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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Did you not read my post?

The point I was making was How would you know you were talking to a vegan unless they told you they were the were vegans? You said every vegan you met "rubbed it in your face" so basically that's how you knew they were vegans, most people don't bring up their diets in ordinary circumstances, so you could have have been talking to plenty who didn't rub it in your face.

As an anecdote, my sons Karate teacher is vegan, I've known him for years, been on trips away with him and the group for competitions, I only found out a couple of months ago that he was vegan because my son mentioned it because he literally never spoke about it whenever I met him..because people don't usually talk about what they eat in normal life unless the topic specifically arises.

Imagine if I flipped my own personal anecdote the other way round and said the vast majority of vegans are tolerant of meat eaters and non-imposing. Would you still be asking how I could make such a broad generalisation about vegans without knowing the food status of everyone unless it specifically came up in conversation?