"usual suspect" > wrote in message
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> For benefit of those who missed this show (or who turned it off early
> because she felt picked on again), here's a brief summary. This show
> would benefit anyone who's never had the misfortune of encountering a
> vegan. It showed what vegans are like, what they think and believe, and
> how they interact with normal people.
>
> The vegan wife, Jackie, forces her entire household (including the cat)
> to consume a raw vegan diet. Her actions extend beyond herself and her
> household: she protests meat and hands out leaflets to strangers on the
> street in an attempt to get them to live according to her peculiar
> "principles." Part of those principles at home included getting rid of
> their stove and many of their possessions; her home became increasingly
> spartan as she sank deeper into her kooky vegan abyss.
>
> The best way to explain her average day is that she focuses on the
> things most out of her control and avoids dealing with the things most
> within her control. Her husband Harold WANTS to eat meat but fears doing
> so for the consequences he'd face from Jackie (note: he expressed no
> fear of consequences to his health from it). Harold also overworks to
> avoid coming home because Jackie is too busy navel-gazing, sun-gazing,
> bitching, domineering, and protesting to clean house or do other mundane
> things; he's adopted the role of housemaid by default. The whole family
> were kind of drifting apart and becoming more dysfunctional, with Harold
> and the daughter afraid to speak up about any of the changes (dietary,
> anti-"decorating," etc.).
>
> Jackie ends up trading places with a wife from a family who hunt out of
> necessity. With her vegan psyche already very weak and fragile, Jackie
> assesses her new situation by going through the fridge (filled with
> meat) and the home (filled with taxidermy). As most vegans are, she's
> condescending in sizing up her new family. To her credit, though, I
> didn't think she was nearly as condescending as the vegan witch Barbara
> from Fox's _Trading Spouses_ last year.
>
> During one memorable segment, Jackie became emotional -- nearly
> hysterical -- trying to explain how difficult it was for her to go to an
> all raw diet. She offered some psychobabble comparing the whole
> experience to alcoholism. To that bizarre melodrama, the other husband
> (Ricky) apologized and said he didn't realize it would be so traumatic
> for her.
>
> As in the _Trading Spouses_ episodes on Fox in this vein last year, the
> vegan wife felt compelled to show her new family some videos from animal
> rights groups even after preaching to them about veganism for an entire
> week. Jackie became an emotional wreck while watching them, even though
> she said she's seen them many times before. Though the kids were briefly
> stunned by such portrayals of farming (which are atypical), they didn't
> exactly embrace the idea of eating nuts and fruits.
>
> Ultimately, her attempts to convert the family in Kentucky failed. Since
> the swap, they've added more vegetables to their meals but haven't given
> up hunting or eating meat. Meanwhile, Jackie's kept the stove Bobbi (the
> normal wife who ended up having to deal with milquetoast Harold) had
> brought in and has even resumed eating some cooked foods. She admitted
> maybe she was taking things too far. I'm sure her husband agrees she
> *had* taken things too far, even if he lacks the courage to tell her how
> ****ed up he really thinks she is.
>
> The moral of the story is that vegans DO take things too far. They try
> to proselytize others, and they're usually very emotional and aggressive
> about it. They think they're doing something virtuous and informative by
> telling others not to eat meat, but vegans always end up coming across
> as emotive, uninformed jackasses.
>
> I also think vegans should go on more shows like this. First, it's very
> entertaining. Second, it's illuminating for the wider population --
> especially those in areas without or with very few vegans. Finally, it's
> therapeutic in the sense that vegans on these shows seem to benefit from
> interacting with *normal* people. For example, Jackie is again eating
> cooked food. The vegan mother in the Fox show (Barbara) even ate meat
> with the Cajun family.

You are assuming all vegans are like
each other. It's like watching Jerry
Springer and coming to the conclusion
that all couples have bizarre problems.


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