-state area, no one gives a shit to try and accommodate that. Even in that area, there’s a LOT of functions where I just gotta bring my own food. Like people can’t imagine a world where they don’t put butter in every dang thing.
Edit: At least locally, vegan products and offerings at restaurants have gotten a lot more prolific and, well, good, in the past decade or so. Even for dinner tonight, the boyfriend got a dairy dessert, so I made jackfruit BBQ sliders. And I got the jackfruit at a regular grocery store, next to plenty of other chicken, beef, and even fish replacements. So things are getting better.
If they respond so aggressively to a request to accommodate your diet, that group is probably not very friendly in general. Or maybe it’s the organiser who isn’t friendly…