Angry Vegan

Angry vegan, the stereotype I find unavoidable. It makes me angry when I'm told to not be angry when I should   rightfully be angry. It makes me angry when I state my opinion like any other individual and yet somehow I'm being 'preachy'. It makes me angry when someone makes a joke about waving meat around my face. It makes me angry that I've encountered people who believe I did not 'critically think' about becoming/being vegan. Seriously? I'm just a fucking lottery vegan? A 'this sounds like fun' vegan? It makes me angry that everyone seems to think I'm completely ignorant on the issues of animal rights when I literally have a library on animal rights/vegan issues. It angers me that people are more focused on my diet than their own nasty, artery-clogging diet. It makes me angry that people think that it's okay to just 'pick the meat off' or 'eat around it'. YOU DON'T GET IT! It makes me angry when people tell me I'm going to get sick. It makes me mad that people link any headache, body ache and stomach pain to me being  vegan. It makes me angry that people uninvite me to events because 'you won't want to be here, there is nothing for you to eat'. It makes me angry that gelatin is in every fucking sour gummi worm. It makes me angry when I'm labeled difficult at restaurants and households. It makes me angry when people JUST DON'T CARE! When the vegetable soup is made with beef broth. When dining at your university ignores you for MONTHS! When everyday fucking reminds you of the billions of animals being killed daily! I'm not supposed to be angry? When you feel closer to the birds and deer than you do to your own species....when the cows and pigs are your family...and then you just kill them....just sending them to the slaughter house for a moment of selfish pleasure. The majority of the world is against my beliefs leaving me feeling more alone than ever. It IS frustrating. It IS angering. I AM FUCKING ANGRY!