Give them nothing
Practice
There is no menu on the street. By default you meet one unknown person and just talk, the way it really happens.
Sign in and the coach will pick each conversation for you, shaped around what you need to practice.
Assigned drill
Should in Zero or More
Every step rests on: holding individuals accountable, putting them in the victim's position, and treating this as a call to action, not food for thought.
Weak
I hope this gives you something to think about on your journey.
Strong
There is no acceptable reason not to live vegan right now. Vegan from now on?
When you frame the issue as suffering, harm, abuse, killing, or pain, the bystander agrees cruelty is bad. That feels like progress, but you set the wrong problem. They will try to solve suffering, not exploitation: humane farming, backyard eggs, roadkill, leftovers, hunting, rescued hens who 'choose' to lay. You end up adjudicating edge cases instead of holding them to respect and purposes. Recovery: stop debating whether their version is okay. Reassert step 3: can you truly respect other animals if you use them for your purposes? Or step 8: how many more should be exploited because of you, zero or more? The root wrong is using someone for your purposes, not how much they suffer.
Weak
Non-vegan: 'I eat roadkill and eggs from my rescued hens, no one suffers.' Activist: 'Well, roadkill is complicated, but factory farms are definitely cruel.'
Strong
Non-vegan: 'I eat roadkill and eggs from my rescued hens, no one suffers.' Activist: 'I'm not asking whether they suffered. Can you respect them if you use them for your purposes?'
Never say support, paying, contributing, supply and demand, or demanding. All give escape routes, someone else creates demand, or they eat leftovers and roadkill. Say: these are your victims.
Weak
You support the industry when you buy meat, you are demanding this.
Strong
As long as you're not vegan, these are your victims.