I think a lot of low carbers see moral vegetarianism as being disapproving of our way of eating (one that is animal product rich). It's less that we disrespect vegetarianism in general, but it is more that we feel attacked by many of the more militant vegetarians (i.e. peta and pcrm).

Then that is their problem. I don't see the vegetarian people posting on this forum degrading or railing against those who choose to eat meat. There are a few vegetarians on this forum and none that I can see are the militant type. We are not Peta or PCRM. However, we seemed to be lumped together with them and targeted with ad hoc, bad science and/or illogical religious based arguments designed to put down our private dietary choices.

If you want to argue against PETA and the PCRM, go for it.

I belong to P.E.T.A.
people eating tasty animals

I don't necessarily approve of a lot of PETA's tactics, and I got a chuckle out of it the first 50 times I saw the bumpersticker, but how does quoting it add to the conversation?