Vegetarians who say this shit say they enjoy getting encouragement from vegans, but they actually just want a pat on the back and brownie points from susceptible vegans, not actual encouragement.
This is the greatest encouragement I can give them, but because it's in an "aggressive" tone, they love to say "You're the reason why people shy away from going vegan!"
Sorry to tell ya, but if some harsh words promoting the very ideological foundation of veganism are enough to discourage you, then you clearly don't have a plan to "transition" to veganism to begin with.
Imagine telling someone "You really need to stop being fucking racist." and then they say "Ugh! I'm working on it! You being so pushy makes me want to be more racist actually!"
The cheese rots into their brains apparently.
This has not been my experience. I'm glad it's been yours, that's neat, but the two committed carnists in my life are absolutely impossible to reason with and if they weren't my (divorced) parents' new partners, I would have long since cut them out of my life. I have never seen either of them eat a vegan meal. Even when there's plenty of delicious vegan food around (and they themselves have made some of it!), the two of them go out of their way to add meat or eggs to whatever normal thing the rest of us are eating. They're both "supportive" of my parents eating vegan, but they themselves absolutely refuse to do so, and all the kindness in the world won't make them budge.
I always just ask these baby step people if they take that approach to any other moral issue. "As long as you commit to lighting 50% fewer homeless people on fire this week, you're doing great sweetie! As long as you're trying your very best to kick puppies only when you really feel like you need to let off some steam, we support you!"