Yeah I'm sure people are bitchy to vegans/animal activists sometimes without justification, I just think saying you're an "outcast" is a bit extreme. I've just never in my life witnessed someone being shunned completely for having these views (not saying it's not possible, just highly unlikely.)

And my experience is similar to yours, most vegans who claim to me that they are unjustifiably abused are usually the ones who are constantly pushing their beliefs down my throat. The chill vegans rarely talk about being outcasts, they might talk about it being rough, but they never over dramatize the problem.

I'm sorry your room mate did all that too, I think if you want animal rights to be respected you need to respect your fellow human being as well. It's one thing to open a dialogue and it's quite another to be disrespecting someone's personal choice and personal property.