I had a vegan friend who literally cut me off from talking to her simply because I told her i didn't agree that "Milk is rocket fuel for cancer". I told her I respected her beliefs but I just didn't agree with that or the vegan lifestyle. She got all weird and told me that it was "facts" and when I tried to tell her I have an opinion of my own and she has her own opinion, she only saw her opinion as dead-on facts.
whether it's true or not, she got really self-righteous and when she doesn't agree with someone's lifestyle she insists her views on them to the extreme as if she is an all knowing human being.
anyways we aren't friends anymore because I finally stood up for myself and told her how I felt. I kinda told her she was a "fascist" because she pressed her views on me and wouldn't drop the subject until I agreed (i wasn't even arguing with her on the topic. I was simply saying I respected her view, although i just disagreed and i simply wanted to drop the subject). She was even too self-righteous to "agree to disagree". I literally asked if we can just agree to disagree but she got all offended because she couldn't do that with a "fact". She thinks she is helping people by spreading her views (Milk is rocket fuel for cancer) but i feel like if someone disagrees then she should just drop it, but she didn't.
How do I deal with people who act like this? I'm tired of it, what do i do if it happens with someone else in the future?
thanks in advance for the advice :)
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