"I mean, as long as people stay informed, at least they make a valid decision, but people cloaking themselves in all this dumb shit is really astounding"
Clearly the only "informed decision" in your eyes is if people take up vegetarianism, making this an utterly feckless thing to say.
But seriously, what a perfect storm of snobbery, self-righteousness, and "things were better back then".
I don't even think things were better back then. I think the changes that have occurred recently in allowing more freedom of people to be different override the negative aspects, however, it would be foolish to say there were no negative aspects in this transition.