One of the vegan/vegetarian support groups that I am observing had a very heated debate about about vegetarians vs vegans. Some vegetarians were feeling attacked by some of the vegan members who thought of dairy and eggs being an 'addiction'. There seems to be a sort of hierarchy between the two diets, where some vegans feel superior and want to educate others about the dairy and egg industry. Someone brought up a very good point (I am not sure if this person was vegetarian or vegan) that it is necessary for online support groups to consist of both vegetarians and vegans in order to educate one another in a friendly manner.
I thought the structure of the thread was interesting, because there was some offensive comments and this was being discussed. However, someone mentioned that they did not have enough money to have someone monitor the site, so the users just needed to be careful with what they posted. Which of course, does not have a large impact on the posts.
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