Isn't this same mindset as that Organization that we are all glad to have left ?
OK, we would not have told someone to "F/off", but thoughts would have been just as "anti" had we come across a vicar at a social gathering. I can remember bristling at the sight of a "dog collar", particularly if the wearer had a "churchy" manner about him...
Vegan ism can be a cult , with its taboos and victims , just like the well known cults.