I just have to put this out there: vegans usually know the difference between the ideal they are striving for and the realities they have to work with in pursuit of this ideal. Saying vegans often fail to reach their ideal is sort of a strawman argument. I don’t understand the reasoning behind this line of thinking at all. If you can’t be 100% sure you’re never harming any animal it’s best not to bother at all? No-one who takes a position on anything is immune to compromise in all respects. Being vegan is about feeling the ideal is worth striving for and working to the best of your ability to reach it, not claiming purity.
Sporadically pointing out hypocrisy might not feel like trolling to you but reads as trolling to a vegan. Any point of inconsistency you can think of, chances are pretty high a vegan has already thought about it a lot. When your lifestyle revolves around a specific ethical dilemma you tend to think about the implications of every one of your actions and you’ve come across these inconsistencies in practice.
We can have a conversation about veganism if you want but the conversation is going to be more productive if you ask questions.
That is all.
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