Not trying to nitpick here but "...it is natural for us to do so" is a logical fallacy called the naturalistic fallacy. Rape is natural, nightshade is natural, shitting in public is natural. Natural does not automatically make something right or good. I understand where you're coming from because I also eat meat and believe in the "everything in moderation" mindset, but you are using old arguments that aren't exactly substantial or logically rooted.
Refusing to buy meat does make a difference. When you buy meat, you are buying into a company that sells a product made from the mass slaughter of animals. By putting money into this company, you are encouraging and supporting their business and thus increasing demand for the consequent supply of more product (meat). By taking your money out of the equation and refusing to buy this product, you are lessening demand while simultaneously making a statement that you are not okay with supporting the questionable standards through which the product was produced.
It's the same reason why so many McDonalds have been shut down across North America in the past two years. People aren't buying like they used to because they're getting wiser about what the food is doing to them and whether or not they want to be the one to support that industry. Money talks louder than morals.
"Hating" the vegetarian belief consequently implies that you dislike vegetarians because they follow this belief. And there are numerous environmental and socio-economic reasons for vegetarians diets aside from the moral reasons. Animal factory farms are the standard for livestock production now, and these are responsible for massive amounts of greenhouse emissions, erosion of vital topsoil, eradication of wildlife and all organisms from river systems because of animal waste run off, and the ruining of local peoples lives who are driven from their homes and business because of the stench, pollution and dirty politics of these operations.
Is it normal to have a hatred towards vegetarians and vegans?
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Not trying to nitpick here but "...it is natural for us to do so" is a logical fallacy called the naturalistic fallacy. Rape is natural, nightshade is natural, shitting in public is natural. Natural does not automatically make something right or good. I understand where you're coming from because I also eat meat and believe in the "everything in moderation" mindset, but you are using old arguments that aren't exactly substantial or logically rooted.
Refusing to buy meat does make a difference. When you buy meat, you are buying into a company that sells a product made from the mass slaughter of animals. By putting money into this company, you are encouraging and supporting their business and thus increasing demand for the consequent supply of more product (meat). By taking your money out of the equation and refusing to buy this product, you are lessening demand while simultaneously making a statement that you are not okay with supporting the questionable standards through which the product was produced.
It's the same reason why so many McDonalds have been shut down across North America in the past two years. People aren't buying like they used to because they're getting wiser about what the food is doing to them and whether or not they want to be the one to support that industry. Money talks louder than morals.
"Hating" the vegetarian belief consequently implies that you dislike vegetarians because they follow this belief. And there are numerous environmental and socio-economic reasons for vegetarians diets aside from the moral reasons. Animal factory farms are the standard for livestock production now, and these are responsible for massive amounts of greenhouse emissions, erosion of vital topsoil, eradication of wildlife and all organisms from river systems because of animal waste run off, and the ruining of local peoples lives who are driven from their homes and business because of the stench, pollution and dirty politics of these operations.