Let's look at Cory Booker, veganism, and research on which vegans are most disliked, why people dislike vegans, and who is most likely to dislike vegans. If a topic or a person is perceived as a threat, I'm sure we can imagine that participants in a discussion may not be as receptive to a message. I hope this has some value to you with how vegans and non-vegans can have more fruitful discussions :)
As I said in the video, these results are obviously going to vary a bit from study to study. As an example, in a recent study from New Zealand, vegetarians were rated positively, although vegans were rated significantly less positively. The results represent one group answering questions at a certain moment in time. Attitudes are changing, and people are growing.
MacInnis, C. C., & Hodson, G. (2017). It ain’t easy eating greens: Evidence of bias toward vegetarians and vegans from both source and target. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 20(6), 721-744.
Horta, O. (2018). Discrimination Against Vegans. Res Publica, 24(3), 359-373.
Judge, M., & Wilson, M. S. (2019). A dual-process motivational model of attitudes towards vegetarians and vegans. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(1), 169-178.
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