Vegetarians & Vegans Support Group

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People who still eat meat after yrs.

rainBowsLoveMe
rainBowsLoveMe
I was watching a youtube video and someone commented how they were stict veg for 6yrs. and still are now except for the occasional poultry. I commented saying that they aren't a veg at all because they still eat meat. How do you feel about people who call themselves vegetarian or vegan, but still eat meat?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am not sure if I should have an opinion but I think a Vegan is exactly that. No meat or dairy ever right?
rainBowsLoveMe
rainBowsLoveMe
You're right sooper dooper :) But to me, if you still eat fish then call yourself a pescatarian, not a vegetarian or vegan because you still eat meat. Or if you still eat dairy then call yourself a vegetarian instead of vegan(that one doesn't really bother me as much), it's mostly the meat one. If you still eat an flesh that comes from a carcous, then I don't see how you call yourself a straight out vegetarian or vegan. To me you're not only lying to those around you, but also those around you just to make yourself around you. Like Bambee2 said, if you do eat meat at least have the decency to admit and call yourself a flexatarian. I'm a vegetarian, but am weaning myself off of fish. I don't eat enough to call myself a pescatarian so I don't want to call myself that because that would mean I would still want to eat it. So I just label myself as other until I can quit. I don't know why but it just bothers me a lot when people not only do it with this, but other things like this aswell.
Dave17
Dave17
I like to call the so called 'flexatarians' (never actually heard that word before today)

Cute-atarians. Because they don't eat the cute animals, only the ugly ones. I know I know, it should be ugly-atarians.... but that send the mind in the wrong direction and just doesn't sound as good.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Okay, guilty as charged; I have been a flexitarian for a year and a half, BUT . . . I am now dropping the meat because I just can't handle the Crohn's flare up I get from it for several days after. I'm also trying to slide to a more vegan diet. I'm pretty much limited to cooked veggies, also because of the Crohns, but so far I haven't had any problems with it. I have not eaten any meat for about two weeks now and I feel great! Now, if giving up the chocolate could be as easy . . .