My Food is Better Than Yours

When did it become acceptable to shun others because their diet isn't the same as yours? How does what you eat, make you elite?

A direct quote from something I read today, "Vegans are sexier!"

Just let that sink in for a moment....

My mind tried to process this, and then it broke. My mind, that is. It broke. As I tried fitting the pieces back together, I realized that we have found new ways to segregate others in ways that would appear innocuous. When in reality, it is still segregation..and that's never a good thing. 

I've seen all manner of great quotes from this person. "Vegans want world peace" "Vegans are more connected to the Earth" "People who eat meat have no respect for nature and animals"

Your vegan statements make me want to tell you that your "vegan lifestyle" has become an obsession comparable to the obsessions a stalker feels for their prey. You are trying to convince more people to follow your diet, than Jim Jones convinced to drink the kool-aid. 

Don't get me wrong, I don't care what anyone's diet is. I love free choice. We are all free to choose what we put in our bodies. That ability to choose does NOT make you any better than me..and likewise. At the end of the day, we are both still humans. 

I'm better than you because I own footy pajamas.

I'm better than you because I can type 75 words a minute.

I love the Earth more because I go camping.

I don't watch TV, which clearly makes me more intelligent than the rest of the world. 

Sound ridiculous? Yes! Because it is. It's ridiculous to think that something like footy pajamas could be seen as making me better. 

Thankfully, my husband still sees me as sexy even though I eat meat. He wasn't really impressed with the bacon lingerie that I wore to bed...but he was willing to look past it and see the internal sexiness I possess. (forgive me for being a little snarky)

Step down off your tofu ledge and stop thinking you are better than the rest of us. Join the rest of the free thinking world and appreciate diversity. It will be OK. No animals will be harmed in the process of learning to be humble.