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by DanBC 1921 days ago
> Vegans are still omnivores,

No they aren't.

From New Oxford English Dictionary:

> omnivorous

> adjective (of an animal or person) feeding on a variety of food of both plant and animal origin.

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Herbivores are reciprocal to omnivores. Vegans are not comparable to either. Vegans don't eat animals not because they can't, but because of their beliefs. The word vegan describes a belief, contrary to omnivore and herbivore that describe physiology.

A human may choose to walk on all fours because they're insane, but they will still be a biped.

That's not how language works.