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The modern vegan movement is founded on the idea of anti animal exploitation. I would argue that people who don't consume animal products for health reasons are people who consume a plant-based diet rather than vegan. This sentiment is common among people who are vegan for ethical reasons.
Also I don't mind getting a bad rap if that means we adhere to our values, that's how I and a lot of others were persuaded by this argument. I'm yet to have met a person who is vegan and never had bad views on the movement
The issue here is that you're adding connotations to the term that aren't there. Being vegan just simply means not consuming animal products. There's no ideology attached to it. It's not something that's inherently political. People can be, and many are, vegan for health, religious, or personal reasons. You can't claim your personal views on being vegan are the only ones. You don't have exclusive ownership of the term. I personally don't care how you feel about veganism, my point is that veganism is a lot more broad and apolitical than people like you, who tend to have myopic views, claim it to be.