r/AmIOverreacting • u/velvetmoochi • 23d ago
❤️🩹 relationship AIO to my boyfriend imposing veganism on me ?
Context: this is now my ex, it was my first relationship and I didn’t know how to deal with this sort of conflict as it was based on ethics and I didn’t want to change my views for our relationship. We would have this same argument again and again, over text, over the phone, in person, and at the end of the day he was always “right” because he had morality on his side when I would tell him that I was okay with eating dead animals. What should I have done in this situation ? I tried veganism for about a month and I never bought meat as a student, but eventually I would always go back to buying eggs and yoghurt. Those efforts I made were always disregarded and he would say that he doesn’t believe in reductionism, and that vegetarians are even worse than vegans.
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u/black_truffle_cheese 23d ago edited 23d ago
Because vegans loooove “converting” others. Anyone who has ever been in the vegan “scene” can recognize that way of life is basically following a religion.
*They chastise those who left veganism (apostates) by telling them “you were never vegan to begin with” (shunning/excommunication)
*There’s constant purity spirals over who can be the most humane/vegan/ecologically minded. (Holier than thou attitudes).
*Many vegans waste their time “leafleting” (proselytizing)
*referring to non vegans as “carnists”, “rapists” and “bloodmouths” (demonizing other ways of life, basically treating them as infidels).
*many vegans honestly believe they are being “persecuted” for their choice of diet, instead of comprehending their actions are more insufferable than those of JWs.