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Lack on animal exploitation*. If you find a dead animal while dumpster diving or a roadkill and you bring home to eat, it's vegan because you're not contributing to the exploitation of living sentient beings.
I would argue that roadkill is a product of human exploitation of the environment as a whole, so roadkill isn’t vegan.
Also, if roadkill is vegan you know you’re going to get some psycho with a massive cow catcher on the front of his pickup who’s “vegan” because he only eats what he runs down in his truck.
There is a difference between accidental deaths and intentional killing. Veganism is about stopping animal exploitation as far as possible and practicable.
Accidentally killing an animal and eating their flesh is something completely different to deliberately killing an animal and eating them.
If you happen to find a dead animal and eat it, you are not exploiting them for their life, just their dead remains.
Virgin salad nibbler vs Chad roadkill scavenger.
Wrong. Vegans can't consume meat or animal products. This entire exploitation thing is only a justification.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vegan
By that definition, animal testing is vegan as long as the end result doesn't contain an animal product, which is not. Veganism is about not exploiting animals as far as possible and practicable.
Cultured meats will be vegan, accidental roadkill is vegan, as well as dumpster diving, because you're not exploiting living sentient beings for that.
You can check out more info on the history of veganism: https://www.vegansociety.com/about-us/history
Bro is arguing with the fucking dictionary, I can't even... I don't know what to say. I just want to say you're kinda reaffirming some stereotypes about vegans and I'll end it at that.
No need to be pedantic. I'm pointing you to the Vegan Society, who actually created the term vegan. I'm merely trying to educate you on the topic. The dictionary definition is simplifying an entire philosophy, otherwise vegans would also be okay with horse and dog races, horseback riding, using animals as labor and other forms of animal exploitation.
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