Dear Vegan members.

[Shlup]

A long time ago, I would poke fun at vegetarians and vegans. One of them, unfortunately much later, told me how much it hurt them. I don't really do that kind of thing anymore.

Yeah, it's weird that, when a person makes sacrifices for their health, planet, and morals, a lot of people react by giving them trout for it.

[...]I don't believe they're doing their health or the planet any good.

Then you clearly haven't put much thought or research into the topic. Which is fine--not everyone needs to be an expert on everything--just saying that the benefits of replacing animal proteins with vegetable proteins and with reducing the demand for meat farming aren't really arguable.