Avoid Debating
Do not engage on merits. Includes plants, lions, protein science, semantics, Bible. Repeat your question.
- Difficulty:
- combative
- Flaws:
- debating
Start drillMaintain Control
Simple binary questions. Never say 'good question' to derailers. Do not answer their questions about your diet.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Flaws:
- lostControl
Start drillStay Concise
One sharp question at a time. Target ~2 minutes for the full flowchart. Long talk implies complexity.
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Flaws:
- overExplaining
Start drillExploitation Not Consumption
Step 3 is exploitation vs respect, not eating, buying, or consumer choices. Exploitation includes zoos, skin, entertainment, paying for others.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 3
- Flaws:
- consumptionFraming
Start drillLet Them See Hypocrisy
Never label them a hypocrite from line one. Ask step 3 and let them conclude.
- Difficulty:
- combative
- Steps:
- 3
- Flaws:
- callingThemHypocrite
Start drillExploitation Not Suffering
Not cruelty, treatment, or reducing harm. Using someone for your purposes is the issue. When they raise roadkill or backyard eggs, do not debate. Reassert respect vs purposes.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 1, 3
- Flaws:
- sufferingNotExploitation, howNotWhy
Start drillVictim Position Not Dogs
If you were in your victim's position, not 'what if this were a dog.'
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 6
- Flaws:
- dogComparison
Start drillVegetarians Are Targets
Vegetarians are not allies. You are our target market, hold them to full anti-exploitation principle.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 1, 4
- Flaws:
- vegetarianPass
Start drillLet Them Say It
Do not give them the answer. Ask step 3 until they acknowledge the contradiction themselves.
- Difficulty:
- combative
- Steps:
- 3
- Flaws:
- givingTheAnswer, callingThemHypocrite
Start drillCall to Action
Not food for thought. No acceptable reason not to live vegan now. Move to declaration and activism.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 8, 9, 10
- Flaws:
- foodForThought, pandering
Start drillCorrect Outreach Language
No meat eater, omnivore, vegan journey, baby steps, or animal products. Animals are not products, say flesh, milk, eggs, skin.
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Steps:
- 1, 4
- Flaws:
- unacceptableLanguage, plantBasedNotVegan
Start drillExploitation Not Industry
Don't focus on symptoms, focus on root (exploitation). Never supply/demand or demanding language, because of you, your victims.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 1
- Flaws:
- industryFocus, paymentLanguage, supplyAndDemand, demandingLanguage
Start drillSpeak Unapologetically
No 'I don't mean to offend.' Confident delivery, you represent victims.
- Difficulty:
- combative
- Steps:
- 1, 2
- Flaws:
- apologeticTone
Start drillGet Step 3 Answered
Step 3 pattern: they dodge with not sure or a tangent (I have a dog), you must not ask the next question. Get clear yes or no first. (00463, 00472)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 3
- Flaws:
- noStepThreeAnswer, consumptionFraming
Start drillNo Permission-Seeking
No 'got a minute?' or 'want to talk about it?', ask the next question. (00471)
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Steps:
- 1, 2
- Flaws:
- askingPermission
Start drillAvoid Welfare Trap
Don't debate conditions, standard practices, or research on screen. (00304)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 1, 7
- Flaws:
- welfareTrap, howNotWhy
Start drillBinary Questions Only
No 'why do you think', A/B questions only. Rambling hands them control. (00467, 00322)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 2, 4
- Flaws:
- openEndedRambling, useThinkLanguage, lostControl
Start drillShould in Zero or More
How many animals SHOULD be exploited, zero or more? Connect zero to vegan now. (00479)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 8
- Flaws:
- zeroOrMoreMustShould
Start drillStrong Declaration
No maybe, no I'll try, no celebration. Call to action, vegan from now on. (00308, 00464)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 9
- Flaws:
- maybeNotDeclaration, illTryNotDeclaration, celebrateDeclaration, foodForThought
Start drillName Your Victims
This mother is your victim, not this cow on screen. Personal accountability. (00305, 00320, 00456)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 6, 8
- Flaws:
- yourVictimsLanguage, victimsNotNamed, objectifyingLanguage
Start drillAsk Biggest Advantage
Do you know the biggest advantage of living vegan? Justice and ending hypocrisy, not health. (00321, 00469)
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Steps:
- 5
- Flaws:
- skippedAdvantage, tangents
Start drillActive Defense CTA
After declaration: do you agree we should actively defend other animals? (00321, 00325)
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Steps:
- 10
- Flaws:
- skippedCallToAction
Start drillNo Research Excuses
You don't need days of research. If that objection weren't an issue, vegan now? (00460, 00466)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 7, 9
- Flaws:
- researchExcuse, idontKnowAnswer
Start drillGroup / Pair Outreach
Engage everyone, especially the quiet one at declaration. Fake agreement is common. (00318, 00464)
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 9, 10
- Flaws:
- lostQuietPerson
Start drillNo Attached Causes
Don't attach veganism to politics or other movements. Exploitation and respect stand alone. (00314)
- Difficulty:
- combative
- Steps:
- 1, 4, 5
- Flaws:
- attachOtherCauses, debating
Start drillThree Strikes: Disengage
Use the deflection loop scenario: friendly non-vegan, won't answer feeling, talks in circles. Any deflection = strike. After three, walk away. Do not debate dodging or give extra chances.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 7
- Flaws:
- failedToDisengage, wastingTime, debating, noReassertion
Start drillLive Vegan Language
Always live vegan, never go, going, choosing, or give it a try/go.
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Steps:
- 4, 7, 9
- Flaws:
- liveNotGoVeganLanguage, illTryNotDeclaration
Start drillStep 3 Clear Acknowledgment
Most important step, get clear acknowledgment respect and exploitation cannot coexist before anything else.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 3
- Flaws:
- noStepThreeAnswer, consumptionFraming, givingTheAnswer
Start drillCorrect Exploitation Language
Purposes framing only, not benefit, will, gain, pleasure, or interests. Never how we or ways we exploit. If you live vegan, contrast you vs I live vegan, not we. Each wrong frame gives escape routes.
- Difficulty:
- reachable
- Steps:
- 1, 4
- Flaws:
- exploitationWrongDefinition, howWeWaysLanguage, consentFraming, includesSelfWithExploiters
Start drillFreedom Not Treatment
Live free, not better treatment. No conditions, standard practices, or slaughterhouse focus.
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 1, 6
- Flaws:
- freedomNotTreatment, howNotWhy, welfareTrap
Start drillSymptom Language Trap
Do not frame as suffering, harm, or killing. When they raise roadkill, backyard eggs, or leftovers, do not adjudicate. Reassert: can you respect them if you use them for your purposes? Zero or more?
- Difficulty:
- evasive
- Steps:
- 1, 3, 6, 8
- Flaws:
- sufferingNotExploitation, howNotWhy, welfareTrap
Start drill