| NATO said: No, actually given the evidence of your repeatedly preachy, pretentious posts, combined with the fact that your response to him had absolutely nothing to do with what he was saying, id say I have you pegged pretty much spot on. But hey, why not reply to this with yet another long winded post where you say "I'm vegan" and "as a former omnivire" and sprinkle it with a little more PETA style spin while you're at it. |
I reviewed his post and mine and didn't see anything I didn't reply to. I'd be curious to have some examples. After a quick review of the posts, I don't think there'll be much. As you said, my posts tend to be long-winded, so I tended to respond to pretty much everything being said. Your posts tend to be brief and not respond to much of what is being said, however. So I think there's a significant pot-kettle-black situation here, honestly.
Anti-smoking advocates were called preachy and pretentious by people who didn't want to hear the truth about their bad habits in the '60s to 80s. I'm not sure what's preachy about sharing the best independent/peer reviewed science. What might be preachy is if I got into the ethics of it all, but I largely avoid that as I see no value in telling people how they ought to feel. But sharing the science is preachy? Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
I am not a member of PETA, and I don't normally follow them as I usually get annoyed with them when I do. I was particularly disappointed in their recent attacks on Impossible Foods and Hampton Creek, for example, which seemed completely off the mark.
I'm genuinely curious, when was the last time you made a significant change to your diet? And when was the time before that? And the time before that? My diet is unrecognizable from a year ago. And that diet was unrecognizable from a year before that. And so on. I don't tend to think of people who follow the research and make frequent evidence-based changes as being closed-minded. But you're welcome to that attitude, if you think it serves you in some way. I don't think it has much credibility, however.
