Article 20. Bad Manners

Unless vegans are asked to comment, it’s likely we’ll only reach (be preaching to) the converted. Anything we say uninvited, about animal rights or vegan issues, will set off alarm bells. People don’t mind being morally confronted on any number of issues ... but not when it concerns their meals.
As punishment, for daring to question their food choices, people are prepared to put us in the whacky basket. They feel justified in denigrating anyone who voices their opinions about such private matters. It’s seen as excessive chutzpah. But for some activists that would be okay - they’d say these people deserve to be confronted. But this approach is not new, it’s been done to death and usually it will work against us.
An alternative to this bulldozer approach is to strike a balance between not too soft but not too hard. In relation to talking about Animal Rights, we might sound daring but it’s likely to just look like bad manners.