Ask Vegans Anything › Category: Top Menu › How do you deal with fake labeling of vegans and what’s vegan when it’s not – to where it gives veganism a bad reputation: financial scammers, those stretching the definition to plant-based, those who follow the trend or go vegan to cover up health issues, vegan establishments allowing for products that were animal tested to be called vegan, news media that labels some celebrity or ethnic group vegan when they’re not, etc.?
How do you deal with fake labeling of vegans and what’s vegan when it’s not – to where it gives veganism a bad reputation: financial scammers, those stretching the definition to plant-based, those who follow the trend or go vegan to cover up health issues, vegan establishments allowing for products that were animal tested to be called vegan, news media that labels some celebrity or ethnic group vegan when they’re not, etc.?
With great difficulty. The more you know about someone, the better you will be able to judge whether you like them or not. It’s the same with your examples. I have great problems, for example, with vegans who are not antinatalist.