I am vegan by choice. All vegans are of course, that's one thing they all have in common. However, I am a temporary vegan who is not actually ideologically aligned with the cause. As such, I find it a difficult conversation to have with people. Twice this week, I went to dinner and felt awkward about broaching the topic. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't due to shyness or anything like that. Rather, I guess it was a sort of embarrassment.
As I said, not actually being a vegan for real, it seemed remarkably hard position to justify with a "just because" answer when asked. I don't really believe in it, it's just a weird sociological experiment I've chosen to undergo. And I frankly would be mortified if someone felt they had to accommodate my made up dietary restrictions. It would be quite a different matter if I was allergic or something, as that would be a matter of survival. But it isn't. That's another thing that strikes me as disingenuous about veganism: the choosing of a dietary restriction for an arbitrary reason and expecting the larger world to put up with that. Yes, it is with a moral conviction, and who am I to say otherwise? But I will not be that kind of vegan, if I can possibly help it. It's just not in my personality.
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