I've opened the threads and stopped skimming after the first minute when the shit-flinging starts. You were never, ever named here. You have been involved in those threads, certainly, but I'm talking about much bigger things.
My sister is vegan. She's also obnoxious about it. I've been willing to meet her halfway on things. If she wants to cook a vegan meal, I'll eat it. I'll help with the cooking. The only constraints I put on the food is that I hate fake meat substitutes. Cook without them or the fake cheeses and I'm fine. Don't make me think about what I'm not eating, don't apologize for not being meat. Just make something that's awesome and also happens to be vegan. I'll even help cook. But she doesn't have the time. So the family thanksgiving HAD to be vegan even though she had little time to contribute to the process and the recipes she wanted to use all included fussy ingredients nobody else has on hand. Could she bring her supply over so we could use it? No.
She's being a poor evangelist here. As it stands, I am doing green smoothies breakfast and lunch because I have some stubborn weight I need to lose. I can hold my weight just fine eating healthy but I need help losing the last of it. It does work. If anyone asks how I'm doing it, I'll tell them. I'm not going to be obnoxious about it.
Now you might say I'm trivializing sexism comparing it to veganism. If I wanted to be obnoxious, I could say I was obese and you're now saying your sexism concerns are more important than my sizeism concerns and I could really stir up a shitstorm.
Well, you already know what you believe. We're never going to be on the same page. About the best I could accomplish is making my position look foolish to anyone still on the fence. That ain't a win.
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