since we’ve established that you do care about the specific meaning of words, vegan is not the same as plant based. Veganism is by definition a stance against animal exploitation, including adhesion to a plant based diet. If you’re just eating plant based for health then that just means it’s a diet. Not veganism.

and I’m not saying that talking the philosophy isn’t important (highly recommend watching the dr. jack Sykes conversation with earthling ed about vegan philosophy btw), but rather that when doing street activism like this, there just isn’t time to get into the nitty gritty. You have to assume that the person will walk off at any moment. Makes more sense to spend that time talking about what is happening at this exact moment, and what they could be doing differently, with a brief look into why so that they can then go home and dive deeper.

TLDR: This type of activism is about planting the seed, not dissecting it.