Comments on: Anthony Bourdain, Vegans and Man-on-Man Love.

By: Anthony Bourdain « Vegan Munchies

Anthony Bourdain « Vegan Munchies — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:24:36 +0000

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By: Kenya

Kenya — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:41:26 +0000

People use any reason to attack vegans. I truly believe that they are simply yet overwhelmingly insecure with the fact that they use dead animals as food, when they know deep down that it is a completely archaic, unnecessary and vile practice/tradition/diet. I don't think there is anything wrong with being considered militant, as long as we aren’t giving the movement a negative reputation with acts of violence, etc. I am 100 % against the use of animals in any way shape or form, NO EXCUSES. I think complete abolition is the only way to go and I am not ashamed of it in the least. If people want to debate me or call me militant, they can, but it's all about being in line with my personal ethics and being consistent and if that is viewed as militant so-be-it. Check out this on-line vegan “debate” (about the rickets story) we had this past week. So funny how all of a sudden we care what's going on in Scotland, so much in fact, that this story is getting news coverage in the US. Any chance to bash vegans….

By: zeegan

zeegan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:45:17 +0000

Dear FoodEater…It is very important to me how the animals were reared and treated, and I select the meat accordingly, … hahahahahaha… this reminds me of my Oh-So-Superior-Catholic sister telling me she’s Pro-Life while she’s eating hamburger(read cadaver sandwich) People like ‘not a vegan’ just don’t get it, and are true examples of ignorance,i.e. they don’t get the fact that they don’t get it…get it? Since when does it say “This cow was pet gently on the head while it ate organic grass in a field of clover on a beautiful Spring day just after a rainshower…etc.” If ‘not a vegan’ had to pick up a sledgehammer and beat a calf to death and disembowel it and skin it before “selecting the meat accordingly” they just might become vegan… but they don’t. Meat eaters, to me, are mindless consumers… I should know, I was one of them… then I woke up to what I was doing and decided to stop… the same way I dropped drugs and alcohol, which I also used to try to defend my right to consume… there is hope for the ‘not a vegan’s and SuperiorSisters out there, if they’d only put down their precious opinion and open their eyes to the suffering and cruelty that they’re mindlessly engaging in… Also, my diet doesn’t directly financially support industry that is destroying the ecology of this planet, so I it’s my duty to future generations to stick my lifestyle in the faces of the ignorant, it just might rouse them from their slumber(read delusion)… Anyway, it’s a day at a time for all of us… “Illegitimus non tatum carborundum” (read ‘don’t let the bastards wear you down’) With love from Adoring Fan #1

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:15:32 +0000

Annette O’Neil: Yes, it’s very strange that these folks get so angry that other people simply don’t want to eat animals. Can you imagine if I spent my time seeking out food blogs that feature meat dishes and went around leaving angry vegan comments on all of them? I guess there are some people who do that, but I’m certainly not one of them.

Another thing I find funny too, I’m sure you’ve probably noticed this, is when non-vegan or vegetarian websites (or magazines, newspapers, etc…) feature something that just so happens to be vegan or veggie. Usually the first 10 comments will always be from meatlovers in an uproar about how they could never live without bacon, how they could never give up meat because otherwise they would never get enough protein… followed by the obligatory statements about how much they hate the taste of tofu and how vegans are all tree-hugging, granola hippies. The hypocrisy is unbelievable and more than a little bit ironic, especially when the vegans among us are ones being accused of all the crap, when it’s usually the other side doing all the baiting and hating.

By: Annette O'Neil

Annette O'Neil — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:10:54 +0000

I’m fascinated by the vehemence with which these anti-vegan folks come at their prey. Whether it’s the laugh-riot classic (‘wtf dude whats wrong with you if god didnt want us to eat meat whyd he make animals out of it? vegins suck”) or a well-couched essay, like those above (which would imply more education than the content displays), they all make me wonder why there’s some big collective axe to grind against a bunch of thoughtful herbivores. And this one really came at you, my friend. Must be something in the water over there in Japan.