[strogonoff]

He does not bring up consuming products of animal suffering (including egg and milk products) directly, but he does order vegan food, which is enough to make a point (for me at least).

What he is doing by expressing his philosophical position simply through his order is turning me subsequently ordering something with eggs into a philosophically loaded action as well. That, of course, shifts my opinion on the question.

I am making the point I am making: if we worked together, we should be free to discuss veganism or paleo diet (which I have discussed with a coworker previously) whenever either of us wanted, and he demonstrated being an adult about it when we do. If he asked to not talk about it because it made him uncomfortable, then we wouldn’t. I do not see why political discussions have to be different.