MartinV: It’s true that some vegans insult meat eaters and even veggies. But people who care about non-humans understandably feel rage at the way humans treat them. Just like most people would feel rage if they heard a rapist or pedophile describing how much they enjoy what they do. Denouncing wrongdoers and insulting them is very unlikely to get them to change their ways but it is very difficult sometimes not to do so.

Huw MacDonald: I think that we should hate arrogant, cruel and heartless meat-eaters that, for example, hunt, fish or eat at KFC despite knowing the cruelty involved. People who say we, as vegetarians/vegans, are pointless and wrong are idiots! However, it’s not right to hate every meat-eater. The majority of people are good, honest people who are mostly unaware of the cruelty practises of the meat industry.

Juli F: I don’t believe that we should hate/dislike the meat eaters, and they shouldn’t hate us. Just because we have a heart and care about animals as much as we do doesn’t give them a right to give us a hard time or rub it in our faces. … It’s not our fault they’re so heartless.

Tori L: We agree that meat *is* murder? And thus, if others are eating meat, don’t we have an ethical responsibility to speak out? i mean, you would speak out if you saw a person murdered, correct? in the words of reverend doctor martin luther king, “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” and in the words of the amazing film Swing Kids, “If those of us who have a voice do not raise it in outrage at the treatment of our fellow human beings, we will have collaborated in their doom.” i think that also applies to animals. am i saying we should hate meat-eaters? no. but i don’t universally hate murderers either- because that doesn’t accomplish anything.

Nate Morey: I personally have tried not to hate people for eating meat but have you ever talked to them about it? if you talk to them, i mean REALLY talk to them, there is NO WAY you could not hate them. ALL — not most — ALL people who eat meat and do not need it (and you only need it if you’re poor and it’s the only choice, no other reason is good enough) to live, are heartless morons. Now don’t think of me as bad, i’m not, but it’s hard for me to feel ANY compassion for people who do not return the favor. honestly as an example if someone needs my blood to live and ate meat… i would let them die. think about it, if they live they will cause many animals to die. and i think an animal is worth more than a stupid self indulging meat eater any day.

Seth Mair: Hate that they are fascist and support exploitation of animals. Love whatever part of them you can. It is hard for me to handle.