Good post. Many people that are sympathetic to certain causes are dissuaded from taking action because they are beaten over the head by the more aggressive activists. In fact, the term activist is now often seen as a negative.
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Yes, this is exactly the point I tried to gently express toward my outraged friend. I validated where both parties were coming from and expressed my opinion on how detrimental angry activism actually is to the cause. One of the friends being called a murderer told me they want to read my book on how to be vegan on a budget when it came out because when they are more financially stable they want to, at least, try vegetarianism. This means clearly they are sympathetic toward the cause and that my non-judgmental approach works.
You truly do catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Yepp, that saying kept coming to mind too. It is very true.
You got your points across very well. Nicely done.