“Keeping your cool”
When so many non-vegans respond to veganism with judgement, how important is it to remain calm in the face of ignorance?
As I’m sure many vegans can attest to, once you’ve been vegan for a certain amount of time, you’ll have answered enough of the same taxing and unimaginative questions to warrant carrying a FAQs page around with you. We’ve all been asked where we get our protein from, why we buy meat substitutes if we don’t want to eat meat, and which animal product we ‘miss the most’, but how do we maintain a polite smile when we’re forced to repeat the same answers? As representatives of the vegan community, just how important is the way that we carry ourselves in tiring conversations?