Why are ppl always giving vegetarians and vegans a hard time?

Question

Why are ppl always giving vegetarians and vegans a hard time?

Answer 1

I think is because their either schocked and can't really accepted the fact that some one will change their lives like that... and also they might not know why they change their lives so they might just be a little ignorant about the whole thing

Answer 2

They aren't.  Nobody ever gives me a hard time.  Mature adults don't usually do those things.

Answer 3

because 95% of the time when a person gives a vegetarian/vegan a hard time its because there ignaent and have no idea what there talking about and base most of there attacks on things like "your not making a diffrence" or "your ganna die way before i do cus its not healthy to not eat meat" or "there just animales"

Answer 4

I think it's because people cannot imagine someone leading that type of lifestyle. Non vegans and vegetarians may not be able to understand the reasons that lead someone to become vegan/vegetarian. Many of them have asked: "Do you realize how much good food you're not going to be able to eat? How can you do that?"

  or

"You realize that you're not making a difference.  Your decision to not eat animal products doesn't make an impact at all."

Some of these comments may be out of insensitivity, but some may not be able to understand the view that animals are equal in others' eyes.

  

  And then there's the possibility that they give vegans/ vegetarians a hard time because they realize that it's something they could never do.

Answer 5

I understand the vegetarian point of view, as do most intelligent people, and I'd never make fun of vegetarians.

Vegans on the other hand...

Common sense cannot explain veganism as well as it can for vegetarianism. I know milk is from animals. But most humans have drunken milk, and in fact, need real milk, at some point in their lives. For those people who depend on science (proven facts instead of emotion) for their judgments, veganism is a bit difficult to understand.  

Yes, there are the concerns for animal rights, etc. But from personal experience, most vegetarians choose their lifestyles because of a discomfort from eating animals (which is not the same as wanting rights for animals).

Answer 6

I guess often for the same reason that people who lead "alternative lifestyles" get made fun of...Because other people don't really understand, or don't want to, why they would choose to live against the mainstream.

Answer 7

because vegans think their way is the only right way to eat, they are pretentuous, anal and annoying

Answer 8

I think that most meat eaters are subconsciously guilty because if they hear that someone is a vegetarian they immediately attack them and tell them how they are doing no good and are very unhealthy and whatever. They just like to argue and talk about stuff they know nothing about.

Answer 9

People are not ALWAYS giving anybody a hard time.

Answer 10

Alot of them try to push their beliefs on people