[little jeremiah]

I don't know why a general conservative outlook seems to be coupled with a hate vegetables outlook.

Most of my friends are not only *very* conservative but many are vegetarian.

[LA Conservative]

I think it has to do with where you live. Dietary habits are culturally ingrained, regardless of ethnicity or religion. I personally keep close to the Med diet, eating soy products (legumes) whenever I can, but occasionally having fish or chicken a couple of times a week. I love red wine. In LA, it's easy to do as there are vegetarians among almost all ethnicities, so you have a huge selection of vegetarian foods. In fact, there is a Vietnamese vegetarian restaurant and tofu factory just 5 minutes from my house.
But just outside of LA where many of my co-workers live, they think that if you don't eat meat, you're unamerican, even the Democrats among them. Even my folks, who came from the meat eating capital of Chicago, thinks that it's crazy to eat tofu. They're in very poor health and feel like crap most of the time. My boss, who loves meat, finally had to admit she felt like crap after eating meat, and now orders chicken breast instead of meat, and fruit instead of fries.

[Loud Mime]

--Most of my friends are not only *very* conservative but many are vegetarian.--

I saw some guys shooting watermelons on TV, they must be vegetarians. Beats killing it with a knife, like most chefs do.

[Sam Cree]

"I don't know why a general conservative outlook seems to be coupled with a hate vegetables outlook."

Maybe because PETA and similar groups who get lots of press coverage are notoriously leftist in outlook?

But I agree, some issues shouldn't be left/right issues, even though they are perceived that way.

[Joe 6-pack]

"...don't know why a general conservative outlook seems to be coupled with a hate vegetables outlook."

Because only vegetarians (not all, but some) have ever contended that they know what is best for me, and that I must (be made to if necessary) eat like them or else I will break the law and die, and ruin the planet along the way.

The beef industry, on the other hand just runs ads with pictures of yummy looking steak, and don't try to browbeat me if I feel like fish or something else.