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Many people have as an immutable axiom "I am a good person"
When you suggest they are doing something bad, like contributing to climate change, this clashes with that axiom.
That clash causes discomfort. Most people are, frankly, lazy cowards. They could accept that they are not being a good person all the time, and update their axiom. But that's scary and feels bad. They could also try to do something about climate change (or whatever the topic is. see also: veganism), but that's also hard. It's far easier to just lash out at the source of discomfort.
The oatmeal did a comic on basically this topic: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
Veganism is not a solution to climate change. First anything that requires everybody to agree on one solution is always going to be a non-starter. But also veganism just doesn’t work for everybody, like myself, I became so malnourished that I nearly died. It’s simply not possible for everybody to be vegan and still get all of the nutrients they need. Especially in this economy.
"in this economy" veganism is cheaper than vegetarianism is cheaper than omnivorism
If you became malnourished you weren't eating vegan, you were eating junk food.
But to actually address your point, we don't need everyone to be vegan, or for those that do to be vegan consistently. Even cutting consumption of animal products by a third would have a huge impact.
denying others experience doesn't change it