On the vegan stereotype
What people don’t get is that there’s a big different between the PETA vegans (classist, very ableist, fat shaming, usually racist, often sexist, probably likes cultural appropriation, won’t appreciate that it is impossible for some people to be vegan, always anti-captivity, spreads misinformation, ends up hurting animals in their cause, “deer/rabbit/etc. shooting is EVIL even though it’s literally 1000% more humane than farming!”, usually vegan for all the wrong reasons, uneducated about why they actually ought to be, puts animals above people, probably actually knows very little about animals, “I’m cruelty free!1!1!1”, holier than thou, cannot debate only shout and shame, that annoying stereotype essentially)
and actual vegans (just want to get on with their lives, usually really nice people, hates PETA and their followers, just wants to be healthy and help animals and the environment, probably has pets that they look after amazingly, is very educated and can debate well so has probably turned people, is aware of other injustices and wants bring them to an end too, does their best to avoid other problematic foods/goods, knows they’re not perfect but like they’re trying, understands that not everyone can convert so encourages and helps the to cut out what they can instead, probably doesn’t talk about their veganism unless someone else brought it up but will then talk passionately about it, probably avoids the discourse, wishes ppl didn’t associate them with the peta vegans, probably likes houseplants)
And I think it would be beneficial to everyone if people understood that the PETA vegans are a smaller group than you think but they like to be VERY loud
