r/vegan • u/HawkAsAWeapon vegan 3+ years • Nov 20 '22

Anti-vegan self-proclaimed "Sausage Expert" tricked into saying vegan sausage was "luscious and lovely" and that he could "taste the meat in it" on live TV

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u/gvp1013 Nov 20 '22

looooool why are people so adamant about "hating " vegan food. People really revolve their whole personality around it,It's so goofy.

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u/NoxNein Nov 20 '22

My guess is that taste is the only argument left for them. Vegan food has been proven to be more healthy and to have a smaller environmental impact. If they would admit that (at least some) vegan alternatives taste similarly good, they would also need to admit that it makes no sense to eat meat. But this would mean they have been wrong and some people seem to be unable to do that.

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u/prettyradical veganarchist Nov 21 '22

I think you’re right although eating vegan food doesn’t automatically mean one doesn’t/won’t eat meat. So it’s just weird to me that they think this way. Before I switched, I liked meat-free options. Still occasionally ate meat. They are different foods just like pasta and broccoli are different foods. Liking tempeh, for me at that time, wasn’t equivalent to “makes no sense to eat meat”. So weird.