
Originally Posted by
Elin
Not douchey, but in my experience just the reverse is true. I've rarely run into vegetarians or vegans who are judgemental or unpleasant about others' dietary choices (outside of groups like PETA who make that kind of stuff their modus operandi, I'm not sure I've encountered even one, actually), while I've had plenty of meat eaters become confrontational, berate me, or act like I'm stupid and tell me that I'm "missing out" without any provocation whatsoever, and often without even really knowing me. I suspect in both of our cases it's probably simply because you experience less of the nastiness in a given demographic when it's one that you're a part of, and there's probably a similar amount of stupidity on both sides in reality.