> I've always wondered why "shellfish vegan" isn't a thing Likely because of the issue you've pointed out regarding identity. The issue is diet-as-identity. Pe

> I've always wondered why "shellfish vegan" isn't a thing Likely because of the issue you've pointed out regarding identity. The issue is diet-as-identity. Perhaps it would make sense to have a 95% vegan or vegetarian diet supplemented by the occasional animal product, but you can't claim an identity out of that. Veganism is viewed as some arbitrarily binary lifestyle where either you are or you aren't and there's no middle ground.